Caption: “My maternal grandmother - Elizabeth Sarah Fratel when she served as a nurse in the 1st World War. I believe the photo was taken in Bombay India where she lived with her family.” (via BBC )

“My Grandmother’s family in the Rhondda did take a lot of trips to visit various people in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The always sent cards to each other. Although this card is not dated I am presuming it was after World War I. It is a card from my Grandmother (Flo) to my Grandfather (Richard Biggs) who lived in Treherbert, South Wales. It simply says “Dear R, We have arrived here. It is a beautiful day. Did you arrive at home safe. Love from Flo.” My Grandfather was a POW between 1914 and 1918 during the War. It isn’t lost on me when the back of the card also says “The Carlton Publishing Co., London. Printed in Germany”(via BBC)

“This is a photograph of my parents meeting for the first time … In 1940, as Paul Gamson, my father was a special policeman in Birmingham, out on the beat looking for unexploded bombs.” (via BBC)

Picture location: Greater Manchester, North West England
Date of scene: 28th February 1917
Sent by: Brian Howard

“This is a photograph of my father and mother taken shortly before their marriage. My father was on leave before departing for France. Subsequently he was seconded from the Lancashire Fusiliers to the Machine Gun Corps before returning to England in 1918…”

Source: BBC

Picture location: West Midlands, Central England
Date of scene: 16th April 1940
Sent by: Sue Hudson

“This is a photograph of my parents meeting for the first time … In 1940, as Paul Gamson, my father was a special policeman in Birmingham, out on the beat looking for unexploded bombs…”