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Dear Mrs. Morris,
Thanks for letter. No panic here- all as usual except prices, warships and aeroplanes. Steve just arrived from Cromer staying with us for a few days. All boys and ourselves are well & brown. Hope you are having a good time. We are returning by steamer on Friday.
Love to all
H. Booker

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Caption: Old Cottage, Pakefield

The reference on the message was to the start of WW1. Britain declared war on August 4, 1914, just 7 days before this card was posted. This was a family who was having a nice holiday and suddenly noticed the many troop and warship movements in the first days of the war. I have another card where a tourist noticed a sudden movement in the warships.