St Peter's Church
Mansfield
By Pauline Marples
This interesting post card of St Peter's Church and church yard shows how they looked over 100 years ago.
The card was sent from Mansfield at 4pm on the 26 July 1904 to Miss Payne who lived at Cliffe End, Tideswell, Near Buxton. It carries an intriguing message:
We were very pleased to hear you are getting on alright. Ma is very well. Auntie came to tea yesterday. If it is fine she and Auntie will go to Colwick for the day tomorrow Wed. Please ask Arthur if he will cut me a table out to carve. I don't mind what shape it is and then Mag can bring it with her. We shall be pleased to see her and Bert. It is raining today so we can't get out far. All send their love to all. Florence.
I wonder where in Mansfield Florence was living, and if she got her table!
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