Politics

Mr & Mrs Mandeville

Alexis Moreton Mandeville was the Liberal candidate for the 1906 general election standing in the Newark constituency. His single opponent, Conservative, John Starkey, won by a majority of 328 votes (4,772/4,444 - 51.8%/48.2%).

I'm not sure where this is taken, the arch looks like it could be the front of the Saracens Head and the drain pipe also matches that supposition. The car I believe is a French Lorraine-Dietrich.

Photography remittance advice

This is the reverse of the above card and is dated June 20th 1945. Presumably Alfred just used it as and it was a convient to do so and no longer had any commercial value. It must have been sitting around in his care for 39 years!