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no.708

Fleetwood Belfast Passenger Steamer Duke Of Cumberland

1909-1914

Duke of Cumberland steaming past a hilly coast. Postcard title at bottom.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9424

no.708

Fleetwood Belfast Passenger Steamer Duke Of Cumberland

1909-1914

Duke of Cumberland steaming past a hilly coast. Postcard title at bottom.

Location: Skelmorlie, Clyde Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7207
Sankey Number: 708

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no.708

SS Duke of Cumberland, Fleetwood and Belfast service

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Cumbria Archives Reference: ???
Sankey Number: 708

Senders Message

"Dear Madge Just a line to let you know I have not forgot you. Your Mother and Father is allright and the children, hopeing you are the same. We will not be long before we come and see you again. From your ever loveing friend Mrs Tomlinson XXXXXX ”

Sender
Posted From: Fleetwood
Date Posted: At sea; land in the background not identifiable. Two funneled steamship. White stripe around. No passengers visible on deck. TSS Duke of Cumberland was a passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and theLancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1909 to 1923. and also as Picard by Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace from 1927 to 1936. She was built at William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, as part of a fleet of seven ships delivered by the company between 1892 and 1909.
Postmark Date: 01/02/1913
Stamp if Shown: halfpenny green George V slightly turned
Receiver
Receivers Name: Miss Madge Cartmell
Address: C/o Mr Hodgson, St Micheals on Wyre
Town or City: Nr Garstang
County: Lancashire
Country: UK