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The top magazine for
collectors of old and modern postcards worldwide!
November 2009
no. 367
£2.60
Top set
at Lewes
Bright lights
The French b
oxing aviato
r
Would
you pay
£1,000 for
this postcard?
Also inside:
z The Jolly McGill
z Well-travelled postcards
z Family History revisited
z World War One postcard
cartoons
z Desert Island postcards
plus news, auctions,
moderns, postbag
and events diary
Picture Postcard Annual 2010 out now!
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Front Cover Pictures:
Top right: Raphael Tuck’s
superb ‘Aesop’s Fables’ set
comes under the microscope this month on page
44.
Top left: Lewes boasts the
best Guy Fawkes’ night in
Britain, but does it have the
best bonfire night postcards? Find out on page 16.
Centre right: most people
remember Georges Carpentier as a famous boxer,
but in France he is revered
as a patriot and aviator,
too. Alan Leonard reveals
all on page 36.
Bottom left: York-based
artist Brian Partridge has
designed this special postcard for Children in Need.
Bottom right: Little Sister
Susie is having trouble
with her sock sizes here on
this Mabel Lucie Attwell
card, no.322, published by
Albert Stiebel & Co. in their
'Modern Humour' series. It
was posted from Burntisland near Edinburgh to
Wetherby, Yorks, in July
1916 and acts as an appetiser for Di Lawer’s ‘Home
Comforts’ article on page
30.
PPM Features November 2009
Donald and the jolly postcard - was Hassall the
9
inspiration for McGill or vice-versa?
Family History up-d
date - Philip Chapman continues
10
his personal saga
Desert Island Postcards - Mais Walley selects her
14
favourites
Remember, remember - Lewes’ bonfire tradition
16
burns brightly, Bob Cairns explains
Best of Bamforth - Jack Sammons on how comic
20
artists helped the home front
Official British war artists - Phil Carradice paints a
24
patriotic picture
Home comforts for the troops - Diana Lawer looks
30
through those welcome parcels
Messages from the Front - Roger Lee shares a
32
selection of First World War postcards
Bamforth hymn cards - sentiment from the top
34
postcard publishers
The view from Berlin - German political cards from
35
WW1
French national hero - Alan Leonard profiles boxer
36
and aviator Georges Carpentier
One thing leads to another - Ann Fox traces the
postcard correspondence of Mary Campbell 40
Thousands of miles for a penny - Alan Leonard
41
reveals more much-travelled postcards
A favourite set - Judy Sneyd nominates Raphael
44
Tuck’s Aesops Fables
The Golden Age of Postcards nears its end
in 1914
£175
£99
£61
£39
£22
It’s a moot point whether
the Great War of 1914-1
18
prolonged or hastened the
picture postcard’s supremacy in inter-p
personal communication. Certainly the cards
that were produced during
the conflict are among the
most interesting of all, and
a marvellous way to study
every aspect of the war. The
postcard craze had peaked
in 1907, however, though
Raphael Tuck was still running postcard promotional
competitions seven years
later. By the end of the war
the nation had changed
V.A.T. at 15% should be added to
the above rates
Spot colour: 20% extra
Inside covers: 20% extra
Full colour rates: 50% extra
Semi-d
display:3 single col.cms
each extra col.cm
£7.50
£1.75
Classified lineage:
1-3 insertions
16p per word
4 + insertions
13p per word
Semi-display
£7.50 per 3cm
box
Picture ad (modern cards only)
b/w £9.50 col. £15
VAT is included in the classified
rates. This is not applicable to
advertisers outside Europe.
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editor and publisher.
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responsible for changes of
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experience.
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Above: Marched to the
recruiting office, 1914.
Inter-Art Co. ‘The Front’
series no. 1225.
Right: Children as combatants on Adrienne A. Nash’s
design for Inter-Art in
‘Allies’ series no. 833, posted from London in November 1914
Regular columns
Newsdesk
3
Fairs/Auction Diary
6
Clubscene
18
Auction notes
22
Postbag
26
Early posting dates 28
Card Chat
46
What the postman saw
48
Freecard Gossip
49
Book Review
52
Picture Postcard Puzzles
57
Picture Postcard Monthly November 2009
November - the month of
Armistice day - often sees
PPM focus on Great War
subjects, and this issue has
several related features.
