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Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs
13 October 2011
In 2003, Francesca Millican-Slater bought a second hand postcard for 50p. The postcard, sent from Lincoln to London was addressed to a Miss L Gibbs of 62 Douglas Buildings, Marshalsea Road, Borough. Sent on July 15th 1910, the message on the back simply read:
“Be careful tomorrow. A.C.”
Part detective noir, part biography, Francesca investigates the message on a postcard sent 100 years ago and finds herself obsessed by the life of the woman that received it. How much can she uncover from just a name on the back of a postcard? What happens when she starts tracing a history that isn’t her own? And why did Miss Gibbs have to be careful tomorrow?
With the release of the 1911 census, she found out more than she ever thought possible
Laura Dixon, Events Officer at the BPMA commented:
“In Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs Francesca takes the audience with her on this intricate, amusing and fascinating journey, gently questioning how we remember those that went before us and how we might like to be remembered ourselves.”
Event details:
Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs
Thursday 3 November 7.00pm – 8.00pm
The British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DL
Free
Please call 020 7239 2570 or email info@postalheritage.org.uk
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