Stratford-upon-Avon
Henley Street and
Shakespeare's Birthplace
Three more postcards showing the birthplace before restoration. It's interesting to compare the half-timbering in all four of the cards above. The postcard on
the far right was mailed in 1905 - the others are unused. Click on any of them for a larger image.
There are many postcards of the Birthplace, probably one of the most photographed places in the country.  Early 20th Century postcard artists liked to enhance
such views by adding people, animals and vehicles, a horse and cart appearing almost obligatory !
An unused and undated postcard from the early years of the 20th Century.
Some interesting vehicles and bystanders.
A postcard from 1937 - with an Edward VIII stamp. The car on the right
looks as though it is having a wheel changed.
Three unused postcards of the Birthplace, all probably from the 1920s or 30s.
Three more postcards of the Birthplace Gardens - the card on the left was mailed in 1915.





A postcard which
was mailed from
Boston, Mass. to
Randolph, Mass. in
1941.
This postcard was reproduced from a painting by Adrian Hill.
Shakespeare's Birthplace Gardens.
A postcard which was posted (to my great-uncle Charlie !) in 1907, showing Shakespeare's Birthplace in 1858. (031)
An interesting postcard of the Free Library and Technical College in Henley Street, posted in November 1918
from Stratford to London. The writer states "It is snowing lovely here; ground well covered". Click on this one
and have a closer look at the shops on the right, and also the two gentlemen in the doorway of the library.
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