From David:
When I cleared Dad's desk 3 years ago, I found 4 letters written by his father, Alfred Rix Habershon, to his mother, Mary Gidley Habershon. Alfred must have still been at Rotherham Grammar School and in the summer of 1898, at the age of 17, went on holiday to Germany with his uncle (mother's brother), Joe Rix. This must have been the first time Alfred had been abroad and the letters cover his trip in detail, clearly reflecting his excitement. Travel was by train and boat as cars and aeroplanes had yet to be invented. He and Uncle Joe clearly shared an interest in photography. This is the text of one of the four letters (pdf file).
Postcard of the Dayboat Nederland, posted from Vlissingen (Flushing) in 1904.
Narrow black funnel tops.
Alfred and Uncle Joe crossed the English Channel in this ferry, the SS NEDERLAND
(picture taken 6 years later) and sailed from Queenborough, a port close to
Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames estuary. It was one of the Zeeland
Line mail ships operating at the time.
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