ABERCHIRDER POSTCARDS (3 of 4)

 

W Holmes & Co, Glasgow

The firm of W Holmes & Co Ltd was established in Mitchell Lane, Glasgow in 1878 as wholesale newsagents and stationers. Holmes supplied Aberchirder view cards (printed in England) pre-1914 under their own name, in the Silver City series. They also had cards produced for local sellers - in the case of Aberchirder, for George Geddes - and it is possible that after World War One they had cards printed for Johnston, Cockburn and C S Geddes.

For list of Holmes postcards, click here.

Holmes Postcards

HOLM_01
The Bowling Green & Tennis Court, Aberchirder  HOLM_01b
The Bowling Green & Tennis Court, Aberchirder (back)      HOLM_02
Main Street, West ,Aberchirder  HOLM_02b
Main Street, West ,Aberchirder (back)      HOLM_03
The Square, Aberchirder  HOLM_03b
The Square, Aberchirder (back)

 HOLM_04
Main Street, Aberchirder  HOLM_04b
Main Street, Aberchirder (back)      HOLM_05
The Square, West, Aberchirder  HOLM_05b
The Square, West, Aberchirder (back)      HOLM_06
The Public School, Aberchirder  HOLM_06b
The Public School, Aberchirder (back)

 HOLM_07
Bowling Green And Tennis Courts, Aberchirder  HOLM_07b
Bowling Green And Tennis Courts, Aberchirder (back)      HOLM_08
Main Street, West, Aberchirder  HOLM_08b
Main Street, West, Aberchirder (back)      HOLM_09
Main Street, Aberchirder HOLM_09b
Main Street, Aberchirder (back)

 HOLM_10
How To Treat A Husband  HOLM_10b
How To Treat A Husband (back)      HOLM_11
The Bowling Green and Tennis Court, Aberchirder  HOLM_11b
The Bowling Green and Tennis Court, Aberchirder (back)

 

 

Holmes for George Geddes

For list of Holmes for Geddes postcards, click here.

Holmes for Geddes Postcards

HFGD_01
Main Street, West, Aberchirder  HFGD_01b
Main Street, West, Aberchirder (back)      HFGD_02
The Bowling Green & Tennis Court, Aberchirder  HFGD_02b
The Bowling Green & Tennis Court, Aberchirder (back)      HFGD_03
Main Street, Aberchirder  HFGD_03b
Main Street, Aberchirder (back)

HFGD_04
The Square, Aberchirder  HFGD_04b
The Square, Aberchirder (back)

 

Peter Grieve, Aberchirder

From 1909 until 1911 Peter Grieve, a printer, was the occupier of the Temperance Hotel shop in the Square previously used by Alex Gardiner. He then moved to premises at 50/52 Main Street (opposite the Post Office) and remained there, (listed as a bookseller), until 1918.

There is no further record of him thereafter.

The cards in this collection suggest that Grieve may have shared at least some photographs with George Geddes. Printers include Lilywhite and Holmes.

For list of Grieve postcards, click here.

Grieve Postcards

GRIE_01
Auchintoul Avenue, Aberchirder  GRIE_01b
Auchintoul Avenue, Aberchirder (back)      GRIE_02
Aberchirder From The East  GRIE_02b
Aberchirder From The East (back)      GRIE_03
Main St, from Sq, Aberchirder GRIE_03b
Main St, from Sq, Aberchirder (back)

 GRIE_04
Aberchirder from East  GRIE_04b
Aberchirder from East (back)      GRIE_05
Aberchirder from the East  GRIE_05b
Aberchirder from the East (back)      GRIE_06
North Street, (East) Aberchirder  GRIE_06b
North Street, (East) Aberchirder (back)

 GRIE_07
West U.F. Hall, Aberchirder  GRIE_07b
West U.F. Hall, Aberchirder (back)      GRIE_08
Inchline, Marnoch  GRIE_08b
Inchline, Marnoch (back)      GRIE_09
Marnoch Lodge/The Deveron & Bridge of Marnoch  GRIE_09b
Marnoch Lodge/The Deveron & Bridge of Marnoch (back)

 GRIE_10
U.F.Church, Aberchirder  GRIE_10b
U.F.Church, Aberchirder (back)      GRIE_11
North Lodge, Auchintoul, Aberchirder  GRIE_11b
North Lodge, Auchintoul, Aberchirder (back)      GRIE_12
Auchintoul Avenue, Aberchirder  GRIE_12b
Auchintoul Avenue, Aberchirder (back)

 

Wildt & Kray, London

This company was set up in London in 1904. From the beginning they specialised in greetings cards - which carried the names of towns and villages all over Britain - rather than views. During the First World War they published patriotic cards and continued in business until the Second World War.
 
For list of Wildt & Kray postcards, click here.

