Charlton fan complains to manager about sale of a star striker - demands "facts"

cherryorchard

JamesSeed said:

cherryorchard said:

I've discovered who wrote the postcard  - Eric Alexander Crawford.  Born 19th Feb 1920 Greenwich. Died 5 September 2012 Frinton.  in 1939, a clerk he was living with his parents Walter and Rosina and sister Joyce at 163 Waller Road Deptford. He married Betty Smith in 1950 at Wandsworth.  Betty was a shorthand typist who in 1939 was living with her family at....... 107 Putney Bridge Road.

Wow. That’s serious research. Do you use something like Ancestry? Very impressive

Yes and other sites.  I'm really into family history and after a time you get to learn a few tricks.  I tracked Eric down from the evidence on your 1951 card -  He was a Charlton Fan so I looked for an Eric A Crawford on the 1939 register who might fit the bill and found one living in Deptford. Discovered he married in Wandsworth in 1950 and traced his wife to the Putney Bridge Road address.

JamesSeed

Another letter from Jimmy Seed, this time to a supporter living in Dartford.