Postcard: Urgent! Thousands of nice young men wanted in Eastbourne. Over 8000 girls are sighing for what they cannot get - husbands ... Kitchener’s Army in demand. Derby recruits don’t be shy.
Humorous postcard date stamped, 1 Jan 1919.
A medical officer had apparently reported that there was a surplus of 8000 females over males in Eastbourne.
One of 75 picture postcards, sentimental, humorous and documentary, from the period, before, during and after World War One, 1907 (c)-1924 (c).
Associated with World War One (1914-1918).

Urgent! Thousands of nice young men wanted in Eastbourne. Over 8000 girls are sighing for what they cannot get - husbands ... Kitchener’s Army in demand. Derby recruits don’t be shy