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That reminds me of the message I found behind the mirror in my bathroom proclaiming undying love and "hope you forgive me".
It must have been written by the last owners and I have no idea which one of them thought it worthwhile writing it.
Some married partners look as if they found each other in a Jamboree Bag.
https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/jamboree-bags
Much more interesting for me were the pencilled messages on the bare plaster found behind the original wallpaper in every room of my Edwardian house.
(I was fortunate in 1990 to buy a 1906 house almost untouched from when it was built except for about 10 layers of wallpaper.)
The message consisted of the builder's name and the decorator name and address together with the date of writing.
So I can tell you with some certainty that the first room to be wallpapered was the dining room (23/8/1906) and the upstairs smallest bedroom the last (29/9/1906).
The message in the dining room read
R. Kiddle (signed)
Paperhanger
7 Napier Terrace
New Walsoken
Wisbech
August 23rd 1906
A.R.giring Esq. (signed)
Builder
Wisbech
I preserved the messages under several layers of varnish before I papered over them again.
It must have been written by the last owners and I have no idea which one of them thought it worthwhile writing it.
Some married partners look as if they found each other in a Jamboree Bag.
https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/jamboree-bags
Much more interesting for me were the pencilled messages on the bare plaster found behind the original wallpaper in every room of my Edwardian house.
(I was fortunate in 1990 to buy a 1906 house almost untouched from when it was built except for about 10 layers of wallpaper.)
The message consisted of the builder's name and the decorator name and address together with the date of writing.
So I can tell you with some certainty that the first room to be wallpapered was the dining room (23/8/1906) and the upstairs smallest bedroom the last (29/9/1906).
The message in the dining room read
R. Kiddle (signed)
Paperhanger
7 Napier Terrace
New Walsoken
Wisbech
August 23rd 1906
A.R.giring Esq. (signed)
Builder
Wisbech
I preserved the messages under several layers of varnish before I papered over them again.
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I'm planning to ad a note under the floorboards upstairs to explain why the 17th century ceiling below is in such a poor state and why it doesn't need fixing any more. "These 1887 newspaper fragments were found stuffed in to the tonne of brick and earth fireplace hearth supported only by the lathe in the ceiling below. The weight of bricks was removed in 2017. "
It's probably well worth a note where the evidence of a problem still exists but the cause has been fixed to help avoid the bit you were trying to save being destroyed in some problem fixing in the future.
It's probably well worth a note where the evidence of a problem still exists but the cause has been fixed to help avoid the bit you were trying to save being destroyed in some problem fixing in the future.
malcolm said:
Information such as this would possibly be better off kept with the deeds to the house (or at least a copy). A future owner may well have called in a builder to knock things around before finding the note under the floorboards.
For interest, I came across an offcut under the floor with the names of Geo Winter & O. Salhouse penciled on it - They claim to have "laid this floor" in 1927. A piece of history that I'll put back and pen a note or two of my own.