Latest Blog. Great Aunt Hettie Vatcher. This lovely CDV was another of my finds from eBay earlier this year. #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #Dorchester #Frampton #Dorset #Lancashire lynnswaffles.com/2024/09/15/%f0…

Two years since publication and still available! Fifty Mysterious Postcards: Pitman Shorthand Messages from the Golden Age of the Postcard, published by The History Press

Here’s the latest edition of Picture #Postcard Magic from our friends at Reflections of a Bygone Age. It’s available FREE via postcardcollecting.co.uk - it’s about #postcards and it’s, well, magic 💥

It’s the season #MushroomMonday

Sunset in the suburbs

A Cheshire beauty #ThickTrunkTuesday

In every batch of #postcards I buy are inevitably a few of these, the anonymous house photo. Usually posted in an envelope and with a faint imprint of the postmark in the paper. Each with its own set of unique architectural clues. Does anyone walk past one of these each day?

This Saturday (21st) there’s a #Cornish Collectors’ Fair (with #postcards ) at #StIves TR26 3AD #Cornwall - Open 10:00-4:00, more details and contact information are on this flyer ⬇️

#Postcard Club News: Illustrated talk at Vectis Postcard Club, #IsleOfWight - 16th October

The remains of Harrington Barracks, demolished after WW2 and now the base of a seaside car park. Coastal erosion now reveals the debris bit by bit. #WallsOnWednesday

Today’s #postcard puzzle. Some sort of outdoor service, there’s a church sign by the entrance but is it a ruin? A notice board for the South Eastern Railway, an ivy clad sundial and a glimpse of the street beyond. Any guesses as to the location?

Who lives in the gatehouse? #AdoorableThursday

Our piece together the clues #postcard for today. There’s a lot of finery on show considering we are outside a barn. Who is presenting what to who? What are the strange potted plants about in the foreground? 🤔

With bonus stile #FingerpostFriday

There were some suggestions that my #postcard yesterday may have featured Queen Mary. By way of comparison here she is along with an interesting selection of European royalty. Jolly looking bunch aren’t they!

Meet the Drain’s #postcard

In the unlikely event anyone was concerned I may be running out of mystery #postcard challenges, this consignment arrived today😬

Channeling my inner surfer dude at Ocean Alley tonight