Wildt & Kray Postcards

WILD_01
Fondest Wishes from ABERCHIRDER  WILD_01b
Fondest Wishes from ABERCHIRDER (back)      WILD_02
Hearty Greetings from ABERCHIRDER  WILD_02b
Hearty Greetings from ABERCHIRDER (back)


THE INTERWAR PERIOD

With the end of the First World War came the end of the Golden Age of Postcards and apart from a few cards produced by E Johnston and W Cockburn, the sole local provider became C S Geddes at the Post Office. As before there was much recycling of photographs and a total reliance on national printers. Cards were all monochrome and the photographs of variable quality.

 

E Johnston, Aberchirder

In 1918 Elizabeth Johnston, stationer, rented the shop at 120 Main Street, which she must have vacated in the following year when William Cockburn took over the tenancy.

Only one card with the name E Johnston has been seen, printed by Lilywhite and postmarked 1919.

For list of Johnston postcards, click here.

Johnston Postcards

JOHN_01
Aberchirder From The West  JOHN_01b
Aberchirder From The West (back))      JOHN_02
Aberchirder From The East  JOHN_02b
Aberchirder From The East (back)

 

W Cockburn, Aberchirder

William Cockburn was born in 1887 at Hillhead of Mountblairy, Forglen, son of a gamekeeper who moved to South Lodge, Auchintoul.  There William met Agnes Urquhart, whom he married in 1908. Soon after the birth of their first child in 1909, William moved to Canada along with George and John Webster of Mill of Auchintoul, where the third Webster brother, Charles, supported the Cockburn family. William soon returned from Canada and moved with his family to Cowfords, Fochabers, then to Banff, where he worked for some time on the timber side of boatbuilding.

In 1918 he and his family moved to a house at 118 Maln Street, Aberchirder and from the following year his wife Agnes ran the adjoining sweetie shop at 120, where the W Cockburn postcards would have been sold. William meanwhile worked as a sawyer at Mill of Auchintoul for Charles Webster, who on his death in 1933 left the farm to Agnes Cockburn. William Cockburn ran Mill of Auchintoul until his death in 1956.

The collection has five cards published under the W Cockburn name, the only one with a postmark being dated 1920.

There are close similarities in style of front and back which suggest that cards published by Grieve (in one example), Johnston, Cockburn and C S Geddes were produced by the same printer or printers, probably Lilywhite or Holmes.

Likewise the same photos are shared by George Geddes and Grieve (prewar) and Cockburn and C S Geddes (postwar).

For list of Cockburn postcards, click here.


William Cockburn

Cockburn Postcards

COCK_01
Auchintoul Avenue, Aberchirder  COCK_01b
Auchintoul Avenue, Aberchirder (back)      COCK_02
The Square, Aberchirder  COCK_02b
The Square, Aberchirder (back)      COCK_03
Aberchirder from the East  COCK_03b
Aberchirder from the East (back)

 COCK_04
Public School, Aberchirder  COCK_04b
Public School, Aberchirder (back)      COCK_05
Huntly Road, Aberchirder  COCK_05b
Huntly Road, Aberchirder (back)

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Chas S Geddes, Aberchirder

C S Geddes had been running the Post Office in Main Street since around 1900 but published cards bearing the George Geddes name. The earliest postmark seen on a card showing Chas S Geddes, Chemist, as publisher is July 1919.

He was Provost of Aberchirder 1921-26 and died in 1934. He was succeeded as Chemist and Postmaster by John B Rattray.

Initially C S Geddes cards carried his own name and are similar in style to those of Johnston and Cockburn, so probably printed by Lilywhite or Holmes.

There are also two postcards which are anonymous but most probably by Geddes.

From 1927 or 1928 he sold cards published by Valentine but also bearing his name. In this way he had much better quality cards to sell.

It is also possible that he published or bought in cards listed under Anonymous 1930s.

For list of C S Geddes postcards, click here. 

For list of Valentines for C S  Geddes postcards, click here. 

Click here for details of common features between C S Geddes and other publishers.

C S Geddes Postcards

CGED_01
Public School, Aberchirder  CGED_01b
Public School, Aberchirder (back)      CGED_02
North Street, (West) Aberchirder  CGED_02b
North Street, (West) Aberchirder (back)      CGED_03
South Lodge, Auchintoul, Aberchirder CGED_03b
South Lodge, Auchintoul, Aberchirder (back)

 CGED_04
Auchintoul Avenue, Aberchirder CGED_04b
Auchintoul Avenue, Aberchirder (back)      CGED_05
South Street, Aberchirder  CGED_05b
South Street, Aberchirder (back)      CGED_06
Main Street looking West Aberchirder  CGED_06b
Main Street looking West Aberchirder (back)

 CGED_07
Rose Innes Hospital, Aberchirder  CGED_07b
Rose Innes Hospital, Aberchirder      CGED_08
The Deveron and Bridge of Marnoch, Aberchirder  CGED_08b
The Deveron and Bridge of Marnoch, Aberchirder (back)      CGED_09
Aberchirder from the South  CGED_09b
Aberchirder from the South (back)

 CGED_10
Aberchirder from the East  CGED_10b
Aberchirder from the East (back)      CGED_11
Bridge of Marnoch, Aberchirder  CGED_11b
Bridge of Marnoch, Aberchirder (back)

 

Valentine for C S Geddes

For list of Valentines for C S  Geddes postcards, click here. 

