What connects Lower Street Pulborough with Fulham? In the case of this postcard it is enthusiasm for football.

The card was published in the ‘Wrench’ series by a national company, founded by Mr. Evelyn Wrench, which produced upwards of 10,000 different cards between 1902 and 1906 when the company failed (ref. Picture Postcards and their Publishers by Anthony Byatt, 1978). The photograph was therefore taken prior to 1906.

Posted in SW London on September 25th 1907 and addressed to Mr. Geo. Holloway, 42 Waldemar Avenue, Fulham, the card appears to have been written by more than one person. The comment ‘Fulham, dolefully, “Great Grimsby, what a life”’ may have referred to a recent defeat. The teasing continued with a mocked-up league table predicting Fulham’s dire position at the send of the season!