The Postcard has a picture of three young men, its edge seems mouse nibbled. On the reverse is written, “A photo of Mr S. Poulton, Mr E. Sayell, Mr A. Crook given to Miss E.E. Punshon, 18-4-25.” Mr S. Poulton is my grandfather, in April 1925 he would have been eighteen years old. The story behind the postcard is a mystery.

Among the family photographs, there are two more postcards with him similarly dressed, white tennis shirt, white flannels, white tennis shoes, and a dark blazer. On one card, in …