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A Postcard a Day
http://apostcardaday.blogspot.com
My father started collecting postcards as a way to continue his nomadic life at least in spirit. I'm continuing the collection and posting at least one postcard, chosen at random, each day.
- Added on: Jun 1st, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Sheila
- Listed in: Places & Geography Destinations
- Tags: postcard
Recent Posts
Seasonal fruits, Finland
Another lovely card from Finland, this time showing the fruits of the season, with a lovely stamp! ...
PFF - Hotels in Folkestone
Postmarked Folkestone and dated 4 September 1904. Once upon a time Folkestone was a very fashionable holiday resort on the south-east coast of England. The Metropole Hotel was built in the 1890s, well over 100 years ago, and soon afterwards ...
Tokyo Central Station
This doesn't look like any station I know, though I'll readily admit that I'm not intimately acquainted with many. So I'll rephrase that - it's nothing like Waterloo in London which is older - and grubbier. The card is postmarked Tokyo ...
The Leaning Tower of ... Suurhusen
This was sent to me as a replacement Postcrossing card, the original having gone astray. It can't be often that post goes missing between Germany and the UK, but one certainly did. This one is postmarked Briefzentrum 47 and dated 22 Oct...
A Manchester pub
I lived in Manchester for a time, my second son was born there and he returned to go to the university, so I was very pleased when this turned up the other day. It's another card that completely missed the post office franking machine. S...
Le Havre
I found this card in a flea market, dated 23 October 1988, but without a postmark. I was pleased to find it because I've passed through Le Havre many times, usually without stopping, and I have never bought any postcards from there. The cent...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 4.75 out of a possible 5 based on 8 comments.
Simon Holmes
A visual feast supported with great commentary
Jeremy Janson
Beautiful! Splendid postcards and well-placed descriptions, captions, expalanatons and other prose.
Fun Lilliy
What a great idea for a blog.. loved it.. I collect travel post cards as well.. usually I try to find old drawing post cards..
Snawaz
I congratulate the author for creating this wonderful blog with precious postcards.
Fantastic effort !
Jodi
You know I love your blog Sheila. Every time as always when I visit I feel like I am in the postcard that is posted that day. If I can't be there in body, I can be there in mind and soul. Thank you for such a wonderful place to get away.
Alison
A fascinating look at the writer's collection. It's amazing what you can learn from postcards.
Three other claims to fame of Ulm. 1. A big battle took place there during the peasants rebellion. 2. The Ulmer Spatz (sparrow) story. 3. Two of my siblings and I went to school there from nearby (10 miles) Bernstadt.
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