George Lackie envelope note, 12 June 1914, page 1
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Envelope
This postcard carries a handwritten verse directing the recipient to Geordie Lackie, described as performing “a bit of bag-pipe playing ‘biz’” at a picturedrome in Broxburn, West Lothian.
Object details
- Object type
- Envelope
- Production date
- Jun 1914
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 12.0 cm
- Museum number
- 650(26)
Source collection
Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library
The object’s story
Object Description
Donated by Gwen Whyte, who inherited them from her late aunt, who had been a neighbour of Lackie’s in Balmore Street, Dundee.
Transcription
At Broxburn in Linlithgowshire
A Picturedrome there is
Where Geordie Lackie does a bit
Of bag-pipe playing ‘biz’.
Give this to him that he may know
To call when he comes from Lith-go.
Postmark:
DUNDEE
12 JUN 14