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The Common Room / Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« on: Monday 30 April 18 17:00 BST (UK)  »
This will probably turn out to be a red herring but I studied the letter carefully on pause, and if you look at other words ending in 'n' and those ending in 'ne', it definitely looks to me like there is no 'e' on the end of 'Catherin', even with the fold.

Another thought has occurred to me. Does the letter look like it's written in biro/ballpoint? I just did a check and Mr Biro only invented that sort of pen in 1938 and I wouldn't have thought its use would have become widespread so quickly. A child writing in ink in 1940 would surely be using a fountain pen - but it doesn't like that sort of ink to me.

The game is afoot!

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The Common Room / Re: Antiques Roadshow Treasure Hunt - Who was Catherine?
« on: Sunday 29 April 18 19:34 BST (UK)  »
For what it's worth, the handwriting in the letter as seen in the TV clip is very neat, and looking at it closely I feel sure she spelt her name 'Catherin' without an 'e'. It looks odd, but that's what it looks like. (The fact that it is so odd perhaps reinforces the hoax theory.)

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