This month’s theme for the Festival of Postcards is Main Street, but over in England we don’t have Main Streets. The closest match I think would be the phrase High Street, especially in rural Sussex where most of my ancestors came from.
The example I have chosen from my collection is from the village of Partridge Green, Sussex. The card is postmarked December 23rd 1905, and to be honest it has not changed a great deal. A lot of the grass has given way to tarmac and concrete, and a few buildings have been added to the view (and a few taken away). The most striking difference is the road, no wide grass verges now just pavements and plenty of cars.
(Actual size: 138mm x 89mm)
I like what looks like a handcart in the front left hand corner of the postcard – and also the traditional fencing. I have a lot of rural New Brunswick cards showing different forms of fencing.
Thanks for pointing out that the term High Street is used instead of Main Street in the U.K. I notice you also have a Partridge Green mentioned on the postcard. We don’t use that term (Green) here in eastern Canada – or at least not in the areas I’ve lived in, but I have come across the term in the States.
I seem to remember that there would be an official area set aside to be the village Green. Here in Quebec the land was divided in a different way following the seignurial system (long strips of land with each having access to a waterway).
I enjoy learning about different areas of the world – and thank you for participating in the Festival of Postcards.
Evelyn in Montreal