Writers look at the 1914-1
18
from various points of
view, and illustrate some of
the rich postcard output of
the period.
physically, spiritually and
economically, and by 1919
postage for postcards had
doubled, the telephone was
beginning to be used more
widely, many publishers
had gone out of business or
changed direction,and an
era of postcard-sending
began to wind down.
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Newsdesk J
Postcard Museum idea hits the deck
Michael Goldsmith’s grand idea for a national postcard museum funded by bequests and lottery grants
fell at the first hurdle after a disappointingly low
number of people turned up to an inaugural meeting
at the end of September. Fifteen collectors were in
place to hear Michael set out his thinking behind the
foundation of a ‘Postcard Society’, open to collectors
and dealers, which would “preserve the past” (by
the creation of a postcard museum), and “promote
the future” by encouraging publicity for the hobby in
the media, setting up a national postcard competition and initiating major exhibitions of picture postcards at prominent venues. The hobby was “going
nowhere”, he asserted, having made little progress
in 30 years. It was soon clear, though, that no support existed for the museum concept, and while
most people who spoke approved strongly of the
other aims, Michael felt too few people had shown
an interest to contemplate taking the venture further.
Four-w
way club
competition
A quartet of postcard clubs
will compete for the Nottingham Fair Trophy on 7
November. Alfreton, Doncaster
(the
holders),
Northampton and Nottingham will each enter six
boards,
and
everyone
attending the fair will be
able to cast a vote.
z Plymouth Postcard Club
put on a special display of
rare real photographic postcards published by Penzance photographer E.
Thomas at Redruth Postcard Fair last month. Mr
Thomas’s forte was photographing children at Sunday School tea treats and
other outings, family parties
and local groups out for the
day. The display was also
intended to promote the
club.
Bloomsbury plans
‘themed’ fairs
The promoters of the
famous and long-running
Bloomsbury monthly collectors’ fair at London’s
Royal National Hotel are
seeking to inject some fizz
into the event in an effort
to rebrand what has latterly become a rather jaded
part of the postcard scene.
Phil and Dave Smith plan
to ‘theme’ each fair so that
it majors on one specific
topic - say Railways, Shipping or Theatrical - with
dealers encouraged to
bring material from various collecting areas that
would be relevant to that
subject. This would not, of
course, mean any less
general material being
available, or fewer postcards on show, but would
facilitate some target
advertising to breathe new
life into the Bloomsbury.
Northamptonshire Postcard Club had a promotional stand
at Northampton Heritage Fair in September. Here are
David Leeder (left) and Cliff Masters in charge of the display.
Norfolk Postcard Club’s annual fair in Norwich last
month attracted slightly fewer collectors than last year
(440 paying visitors and some 30 club members) but
the atmosphere was lively throughout. This view of St.
Andrews Hall shows a selection of the postcard and
ephemera stalls. Included among these was a trio of
charity stalls - Leprosy Mission, Norfolk Deaf Children’s
Society and Children in Hunger.
Bigger postcard
auctions at Warwick
Warwick & Warwick Auctions have decided their collectables
sales
have
become too large to stage
in one day. Accordingly, in
2010 they will separate the
postcards and cigarette card
sales from other collectables and give them a separate catalogue. Next year,
there will be four dedicated
postcard sales with larger
content than the present
auctions. Dates are March
3rd, June 9th, September
1st and December 1st, with
viewing on sale day and the
preceding Friday, Monday
and Tuesday.
z The Reading Chronicle
has jumped on the Picture
Postcard Puzzles bandwagon! The October 1st edition
carried an article with an
illustration of a postcard of
a country house. Someone
had pencilled the word
Berks on the back, and
Reading librarian David
Cliffe wanted clarification of
exactly where it was.
Muck-rraker at large
Bradford Postcard Society
founder-member and stalwart Graham Hall keeps
busy giving postcard talks
to all kinds of organisations
in his area. His staple is ‘the
Golden Age of Postcards’
but he has seven to choose
from currently, including
one covering the construction of Bradford’s main
sewage treatment works.
This, he assures us, is more
interesting than might
appear!
