Union Street, Greenock, Scotland - sent to Edith Rice, Newton Stewart, Ireland in 1904 with a message between lovers:
If lovers were lovers always,
The same to sweetheart and wife,
Who would change for a future of eden,
The joys of this chequered life.
But husbands grow grave and silent,
And cares on the anxious brow,
Oft replace the sunshine that perished,
With the words of the marriage vow.
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Heather MacBryde // Jan 11, 2008 at 22:54
beautiful poem and lovely picture of union street also! so nice to see it hasnt changed much! except fotr all the extra cars now! and traffic lights on the corner!
2 mattr // Jan 12, 2008 at 00:36
Thanks Heather - do you have a picture (or a link) to a picture of how it looks now?
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