Greetings from Birmingham!
This is Mason Science College, founded in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason. It was one of the institutions which formed the nucleus of the University of Birmingham in 1900 (the other was Queen’s College, founded in 1825 as the Birmingham Medical School). The buildings were used by the university until the 1960s but are now gone.
Mason had made his fortune in manufacturing – mostly steel pens, but other products too.
The card was posted on 17 April 1905 in Bournemouth to an address in Doncaster.
Thanks for letter and will answer in a day or so. Went to hear Sousa’s band today. Have you heard him? I trust you are stronger dear. Love in haste …
John Philip Sousa and his band were touring Britain in 1905, but I can’t pin down where they played on Monday 17 April.
Here’s a jigsaw of the card.
Apologies for the brevity of this post – I’m under the cosh this week, with work and other stuff, so the postcard blog is short and sweet. Hopefully back to normal next week!