Free postcard give-a
away
Rikki Hyde Fairs are doing
another Dalkeith promotion
at their Pelhams Park,
Bournemouth, fair on 12th
December, with 100 sets of
The Busy Solent & Isle of
Wight set of six postcards
being given away free to the
first hundred collectors
through the door. Early
attendance is advised to
secure a set! Around 24
stamp and postcard dealers
are booked in for the event,
and Stanley Gibbons have a
stand selling accessories.
The Age of Elegance (1). Jotter (Walter Hayward Young)
painting of the Winter Gardens at the Royal Hotel, Great
Yarmouth, on a postcard from Arthur Burkart & Co. c.1912
Picture Postcard Monthly November 2009 3
The view from Woking
DAVID CALVERT
POSTCARD FAIRS 2010
Fairs list & Venues:
Leicester
Chester-Le-Street
Parklands Leisure Centre,
Wigston Road,
Oadby LE2 5QG
Sunday 31 January
Sunday 6 June
Space for 70 tables (40
dealers), flat unloading, bar,
wheelchair friendly
A crowded scene at the South of England Postcard Fair at
Woking Leisure Centre in September
Peter Howarth
from
Tadley
(left) was one
of two winners
of the lucky
prize draw at
the fair. Here
he receives his
£20 voucher to be spent
within the fair from promoter
Michael Goldsmith
PPM on Tour
Gerry Kelly from Norwich found postcard paradise in
Munich when he reached Detlef Hilmer’s ‘Philatelie und
Ansichtskarten’ shop. Naturally, he had to show his copy
of Picture Postcard Monthly to passers-by.
PPM is essential reading for Scottish crofters, as Audrey
Morrison from Nottingham confirmed when she picked
up a copy at a blackhouse on the island of Lewis.
4
North Lodge School, off
Birtley Road DH3 4BE
Saturday 20 February
Saturday 10 July
Saturday
27 November
35 tables (16-24 dealers)
Wheelchair friendly
Market Rasen
Spalding
The Festival Hall, Caistor
Road LN8 3JA
The Castle Sports Complex,
Albion Street PE11 2AJ
Sunday 9 May
Saturday 3 July
55 tables (25-39 dealers)
Wheelchair friendly
(40+ dealers)
Wheelchair friendly
Horncastle
Horncastle Golf & Country
Club, West Ashby LN9
5PP
Sunday 31 October
65+ tables, 35-40 dealers
Wheelchair friendly
Lincoln - NEW!
Bishop Grosseteste University College (Robert
hardy Building) LN1 3DY
Sunday 14 February
65+ tables, 35-40 dealers
Wheelchair friendly
All venues have free parking and refreshments.
All Fairs are open 10am-4pm
For full details and stall bookings, call
David Calvert on 01507 480280
PTA Member - see PTA website
HAYWARDS HEATH
INTERNATIONAL
Postcard, Cigarette Card and Collectors Fair
The top event of its kind in the Southern Counties!
Saturday 7 November
10.30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
55 Tables specialising in:
POSTCARDS *CIGARETTE CARDS *EPHEMERA *STAMPS
*POSTAL HISTORY *ALBUMS *ACCESSORIES ETC.
Sunday
Ist November
and in 2010: 3rd January
* 7th March *2nd May
Clair Hall, Perrymount Road,
HAYWARDS HEATH
West Sussex
Admission £1
Refreshments
Free Parking
Dealers booked include:
* Topo Plus * Brian Girling
* Pip Barker * Peter Holroyd * Philip Chipperfield
* Mick Devonald * Beacon Postcards * Lesley Davies
* Peter Robinson * Peter Lindfield
* John Kidson * Jane Dembrey
* Graham Green * Chris Burchett
* John Ainslie * Rob Roy Albums * Jackie Worling
* Andrew Bowker * John Priestley (Sussex)
and more to follow!
For further information and bookings:
Rosemary Shepherd/Beacon Fairs 01892-662132
Future Dates: 5 December, 6 February
And it’s that time of year again...
