Postcards In The News (Uk)

Bridport and District Stamp and Postcard Club

"The Great War 1914-16: The first two years"

http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/...stcard_Club/

Cheers,

Postcard Abuse!

I can forgive an artist their choice of medium, but ...

... Princess Di, where are you, now that we need you?

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Jack Bauer portrait made from 1,485 London postcards

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s9/24/...stcards.html

Cheers,

The origins & early works of Valentine & Bedford & Frith ... AUCTION Thu/09/Oct

http://www.cornishman.co.uk/150-yea...l/story.html ... story

http://www.dominic-winter.co.uk/ ... offers online bidding for the photos

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Shopping in Lincolnshire, back in the day:

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/p...ictures.html

Yes, Virginia, you can [right-click] and download the images.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

very cool and much enjoyed links.

Lost photo-journal of Cardiff soldier in First World War:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...dier-7897524

Yes, Virginia, you can [right-click] and download the images.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

(Well, stampfan9, if you *must* have another ...)

Postcard Terrorism: what a local coastline might look like in 2030.

http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Pa...l/story.html

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Notorious Prison Convict's Hand-Drawn Postcards

Q/ Am I the only one who wonders if 'UK' derives from 'Unbearably Kwirky'?

http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/priso...ad_1_3809185

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

2014.10.09 ... UK ... Worthing

[newspaper column] ... A Postcard from Worthing, No. 17 ... by Antony Edmonds

"... After the First World War ... planes and pilots were put to use photographing British scenes from the air, to be published as postcards ..."

http://www.littlehamptongazette.co....ht-1-6344975 ... Nice analytics, and a video!

Mr Edmonds has published several books about Worthing, including "Worthing: The Postcard Collection"

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Boo...=13317874926 ... I bought it, and I'm glad I did.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

2014.10.03 .. UK .. Swaffham .. touring Swaffham's past, in postcards

"The author is Gerald Lamont, who appears to have travelled the country putting together such booklets, all composed of postcards dating from around the turn of the 20th century and later."

http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/opin...st-1-6328510

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

2014.10.16 .. UK .. Derby

"... postcard ... showing the old Toll House on Derby's Kedleston Road in use as a post office ..."

Nicely done ... even if he couldn't get his new photo to better match the image on the card ;)

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Byg...l/story.html

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

2014.10.20 .. UK .. Grimsby

self-profile of a local postcard collector

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/A...l/story.html

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

2014.10.20 .. UK .. Ormskirk

"... postcard collection ... rescued from a house clearance in Carlisle ...

http://www.osadvertiser.co.uk/news/...ards-7942172

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

2014.10.25 .. UK .. Mayfair, London

"... Original artwork behind vintage Donald McGill postcards up for sale ..."

"... innuendo-laden seaside postcards sparked obscenity trial in the 50s ..."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...es-sale.html

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

2014.10.27 .. UK .. Keighley

"... postcards, featuring local scenes and people over the past century, from the Bradford Museums and Galleries collection ..."

"... alongside ... paintings of Keighley and the surrounding area ... at the town's Cliffe Castle Museum ..."

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co...._collection/ source

http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/venu...liffeCastle/ Cliffe Castle Museum page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffe_Castle_Museum Cliffe Castle Museum on Wikipedia

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

2014.10.27 .. UK .. Bromsgrove

"... two postcards ... postmarked in the early 1900s ... were found at Greggs bakery on New Road in Rubery ..."

"... man's name on the front of one postcard is John Humphries and it is addressed to a Mr J Evenson from Bridgetown in Cannock ..."

"... woman ... named on the front as Miss Winifred Delevanti [depicted] as Princess Suzetta ... addressed to a Miss Dolly Gibbons in Hockley ..."

http://www.bromsgrovestandard.co.uk...-119630.html

Gotta love a culture where two lost postcards make the local paper.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey