signed and with a fly 'HELEN BRADLEY' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'We went for a Picnic to Pott Shrigley on a/lovely Summers Day. As we drove along in/the wagonette Mother would say that she hoped/our favourite field wouldn't have cows/in it and all the ladies declared that/they couldn't eat those delicious sandwiches/with cows round them, and whatever/should we do if there was a Bull as/well, but when we got there the gate was/open, so everyone helped to unpack the/food and tie Fanny to a tree. It was June/and after tea we gathered bunches of Wild/Roses and honeysuckle and listened to the/Cuckoo calling. Coming home through the quiet/country lanes Mother, Aunt Mary & Aunt Frances/softly sang .. Now the Day is over, Stars begin to peep-/Birds and Beasts and Flowers, soon will/be asleep/and so were George and I and the year was 1906./Helen Layfield Bradley, 1973' (on a label attached to the backboard) and signed again and dedicated 'To Sheila/Happy Christmas/from/Helen Bradley/otherwise/Ma' (on the backboard)