Children in Need Postcards
All proceeds to BBC Children in Need appeal
1990 Pudsey Bear & Friends (Rosalind Wicks)
o/s
1992 Not all kids have a colourful life (Frank Burridge)40p
1993 Maybe Robin Hood can fix me up (John Green) 40p
1993 Poverty St (John Green)
o/s
1993 Teddy Bears & Money Boxes no. 2 (R. Wicks)
o/s
1996 ...and these little piggies (Michael O’Brien)
40p
1996 Pudsey & Building Blocks (Boomerang)
o/s
1997 Girl & Pudsey Bear (Brian Partidge)
40p
1998 Wishing you the best of health (Rosalind Wicks) o/s
1999 Join in the fun (BBC)
o/s
1999 To make a donation please call (BBC)
o/s
1999 Remember remember (BBC)
o/s
1999 Pudsey Bear and building blocks (BBC)
o/s
2000 Girl, Teddy Bear & Doll (Brian Partridge)
40p
2000 Boy & Football (Thought Factory)
40p
2001 Teddy Bears & Money Boxes no. 20 (R. Wicks) 60p
2002 Art Class (Rupert Besley)
50p (signed copies 50p)
2003 Offence to impersonate (Terry
Irvine)
50p
2004 Posting my donation (Rosalind
Wicks)
50p
2006 Children in New Brighton (Martin
Parr) (2) 50p each
2007 Whose bright idea? (Terry Irvine)
50p
2009 Pudsey in Wonderland (Brian
Partridge)
50p
o/s out of stock
PENKRIDGE
LEISURE CENTRE
POSTCARD &
CIGARETTE CARD FAIR
with 35 dealers
Sunday
8th November
9.30 am - 3.30 pm
Admission free
contact:
Order from: Reflections of a Bygone
Age, 15 Debdale Lane,
Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5HT
Peter Robards 07813 680927
Simon Collyer 01283 820151
Please make cheques payable to:
Reflections ‘Children in Need’
Appeal
AMP Fairs 2009 is all go!!
K What’s on - Postcard Events Diary J
OCTOBER 2009
FAIRS
27
28
Stockport, Masonic Hall
(AMP)
Digbeth (Birmingham), Irish Centre
(AMP)
29 Ripley, Rose Lane Scout Hut* (TN)
z31 BRISTOL, Ashton Park School (BPC)
SHOREHAM-B
BY-S
SEA, Shoreham
Centre
(BF)
Belfast, St. Nicholas Church Hall
(NIPC)
London, Charing Cross Market (RB)
Trowbridge, St James’ Church Hall
(PF)
London, Electric Ballroom
(PN)
Cardiff, City Hall
(MJP)
NOVEMBER 2009
FAIRS
1
LEEDS, Pudsey Civic Hall
(KSG)
TONBRIDGE, Angel Centre
(FF)
Stratford-u
upon-A
Avon, Racecourse
(HoE)
Leigh on Sea, West Leigh Junior
School
(H)
Bath /Bristol, Patchway Community
College
(KN)
Ludlow, St.John Ambulance Hall
(AMP)
Clayton, Community Centre
(CJ)
4
Croydon, St.George’s Church Hall
(PD)
Neath, Town Hall
(DCF)
5
Cardiff , Wesley Church Hall (DCF)
z7 NOTTINGHAM, Harvey Hadden
Sports Centre
(R)
HAYWARDS HEATH, Clair Hall (BF)
Motherwell, St.Mary’s Parish Church
`Hall
(CF)
Beckenham, Azelia Hall
(P&R)
Farnham, Maltings
(AD)
Aberdeen, Queen’s Cross Church
Hall
(COR)
Swindon, Western Community
Centre
(SSPF)
8
PENKRIDGE , Leisure Centre (AMP)
Fareham, Ferneham Hall
(E)
Worthing, Heene Community Centre
(CR)
z14 Kidderminster, Railway Museum
(KRM)
Southampton, St.James Road
Methodist Hall
(RH)
Colwyn Bay, Eirias High School
(NWSF)
Kinross, Church Centre
(BRF)
Powick, Parish Hall
(AMP)
Hastings, Christ Church Hall
(CR)
East Grinstead, De La Warr Hall (JT)
15 Plymouth, Manadon Scout Centre
(PPC)
Gt.Missenden, Memorial Hall
(FS)
Herne, Parish Hall
(RC)
Rochester, Masonic Hall
(CR)
19 Orpington, Crofton Halls*
(SRP)
Cirencester, Bingham Hall
(CPC)
z21 CHESTER, Northgate Arena Leisure
Centre
(NPF)
Colchester, Parish Hall
(TM)
Midhurst, Grange Hotel
(GCA)
Salisbury, Utd Reform Church Hall
(RPH)
Margate, Utd Reform Church Hall
(CB)
Glasgow, Renfield Centre
(COR)
Chichester, Stockbridge Hall
(CR)
Barry, High Light Community Centre
6
Key to number of postcard dealers at
fairs:
BOLD CAPS - 25 or more dealers (40+
if in red)
Bold type - 16-2
24 dealers
Medium type - 7-15 dealers
Medium italics - 3-6 dealers
* evening fairs
Saturdays indicated by z
Three non-specialist dealers are calculated to be equivalent to one specialist
postcard dealer for the purposes of the
Diary. Collectors unfamiliar with a particular event might still be wise to check
with the organisers about the exact number of PC dealers present before making
a long journey.
