Grant Family 1920 Christmas card

KILLARNEY

[image of Killarney's Lake]

music and words:

BY KILLARNEY'S LAKES AND FELLS E'MRALD ISLES AND WINDING BAYS
MOUNTAIN PATHS AND WOODLAND DELLS, MEM'RY EVER FONDLY STRAYS
BOUNTEOUS NATURE LOVES ALL LANDS, BEAUTY WANDERS EVERYWHERE
FOOTPRINTS LEAVES ON MANY STRANDS BUT HER HOME IS
SURELY THERE! ANGELS FOLD THEIR WINGS AND REST
IN THAT EDEN OF THE WEST BEAUTY'S HOME KIL - -
- - LAR - - NEY HEAVN'S REFLEX KIL - - ARN - - NEY!

Printed at bottom of card:-

	WOVEN IN PURE SILK
	W. H. GRANT & Co.		COVENTRY

Printed on card insert:-           Make new friends, but keep the old One is silver, the other is gold

With Every Good Wish for a Happy Christmas and a Bright & Prosperous New Year -   from   - The Mayor and Mayoress (COUNCILLOR & MRS. W.H. GRANT). Foleshill House,        Great Heath,               Coventry.                             Xmas 1920

card:
cm wide by cm deep

silk:
cm wide by cm deep

This 1920 Christmas card comprises a double width folded card, with a postcard type front, with insert silk of Killarney, with a plain back. Inserted into the card, and held in place by a silk ribbon and bow, is a folded paper with printing on the two inside faces.

The card is from Mr and Mrs W.H. Grant, during his period as Mayor, and with the same address used on all their Christmas cards from 1920. This was the first Christmas card issued after the First World War, and in 1921 onwards the cards were from Alderman & Mrs WH Grant. This style remained until the last card in 1930, as Grant died in December 1931.