Old Postcard Conlig Village

[duckman]

Conlig Village near Bangor N.Ireland.  Bought this card recently but the stamp has bee removed wasting the posting date, my G.Grandfather was born here 1855. think the Church is the only building that still exists today. From the clothes of the three women it looks very old, any chance of when it was taken. Thanks.

[philipsearching]

There isn't much detail visible on the clothing, but my gut feeling is a hand-coloured image from a photograph c1890-1910.

(but the Rootschat experts may prove me wrong!)

Philip

[Jool]

This link shows the black and white version of your postcard and claims it to be dated 27 August 1906.

https://collections.st-andrews.ac.uk/item/conlig-village-near-bangor-co-down/719391

[duckman]

Many Thanks for that info. My ancestors house must be in there. Visited a few years ago, the Village was rebuilt in 1953 when the new road between Bangor and Newtownards was built. My G.Grandfather was a shoemaker, married at Ballygraney church before moving to Carluke,

[philipsearching]

This link shows the black and white version of your postcard and claims it to be dated 27 August 1906.

https://collections.st-andrews.ac.uk/item/conlig-village-near-bangor-co-down/719391

You star!  That's a great find.

[Jool]

This link shows the black and white version of your postcard and claims it to be dated 27 August 1906.

https://collections.st-andrews.ac.uk/item/conlig-village-near-bangor-co-down/719391

You star!  That's a great find.

I just googled the title on the postcard and included the ID reference number 55269 JV shown on the image.  I have a lot of old family postcards and recognised the JV as being part of the James Valentine Collection.  Including the ID reference in a search often brings up more detailed information.

[Treetotal]

Great find Jool, I collect old postcards and have many from the "Valentine Series"
Carol

[Jool]

Great find Jool, I collect old postcards and have many from the "Valentine Series"
Carol

Thanks Carol  .  I have spent a lot of time trying to work out who my old postcards were from, they had a habit of signing off with just an initial or two.  I don't know if this was the norm in the early/mid 1900's or if our family were a bit paranoid and didn't want to reveal their identity to the postie 

[Treetotal]

Hi Jool, it was quite common practice to sign postcards with initials only, due to the limited space for the message. Also, PCs were collected by many and exchanged on a regular basis,  so they may not be relatives.
The more personal the message is, the more likely it is that they were related. Many of mine say something like, " sending this PC, hope you like it"
Carol