Great care is taken to make sure that the
information of this Diary is accurate, but
the publishers can accept no responsibility for errors or omissions.
(BPS)
Exeter, America Hall
(PF)
22 LONDON BLOOMSBURY, Royal
National Hotel
(IPM)
Bathgate, Kiam Park Hotel
(CF)
24 Stockport, Masonic Hall
(AMP)
25 Digbeth (Birmingham), Irish Centre
(AMP)
26 Ripley, Rose Lane Scout Hut* (TN)
Plymouth, Guildhall
(PF)
27 Clyst St George, Parish Hall
(PF)
z28 BRISTOL, B.A.W.A. Leisure Centre
(AS)
GUILDFORD, St.Peter’s School,
Merrow
(SuPC)
Chester-lle-S
Street, North Lodge
School
(DC)
Redruth, Jubilee Hall
(DL)
Portchester, Parish Hall
(CH)
Trinity, Jersey, RJA&HS HQ (CIA&C)
Eastbourne , St. Mary’s Church Hall
(CR)
29 Twyford, Loddon Hall
(NB)
Prestwick, RAFA Club
(CF)
DECEMBER 2009
FAIRS
2
Croydon, St George’s Church Hall
(PD)
Neath, Town Hall
(DCF)
3
Cardiff, Wesley Church Hall
(DCF)
4
Newark, Showground
(DMG)
z5 EXETER, Clyst Vale Community
Centre
(AS)
HAYWARDS HEATH, Clair Hall (BF)
Montrose, Hillside Village Hall (CN)
Farnham, Maltings
(AD)
Beckenham, Azelia Hall
(P&R)
Swindon, Western Community Hall
(SSPF)
Hove, St Leonards Church Hall (EL)
6
BIRMINGHAM, Motor Cycle Museum
(AMP)
Tonbridge, Angel Centre
(CR)
Woodbridge, Community Centre (H)
London, Holiday Inn
(ES)
z 12 Canterbury, Westgate Hall
(CB)
Bournemouth, Pelhams Park
(RH)
Cardiff, City Hall
(MJP)
London, Electric Ballroom
(PN)
East Grinstead, De La Warr Parish
Hall
(JT)
13 Mountnessing, Village Hall
(H)
Bath/Bristol, Patchway Community
College
(KN)
Orpington, Crofton Halls*
(SRP)
Cirencester, Bingham Hall
CPC)
z19 Glastonbury, Town Hall
(BR)
Midhurst, Grange Hotel
(GCA)
Guildford, Onslow Village Hall (CR)
20 LONDON BLOOMSBURY, Royal
National Hotel
(IPM)
Herne, Parish Hall
(RC)
27 CHELTENHAM , Pump Rooms (AMP)
Glasgow, Woodside Hall
(RS)
28 WICKHAM, Community Centre (PP)
A3 KINGSTON BY-P
Pass, Tolworth
(GSF)
Recreation Centre
Sittingbourne , Carmel Hall
(CR)
17
TWYFORD
COLLECTORS
FAIR & AUCTION
Loddon Hall, Twyford,
Berks
(Just off A4 on the A3032 nr.
