Images Dated 12th April 2008

Christmas churchgoing card by Ethel Parkinson

A Christmas Greetings card by Ethel Parkinson, showing people in 19th century style costume going to church in the snow. The caption reads: "The welcome eve, Loved Christmas now arrived, The parish bells their tuneful peals resound." Date: early 20th century

© Mary Evans/Peter & Dawn Cope Collection

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Kind Thoughts, by Ethel Parkinson

Kind Thoughts -- a Christmas Greetings card by Ethel Parkinson, showing a little girl and an elderly gentleman walking down a snowy street. He is carrying a few parcels, and is using a walking stick. She is keeping her hands warm in an ermine muff. Both are dressed in 18th century style

© Mary Evans/Peter & Dawn Cope Collection

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