A Comic Series postcard by Philco that was printed in England.
The card was posted in Newquay using a 1½d. stamp on Thursday the 29th. September 1921. It was sent to:
G. T. Lane Esq., Ford Cross, Tyrone Road, Thorpe Bay, Essex.
There was no written message, as the recipient's name and address stretched across the divided back of the card.
Lloyd George
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 29th. September 1921, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George sent a new invitation to Ireland's declared President, Éamon de Valera, proposing a "fresh invitation" to negotiations and discussion of Ireland's place as a nation within the British Empire.
U.S. Unemployment
Also on that day, the U.S. Committee on Unemployment Statistics reported a record level of unemployment in the United States.
Hedda Lundh
The 29th. September 1921 also marked the birth in Korsør of the Danish journalist and teacher Hedda Lundh.
Hedda Lundh (1921–2012) was a Danish resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II.
Based at the time in Aarhus, she is remembered as a railway saboteur, explosives expert and courier in the resistance movement.
Hedda Lundh - The Early Years
Hedda Lundh was the daughter of the newspaper editor Theodor Lundh-Jensen (1884–1952) and Alpha Tusnelda Emilie Winckler (1887–1973).
The youngest of three sisters, she was brought up in a middle-class home where her father called her his "boy" as she climbed trees, joined the scouts and cut her hair short.
She completed her secondary school education at Aurehøj Gymnasium, matriculating in 1940, a few months after the German troops arrived. She then began to study literature at the University of Copenhagen.
On the 28th. December 1940, she married Carl-Einar Maaløe. When her husband began to work in Aarhus in 1942, she continued her studies at Aarhus University.
Resistance Work
In Aarhus she joined an independent group of students under Morten Ruge who carried out sabotage work on the railways. Lundh became so proficient in handling explosives that she was sent to train other resistance members.
There were also other women in Lundh's group, all helping to distribute weapons and explosives parachuted in by the British, sending them to resistance groups throughout Denmark.
Lundh also acted as a telephone contact, forming part of a network of resistance workers whose addresses were kept secret from each other.
In June 1944, the two groups Lundh had been involved in were discovered by the Gestapo. Most of the male members were sent to concentration camps in Germany while the women were imprisoned near Padborg.
By a stroke of luck, Lundh and her husband avoided arrest and fled to Sweden where they spent the remainder of the war. Maaløe became a member of the Danish Brigade but, as a woman, Lundh was not allowed to join.
Hedda Lundh's Post-War Career
After the war, Lundh continued her studies, graduating with an MA in literature in 1952. From 1949 to 1960, based mainly in Paris, she covered cultural events for Social-Demokraten, worked for the press service at the Danish embassy, and taught in French high schools.
In 1962, she returned to Aurehøj Gymnasium as a teacher. She was recognized as an inspiring teacher who made literature lessons surprisingly exciting.
Hedda Lundh died at the age of 90 on the 2nd. March 2012, and was laid to rest in Gentofte Cemetery in Denmark.
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