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| Keywords: Lady Mountbatten at Central Bandstand Herne Bay 1939.jpg Lady Edwina Mountbatten wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma speaking on behalf of the Red Cross at the Central Bandstand Herne Bay Kent England; in the late 1930s possibly 1939 On the back is written in pencil Bandstand Herne Bay Give a Penny a Week to the Red Cross Lady Mountbatten speaking chairman of the British Red Cross Society Chairman of Council Mr Parker ;Points of interest Although Edwina Mountbatten's WW2 work on behalf of the Red Cross has been publicised there is apparently no mention of WWII on the Red Cross posters here - only an appeal on behalf of prisoners So it is probable that this photo is dated right at the beginning of the war in 1939 - or perhaps earlier Scan of postcard s 1930 F Scrivens Sons; individual photographer anonymous out of copyright PD-old-70 Postcards of Kent Herne Bay Bandstand Edwina Mountbatten Countess Mountbatten of Burma International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement | ||||