Maidenhead - RG10 9JA)
SUNDAY
29th November
Stalls available
Contact Neil Baldry
of Time Machine
32 Westborough Road,
Maidenhead, Berks SL6
4AR
Tel. 01628 622603
(after 4.30 pm)
Loddon Auctions
0118-961-1915 (evenings).
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International Diary
EXHIBITIONS
This is a selected list of fairs outside Britain featuring postcards in worthwhile numbers. The telephone number quoted in each instance is the internal one in that country. If you
are travelling some distances to attend, it would be sensible
to check details with the organiser.
30 Oct 2009 - 7 March 2010 LONDON, The British Library.
Points of view: Capturing the 19th century in
photographs.
Nov 6-7
7 CHICAGO, Engineer’s Hall
888.451.0340
Nov 11 BRUSSELS, Autoworld Museum
475.42.59.42
Nov 13-1
15 NEW YORK, New Yorker Hotel
718.375.7353
(Metropolitan PC Club Show)
Nov 14-1
15 GIVORS, Palais des Sports
4.78.73.09.02
Nov 20-2
21 YORK (Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
410.642.3581
Nov 22 SYDNEY, Imar Community Hall at Croydon
2.9268.2816
Nov 28 STUTTGART, Liederhalle
711.241.272
Nov 29 COLOGNE, Mulheimer Stadthalle 160.9651.3700
Dec 6 MONT ALBERT (Victoria, Australia), Our Holy
Redeemer Catholic School
9803.4396
Dec 12 LILLE, Grand Palais
3.20.53.66.32
BRISTOL
AUCTIONS
OCTOBER 2009
27 Trafford Books, Manchester
30 Hendersons, Shrewsbury
31 Horners, Acle
0161-877-8818
01743-792727
0800-975-4416
NOVEMBER 2009
3 T.Vennett-Smith, Nottingham (Sport)
7 Dalkeith, Bournemouth
11 T.Vennett-Smith, Nottingham (Sport)
11 Cavendish, Derby
15 Lockdales, Ipswich
20 Special Auction Services, Midgham
23 SPA, Cirencester - postal
27 Hendersons, Minsterley
29 Loddon, Twyford
0115-983-0541
01202-292905
0115-983-0541
01332-250970
01473-218588
0118-971-2949
01285-659057
01743-792727
01628-622603
DECEMBER 2009
Postcard Fair
SATURDAY 28th
NOVEMBER
2 T.Vennett-Smith, Nottingham
5 Dalkeith, Bournemouth
5 Railwayana, Sheffield
9 Warwick & Warwick, Warwick
9 Birmingham Auctions, Worcester
15 Trafford Books, Manchester
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Stamps, Ephemera, Accessories, Refreshments
B.A.W.A. Leisure Centre, Southmead Road,
Filton, Bristol
Details: Anne Scott
01395-270322
Next events:
Saturdays 6 February,
3 April
0115-983-0541
01202-292905
01234-325341
01926-499031
01885-488871
0161-877-8818
FAIRDEAL
POSTCARD FAIR
ANGEL CENTRE,
TONBRIDGE, KENT
on Sunday November 1st
Fair organisers
AD
A. Dickinson
01252-726234
AMP AMP Fairs
01283-820151
AS
Anne Scott
01395-270322
AW
Alan Wishart
01698-356337
BF
Beacon Fairs
01892-662132
BPC
Bristol PC
0117-9665071
BPS
Barry PS
01446-741026
BR
Barrie Rollinson 01278-445497
BRF
Bass Rock Fairs 01368-860365
BRSC Bognor Regis SC 01243-837590
C&EK Canterbury & EK 01843-862707
CB
Clive Baker
01843-862707
CF
Caledonia Fairs 01436-671429
CH
Colin Harris
02392-615380
CIA
Ch.Island Antique 07797777709
CJ
C.J. Fairs
01782-611621
CN
Chad Neighbor 01674-832823
COR Cornucopia
01382-224946
CPC
Cotswold PC
01285-655532
CR
Chris Rapley
01795-478175
DC
David Calvert
01507-480280
DCF
Dragon Coll. Fairs01446-741026
DG
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Just what do you call a postcard collector?
