Wheatley

Hi you may wonder why I have posted two pictures of a postcard, but it is of historical interest only.
The Wine Merchants mentioned are the Forebears of the Author Dennis Wheatley. ( The Devil Rides Out, Strange Conflict etc)
How it ended up in my family possessions I have no idea

Regards,
Horamakhet

For me, that has a deeper and more meaningful
connection.

One little phrase in brackets on your card,
transform me to the desert and the River Nile
to the Red sea.

A guy that tried his darndest, and had failures everywhere
yet is one of my heroes.

Mr. Thomas Fletcher Waghorn (seer extraordinaire)

Even his statue creates problems
A statue of Waghorn was raised in Railway Street, Chatham, in 1888. He is said to point to the new overland route, but local wags say he's giving directions to the gent's lavatories.

He is buried in Snodland.

Chapeau! Mr. Waghorn.

rod222
Actually I did not think of the Waghorn connection. I know what you mean. I am an Egyptologist and Archaeologist and Gemmologist, and once you have drunk from the Nile, you can never forget it.
I have other cards addressed to Mr Sydney Richardson Esq, one has an overprint commemorating the 180,000 circulation of the Times, on January 9th 1894 The card was posted from Passyunksta Philadephia on the 9th of January 1894, so it is a type of 1st day of issue I suppose.
He apparently lived in Philadelphia, I would love to find out who he was. He was a member of a club called the Wheelmen, and this was in 1895, His Sister or Daughter lived in New Zealand, perhaps that is where the family connection is. She was actually a Nurse.
Regards
Horamakhet

Wheelmen?

He was a bicyclist! Yay!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League...n_Bicyclists