C S Geddes / Valentine Postcards

CSGV_01
The Deveron At Marnoch, Aberchirder  CSGV_01b
The Deveron At Marnoch, Aberchirder (back)      CSGV_02
Aberchirder From Clean Hill  CSGV_02b
Aberchirder From Clean Hill (back)      CSGV_03
Aberchirder [from Cranna Road]  CSGV_03b
Aberchirder [from Cranna Road] (back)

 CSGV_04
Bowling Green, Aberchirder  CSGV_04b
Bowling Green, Aberchirder (back)      CSGV_05
Free Church And Manse, Aberchirder  CSGV_05b
Free Church And Manse, Aberchirder (back)      CSGV_06
Marnoch Lodge, Aberchirder  CSGV_06b
Marnoch Lodge, Aberchirder (back)

 CSGV_07
The Hospital, Aberchirder  CSGV_07b
The Hospital, Aberchirder (back)      CSGV_08
Kinnairdy Castle, Marnoch, Aberchirder  CSGV_08b
Kinnairdy Castle, Marnoch, Aberchirder (back)      CSGV_09
Bowling Green, Aberchirder  CSGV_09b
Bowling Green, Aberchirder (back)

 CSGV_10
Marnoch Memorial Hall, Aberchirder  CSGV_10b
Marnoch Memorial Hall, Aberchirder      CSGV_11
Aberchirder From The South  CSGV_11b
Aberchirder From The South (back)      CSGV_12
Main Street, Aberchirder  CSGV_12b
Main Street, Aberchirder (back)

 CSGV_13
Kinnairdy Castle, Marnoch, Aberchirder  CSGV_13b
Kinnairdy Castle, Marnoch, Aberchirder (back)      CSGV_14
Bridge Of Marnoch, Aberchirder  CSGV_14b
Bridge Of Marnoch, Aberchirder (back)      CSGV_15
Main Street, Aberchirder  CSGV_15b
Main Street, Aberchirder (back)

 CSGV_16
South Lodge, Auchintoul, Aberchirder  CSGV_16b
South Lodge, Auchintoul, Aberchirder (back)      CSGV_17
Multiview (From East centre)  CSGV_17b
Multiview (From East centre) (back)      CSGV_18
War Memorial And Free Church Manse, Aberchirder  CSGV_18b
War Memorial And Free Church Manse, Aberchirder (back)
	
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CSGV_19
The Square, Abrchirder,  CSGV_19b
The Square, Abrchirder (back      CSGV_20
The Square, Abrchirder)  CSGV_20b
The Square, Abrchirder (back)

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Anonymous 1930s
 

One card in the collection is inscribed on the back with 'Post Card' 'British Manufacture' and postmarked 1935. Another series, printed in Lilywhite style, inscribed on the back with 'Post Card' - British Made', includes two with postmarks dated 1936 and 1937.

Both series include a card which has the same photograph of The Deveron & Bridge of Marnoch as an anonymous 1920s card probably by C S Geddes. This might suggest these sets were late issue by Geddes, but all his other cards bear his name.

For list of 'Post Card' 'British Manufacture' and 'Post Card - British Made' postcards, click here.

Postcard - British Manufacture

BRIM_01
The Deveron & Bridge Of Marnoch, Aberchirder  BRIM_01b
The Deveron & Bridge Of Marnoch, Aberchirder (back)


 

Postcards - British Made

BRIT_01
The Deveron & Bridge Of Marnoch, Aberchirder  BRIT_01b
The Deveron & Bridge Of Marnoch, Aberchirder (back)      BRIT_02
Aberchirder from the East  BRIT_02b
Aberchirder from the East (back)      BRIT_03
Aberchirder [from Cleanhill]  BRIT_03b
Aberchirder [from Cleanhill] (back)

 BRIT_04
Main Street, Aberchirder, East  BRIT_04b
Main Street, Aberchirder, East (back)      BRIT_05
The Square, Aberchirder  BRIT_05b
The Square, Aberchirder (back)      BRIT_06
Aberchirder [from Causewayend]  BRIT_06b
Aberchirder [from Causewayend] (back)

 BRIT_07
One The Deveron, Ardmeallie, Marnoch  BRIT_07b
One The Deveron, Ardmeallie, Marnoch (back)      BRIT_08
Huntly Road, Aberchirder  BRIT_08b
Huntly Road, Aberchirder (back)

ABERCHIRDER POSTCARDS CONTINUED

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