Over the years, many
names
have
been
coined to describe the
hobby of collecting
postcards and its practitioners, most notably
deltiologist (still widely
used in the U.S.A.), cartologist, cartophilist and
cardophile. On this postcard (one of the rooms
at the Louvre is on the
picture side) is a new
one - a philocartiste!
The postcard was sent
to a Mr Preston in
Chester by Andre Perlet
from Paris, who himself
was evidently a member
of many different clubs,
according to the list
here!
Postcard puzzle
Has anyone come across
a card like this? Posted at
Coleford in August 1911
and published in the PHW
series, it is billed as “The
New Postcard Game”.
Presumably the idea is to
identify or caption each
picture of Weston-superMare. But where do you
send the answers to?
There’s no indication on
either side of the card.
Perhaps the idea was to
have a bit of fun with
friends, seeing who could
identify all the views. Can
any reader take this further?
MSMP
GT. MISSENDEN
SUN 15th NOV ’09
Modern postcards as well as old ones are well
featured at each event
This month’s fairs:
POSTCARDS,
Sunday 1st November
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CIGARETTE CARDS, EPHEMERA
Next month’s fairs:
MEMORIAL CENTRE, LINK RD,
GT MISSENDEN, BUCKS
10am - 4pm Admission £1 Early pass 9am £4
FREE PARKING, SNACKS.
STALL £25. EXTRA STALL £18
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Aylesbury, Bucks HP18 0HB.
Tel. 01296 651283. Mobile 07860 497339
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STAMP & POSTCARD FAIRS
Sunday 6th December
WOODBRIDGE, Community Centre
Sunday 13th December
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McGill has a jolly
time with
Hassall’s big idea
If you collect
modern postcards...
you’re in for a treat at
the Nottingham Postcard
Fair on Saturday 7th
November, when the
following specialist
dealers will be there:
John Hassall’s iconic
design to promote the
Lincolnshire
seaside
resort of Skegness was
first published in 1908,
along with the slogan
‘...is so bracing’. Skegness has traded on it
ever since, and the artist
became an honorary son
of the town. Comic artist
McGill
Donald
was
obviously
impressed with it,
too,
for
he
satirised the original cartoon not
long afterwards
with this design of
a lady stepping
out of a bathing
hut to the same
slogan.
The intention of
the publishers of the
McGIll postcard was
that it would be able
to be overprinted for
use at any seaside
location. The example right was posted
at Paddington, London (the sender was
hopefully about to
travel to the coast by
train!) on 19 August
1910. Collector Eric
Kent has the same
postcard
design,
overprinted Margate, posted on 16 August 1909. The
card was published by Hutson Bros., who bought the
stock of the liquidated Pictorial Postcard Company in
1908 and began issuing
postcards from the same
address, 15 Red Lion
Square, London. McGill had
already designed cards for
the bankrupt firm, and the
new owners kept him on as
a contributing artist.*
So was this just a
straightforward case of one
artist adapting another’s
work, as often happens? Did
Hassall and McGill - The
Poster King and The Seaside Comic Postcard King know each other? If so,
could McGill possibly have
given the ‘jolly fisherman’
idea to John Hassall? The
Skegness
poster
was
launched at Easter 1908 in
conjunction with a London
Kings Cross-Skegness railway excursion. It is generally believed that the slogan
was suggested by a Great
Northern Railway employee.
It would be interesting
to know if other collectors
have copies of the McGill
‘...is so bracing’ postcard
overprinted with other
Keith & Kath Bird
Alan Bower
Mike & Sue Huddy
Graham Richardson
Dave Salter
Publishers (Anthony Byatt).
z John Hassall’s poster
postcards featured in a PPM
article in September 2009
...as well as lots of
dealers in old postcards.
The fun starts at 10am at
Harvey Hadden Sports
Centre NG8 4PB
Chester
Postcard Fair
Dealers selling Postcards, Cigarette Cards and
Ephemera
Saturday 21st November
Open 9.30 am - 3.30 pm
The Chester Northgate Arena Leisure Centre
Admission £1.25 & £1.00 concessions
Flat unloading, refreshments and parking
Is this the most famous holiday advertisement ever
drawn?
resort names or earlier
postal usage. Hutson Bros.
probably published the
design in 1909.
