"The Waits" Itinerant English Christmas Musicians 1920s Trade Ad Card

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"The Waits" Itinerant English Christmas Musicians 1920s Trade Ad Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
ORIGINAL 1920s TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
"THE WAITS" ITINERANT ENGLISH  CHRISTMAS MUSICIANS
Wait, an English town watchman or public musician who sounded the hours of the
night. In the later Middle Ages the waits were night watchmen, who sounded horns
or even played tunes to mark the hours. In the 15th and 16th centuries waits
developed into bands of itinerant musicians who paraded the streets at night at
Christmas time. From the early 16th century, London and all the chief boroughs had
their corporation waits.
In the 18th and early 19th centuries the custom developed of these ordinary street
watchmen serenading householders at Christmas time and calling on the day after
Christmas Day to receive a gratuity. When, in 1829, their place as guardians of a
citys safety was taken over by the police, private individuals kept up the custom,
playing and singing suitable Christmas music.
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS CARD IS  NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION
IT WAS PRINTED IN THE 1920s
IT IS NOT PERFECT
THERE MAY BE:
SLIGHT PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS - WEAK CORNERS
SEE THE IMAGES ABOVE!
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