october

16 October 1907 was a Wednesday ...

Carpet looks in good condition. Is that a hole or a stray leaf under the chair? On closer inspection it may have had a bit editing/scratches.

Why isn't the gentleman standing and one or both of the ladies sitting?

beachcomber australia I though that a bit odd. Older lady I would have expected to be seated. If Miss Nolan is the younger lady, is the man her brother as I do not see an engagement ring on her right hand ?

The ladies only had one pair of shoes between them, that's why they are standing on one foot each.

2 October 1922 was a Monday ...

Headlamps an optional extra?

beachcomber australia They're further back near the drivers door!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Ok. What are the wires at the front for? "Joseph Nolan (born approx 1894) Had a coal merchants business. Was president of the Waterford chamber of commerce for a ..." Somebody who has 'Ancestry' might find more - www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1095/?name=Joseph+B_N...

He must be quite young, or else a blow-in. In 1911, the only coal dealing Nolan in Waterford was Michael, aged 57 with no children to pass the business on to. There were various youthful Josephs about the place, though.

There was a protest on October 17th 1909 which fits the bill. Fermanagh Herald - Saturday 23 October 1909:

A demonstration organised by the British Social Democratic Federation, in co-operation with the Labour Party, Fabian Society, and other organisations, was held in Trafalgar Square, London, on Sunday afternoon, to protest against the execution of Senor Ferrer, and was attended by between nine thousand and ten thousand people.

John Spooner That's some crowd. Will the newspapers be our friend in uncovering Francisco Ferrer's alleged wrongdoing?

Date fairly securely established as 17 October 1909 then, thank you, and the postcard was sent on 10 September 1910.

Methinks the protest was a bit late.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ferrer

Francisco Ferrer was a Spanish radical freethinker, anarchist, and educationist behind a network of secular, private, libertarian schools in and around Barcelona. His execution, following a revolt in Barcelona, propelled Ferrer into martyrdom and grew an international movement of radicals and libertarians, who established schools in his model and promoted his schooling approach.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ferrer

The protest in Trafalgar Square was mild in comparison with what went on in Italy. It was "in the throes of a general strike" in protest against the "inquisitorial Spanish government", the Spanish consuls in Milan, Carrara and Florence resigned, and "immense bodies of soldiery" were guarding the Vatican day and night. (Daily Chronicle).,

It seems that the 'secular' aspect of Ferrer's teachings were seen as a threat to certain parts of the Spanish establishment.