"Oh, what a difference! "By gum! wait till th'i geds back it cardroom": Postcard split into two panels. One shows women at work in card room of a Lancashire cotton mill, the other shows a woman in a glamorous dress on the arm of a young man in a smart (& possibly oversized) suit. The postcard was sent in 1909

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Size: 3228px × 2127px
Photo credit: © SocialHistoryImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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