The Umbrella Postcard, Stocksfield to Low Fell 1917

Following on from this post, here's the second card I bought.

Addressed to:

Miss Elliot
“Escombe House”
Low Fell
Gateshead-on-Tyne

Postmarked Stocksfield, October 17th 1903 at 3.45pm

Subject: St Peter’s, Bywell

Text on front:

Please don’t be so personal next time you write

Main text:

Description of umbrella
Straight Handle.
Brown polished wood.
About 3 inches of silver
not solid by any means
at the top. No initials.
Sorry to give Harry all this trouble.
Love to all. Beattie.

Shame they didn't actually say what colour the brolly was. I hope they got it back. And I wonder what did Miss Elliot say last time which was so personal?

There's a photo of the church in 1894 here, today it has lost the ivy and looks like this.There are some interesting old postcards from Gateshead here.

I can’t find any reference to “Escombe House” in Low Fell but there is a an Escomb House referred to here.

The postcard: