A card written by Isabelle to Edward but written as if from Eva. No date but Eva was 1 year old on January 30th 1917 and Edward died on July 7th 1917. 
To my daddy.
From Eva.
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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This final card with text on is the most thought provoking and moving. I am presuming that this card was sent just befor Edwards final operation. If so Edward by this time had been in hospital for nearly a year. He had undergone countless operations the majority of which, according to family legend were on his head. He must have been very weak and in great pain, Isabelle must have been extremely worried and in an attempt to rally his will she penned this as if from the daughter he probably never saw. I say this because the journey from Preston to Glasgow was a long and tiresome one and for a child so young would have been too much, there is also the fact that the journey may have been to expensive for even Isabelle to visit Edward for there is no records of her ever doing so.
These last cards do not have text on them.
Card 30
Published by E. A. Schwerdtleger & Co., London E.C and New York; Printed at their works in Berlin [Germany].
Card 31
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Bamforth & Co., LTD., Publishers Holmfirth (England) and New York, “SONGS” Series. No. 4899/3. Printed in England.
Card 32
No printers company name simply ‘Post Card’ with a serial number 2863/6.
Card 33
(card torn) D., Ltd. Publishers Holmfirth (England) and New York. Series No 5032/1 Printed in England.
To end as I started. A very scrappy card but instead of possibly being carried by either Isabella or Eva I would like to think this card was carried by Edward to France and kept with him during his long time in hospital. Most of the cards here were returned to Isabella amongst Edwards personal effects after his death.
This is not the end of this blog. As I have already stated, if anyone out there reading this can find more about Edward Culling then please do, let me know how you do. I will continue to research him but it does not look hopeful, a friend in a position to do so requested Edward's records a few weeks ago, not through the channels you or I would use and was told they were destroyed during the blitz. I will not give up.
I also plan to research some of his closest relatives who's names will be on my next page along with all the links to web sites I have used. There will be some later cards, these are not as 'in depth' and do not have much text on the reverse sides but they are still interesting. These cards belonged to Eva and date from around the Second World War.
Finally, my mother has just got a computer and is learning how to use it, not bad for nearly 70. Bobbie (my mum) intends to research other family 'avenues', who knows, in a few months time you may be reading her blog.
On the next page will be a photograph showing Isabella, Eva, Bobbie, my brother Kerry, one of my sisters Karen and my good self looking rather dashing in my large shorts and nappie with a pair of cool sandals. This will put some faces to names, also open myself up to some micky taking from my mates.
