Home in Nottingham

Above is a photograph of a sepia coloured postcard which was in Florence Clement (nee Trease) 's collection of postcards held by the late Ivan Payne. It shows the back of Edith's 1913 home in Nottingham. The postcard is entitled "Derby Road and Entrance to Park, Nottingham. Edith has written in ink a mark over the houses at the end of the terrace. The distortion is due to the postcard being slightly bent when photographed.

The reverse of the card is shown below.

The information on the reverse is: -

To: Miss Trease, Moore's Pension, The Leas, Folkestone
(re-addressed to Tappington Hall, Denton Nr Canterbury)
Postmark: 4.15pm, Ju 11, 13, Folkestone
Sepia card: Street with terrace of 3 storey houses to the right.
Titled: Derby Road and entrance to Park, Nottingham
Message:
Edgmont, Derby Rd. Notts.
Dearest Pollence,
this is a view of the B. to five houses thrown in one up to where I have marked the trees are our garden we have tea there when the weather is nice. you are thinng (?) with lillys (Allen's?) I do want to know, how you are going on. Have you heard how ill Derek is I do hope he will pull through. I am having a good time & guess you are am very keen on Golf. had no tennis yet.
Love from Ede & please write.

NOTES:

Edith refers to "we" so appears not to be alone. She had invested her inheritance in property which would give her a secure and steady income. It seems unlikely that she would pay rent for lodging in property owned by others, and far more likely that she would live in one of her own properties in the area and sublet to a lodger or invite a friend to stay.

The Derek she refers to is the baby son of brother Will and his wife Corrie who has been taken ill. Sadly Derek died later in the year.