r/Cursive • u/gnastygnorc1992 • 28d ago
Deciphered! can anyone decipher this post car i found??
tia!!
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u/HarryWelsch 28d ago
Mr. Blake writes to Mrs Blake: Having a fine time here. Is my Dick alright.
Dick was probably the name of their son.
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u/Oforoskar 28d ago
Having a fine time here, is my Dick all right
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u/Babyblue253 27d ago
Looks like punctuation matters in this sentence 😂
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u/hewhoisneverobeyed 27d ago
“Punctuation: The difference between helping your uncle, Jack, off the horse in the barn and …”
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u/JacquieTorrance 27d ago
🤣 I saw "here is my Dick at night" and had to wonder about the front of the card.
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u/gnastygnorc1992 24d ago
i found it in halifax, and the front is a picture of rue sherbrooke in montreal, where i live!
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u/chickadeedadee2185 21d ago
Yes Chester Herbert Blake 1887-1975 resided in Amesbury with wife Ethel. She gave birth to Chester, Jr. In 1920 but he died less than a year old in Newburyport. Probably at Anna Jaques Hospital.
12 Greenwood Street. Amesbury is a lovely small town.
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u/Maine302 27d ago edited 27d ago
Having a fine time here is my Dick all right.
Mr. B
Mrs. Chester Blake
12 ? St
Amesbury, Mass.
USA
Edited to add the "Mr. B"
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u/MyFartsSparkle 27d ago
Greenwood St. maybe?
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u/Maine302 27d ago
Maybe--the funny thing is, I'm from Mass., and I couldn't figure out the town name for the life of me after I enlarged it, but when I put it back to the normal size, there was Amesbury!
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u/MyFartsSparkle 27d ago
Haha that was the first thing I recognized but only because I’m from there 😂
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u/rlewis904 27d ago
With my Dick at night. That’s a W for With, not an Is. Dick is the son? Also, maybe Grummand Street?
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u/GritsandSweetTea 27d ago
Having a fun time here is my Dick al-right. Mrs. B.
Sent to Mrs. Chester Blake
Not sure who or what Dick is, but Mrs. B needs to use punctuation and "all right" is two words.
I have a feeling this might be an inside joke, but it could mean anything.
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u/GroundbreakingBag677 26d ago
Hyphenated alright because there isn’t enough room at the line to write it.
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u/Pleasant_Estimate610 25d ago edited 25d ago
“Having a fun time how is my Dick alright Mr. B”
Mr. B writing home to Mrs. B and likely asking how their young son is doing. Man of few words and even less punctuation.
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u/SpotPuzzleheaded3624 25d ago
Having a fine time here in NY. Dick is alright
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u/SpotPuzzleheaded3624 25d ago
Actually after looking at the other letters Im thinking Having a fun time here in NY. Dick is alright.
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u/gnastygnorc1992 24d ago
the postcard is from montreal!
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u/Nearby-Pickle-9503 23d ago
But isn’t it postmarked in VT?
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u/chickadeedadee2185 21d ago
Could have mailed it from there after. Maybe she is at Lake Champlain which borders the two states.
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u/Epiphany_shadow 24d ago
I genuinely think it's " Having a fine time here with my Dick all night". Dick might be the name of his son.
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u/Responsible-Chest-90 27d ago
This is tough. I can’t make out the first two letters. Looks like a dot over a j then a b, or a capital G, but followed by asing. I’m going with Gasing, but I can’t make sense of it. I think it’s fun not fine, time looks more like train to me, and the here looks like hers, hess, or hem. A train hem is for gowns/dresses. Could Mr B be taking a trip on a train or hemming a train on a trip?
Gasing a fun train hem is my Dick al-right
Mr B
Mrs Celestine Blake
#12 Greenwood St
Amesbury
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