The Postcard
A Bay Series postcard that was published by G. Dean & Co. of Sandown, Isle of Wight. The image is a glossy real photograph.
The card was posted in Sandown using a 2d. stamp on Saturday the 18th. August 1951. It was sent to:
Mrs. A. W. Lloyd,
108, Lambton Road,
West Wimbledon,
SW20.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Darling Mother,
Just a line to let you know
that we arrived safely after
a good journey down.
John saw us off, and in fact
came as far as Woking
(unintentionally).
We had a nice lunch at
Regent Court (see arrow on
picture), and we are now
having tea at the Top Bank
Cafe.
It's a lovely sunny day here
and crowds of people.
Looking forward to meeting
Joy later this evening.
Fondest love,
Agnes and Stan xxx"
Sandown
Sandown is a seaside resort town on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, with the resort of Shanklin to the south and the settlement of Lake in between.
Sandown has a population of 11,654 according to the 2021 Census, and together with Shanklin and Lake forms a built-up area of around 25,000 inhabitants.
The northernmost town of Sandown Bay, Sandown has an easily accessible, sandy shoreline with beaches that run continuously from the cliffs at Battery Gardens in the south to Yaverland in the north.
Moni Moshonov
So what else happened on the day that Agnes and Stan posted the card?
Well, the 18th. August 1951 marked the birth of Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov (Hebrew: שלמה "מוני" מושונוב). Moni is an Israeli actor, comedian, and theater director.
Moni Moshonov's Early and Personal Life
Moshonov was born in Ramla, Israel, to a Bulgarian Jewish family that immigrated to Israel from Sofia, Bulgaria. His father, Moshe, who had studied law in Sofia, sold textiles at the Ramla market.
Moshonov grew up in Ramla, Israel. He did his military service in an Israel Defense Forces entertainment troupe.
Moshonov is married to Israeli actress Sandra Sade, and is the father of opera singer and actress Alma Sadé Moshonov and actor Michael Moshonov. He resides in Tel Aviv, Israel, near the Habima Theater.
Moni Moshonov's Career
-- Acting
After studying drama at Tel Aviv University, Moni joined the Haifa Theater, remaining with the group for five years. In 1977 he made his first film appearance in Masa Alunkot ("Journey of Stretchers") alongside Gidi Gov.
In 1978–98, Moshonov starred along with Shlomo Baraba, Dov Glickman, Gidi Gov and many more in the Israeli satirical TV show Zehu Ze!, first on Israeli Educational Television and then on Channel 2.
Moni also appeared in the films The Man Who Flew in to Grab (1981), Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986) and Deadline (1987).
During the 1980;s he starred in five "Festigal" song festivals, performing children's songs.
Moni also starred in Arik Einstein's children's video Like Grownups in 1991.
In 1992 he wrote, produced and starred in the film Cables.
Moni has appeared in many plays in the Cameri Theater, Habima and the Beit Lessin Theater, as well as several entertainment shows with Baraba.
In 2006 he directed Ideal Wedding at Habima and starred in The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia?
-- Moni Moshonov in Film and Television
In 2000 Moni starred in Besame Mucho, and in Dover Kosashvili's Late Marriage in 2001, for which he won the Israeli Film Academy Award for best supporting actor.
In 2002 he starred in Amos Gitai's Kedma. In 2003 Moni played in Kosashvili's next film A Gift from Above, and starred in Year Zero.
In 2004 he joined the sketch show Ktzarim on Channel 2, for which he won an Israeli Film Academy Award for best actor in a comedy series.
In 2006 he starred in Forgiveness ("Mechilot") and in We Own the Night in 2007. In 2007 Moni hosted the Israeli version of Thank God You're Here on Channel 10.
In 2008 he joined the cast of the second season of Betipul, and starred in Two Lovers.
In 2012 MNI played in the Israeli TV series, The Gordin Cell as Peter Yom-Tov, an old Shin-Bet agent from Bulgaria. He co-starred as Nick in the 2013 movie Hunting Elephants. In the same year, he appeared in Shraga Bishgada, an Israeli TV show.
In 2014 he played in the Bulgarian film Bulgarian Rhapsody, which became the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th. Academy Awards.
In 2015 he portrayed former Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer in a controversial TV ad campaign for Amir Bramly's Kela fund, which was broadcast in Prime time including the "Golden Break" before the winner announcement in two high rating reality shows.
In 2020, he appeared in the reboot of Zehu Ze! and The Jews are Coming.
The 1951 Laotian Parliamentary Election
Also on the 18th. August 1951, Parliamentary elections were held in Laos in order to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of Parliament.
Unlike previous elections, which had been held on a non-partisan basis, this one saw political parties compete for the first time.
The result was a victory for the National Progressive Party, which won 19 of the 39 seats.