This card (which shows Apsley Church on the other side) was posted in Hammersmith on 30th April 1906 to Miss Evelyn R Allen (born 1892) of 74 Elm Grove Road, Barnes, S.W.
Can anyone break the code?
Thursday, June 14, 2012
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It is in writen semaphore and as far as I can tell is says:
ReplyDeletedearest one
got to the beths
before nine
we won by three to one
cood nieht dear
thy nenyc
The last bit is confusing, not sure whether the writer made a few mistakes or me.
Having now orientented the last couple of lines to match the underline I now interoperate the last three words as THY SEAVE SYD
ReplyDeletewhich is probably even more confusing, but is does give you a name.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore
ReplyDelete