Modern
publishers
have
incorporated
the
poster design into their
postcards, as on the example below published by
ETW Dennis of Scarborough. Postcard dealer Keith
Chamberlain also used the
McGill cartoon as an advertsising card, with his own
details overprinted.
*Picture Postcards and their
Postcard dealers already booked include:
Alec Wallace, Winnie Kettell, Doug Forton, John
Priestley, Geoff Ellis, Phil Jones, Ralph Stuttard,
Peter Robards, Mark Powell, Campbell McCutcheon,
Paul Mitchell, Keith Hough, Simon Collyer, John Ryan,
Ted Gerry, Andrew George, Gwyn Williams, Ann
Gray, Peter Chadwick, Brian Roper & Jim Jackson
Cigarette Card dealers already booked include:
Jim Jackson, Brian Shepherd,
Alec Wallace, John Varden
and Jack Watson Albums and Frames
Next Fair: Saturday 16th January 2010
Bookings and enquiries: Northern Postcard Fairs
Tel: 01244 535578; 07802 699024
Vantage point: Brian Lewis
suggests that the postcard
of Wells (October PPM,
p.14) was from a picture
taken by a photographer
with an assistant holding
his step-ladder! The Royal
visit shown on the postcard was on 23 June 1909.
Got a point of view
or something to
say? Write to PPM
Postbag!
Work in Progress
A Family History Up-D
Date
Philip J Chapman
It is now over 20 years since I first stumbled across
family history picture postcards which have resulted
in penning, at the last count, 43 articles for Picture
Postcard Monthly and accumulating 521 family-rrelated cards to illustrate our ever-e
expanding histories. I
must explain the ‘our’ above as my wife, Beryl, is the
family historian who has carried out meticulous
research over many, many years and I am the ‘hanger-o
on’ who produces the family trees, photographs
and, of course, postcards.
Real photographic
card of Peace Celebrations,
July 19th 1919.
card told a story, but I felt
the time was ripe to show
you some of my individual
cards that did not end up in
published articles. At the
same time it may inform
more recent family history
collectors and remind others of the amount of material that is still out there
ready to enhance their collections. My main aim in
illustrating our family histories is to focus on the period
1900 to the present day, in
other words, postcards as
we know them today, that
show actual events or
Undivided back of Congregational Church, Wymondham,
Norfolk posted on 20th July 1903.
In a PPM article of March
1992, entitled “An Illustrated Family History”, I
explained how my passion
for postcards started with a
‘find’ in an antique shop
closing down sale in
Wymondham, Norfolk. The
postcard in question was a
compilation of local views
sent by my grandfather to
my father to celebrate his
10th birthday in 1914! You
can imagine the excitement
this engendered at the time
as I was not aware that such
cards existed. In the last
paragraph of my first article
I stated “I hope this story is
one of the ‘to be continued’ Real photographic card of the wedding group of the
type....” It certainly was, as author’s uncle in 1919.
you will see from the fig- antique shops to enhance places that affected the
ures mentioned above, and our family history stories.
everyday lives of our ancesI hope family-related cards
Over the years I have tors and, of course, ourhave not all been unearthed shared many of my ‘finds’ selves and our present day
as I am anxious to continue with readers as every new families. In the case of my
my visits to fairs and
Real photographic card of Damgate Street, Wymondham,
no. 19 in the ‘Castle Hiill’ series
10
Wymondham,
wife and myself this takes
us back to our grandparents
who lived from the 1870s to
the 1950s. Philip, my grandfather, was married in 1903
and it was therefore
inevitable that a card of the
church concerned of that
date should be found. My
first illustration is, therefore,
of
the
Congregational
Church, Wymondham on an
undivided back example
that was posted in the town
on 20 July 1903. The card
cost just £1 at a fair and
bears a handwritten message on the picture side but
this is of no consequence to
the family historian. It is
mainly a treasured piece of
local history that illustrates
the church at the very time
my grandparents were married. For stamp enthusiasts
the halfpenny Edward VII
stamp is cancelled with a
nice 925 duplex Wymondham franking. I have several
more cards of this church
through the next 60 years,
as my parents -and Beryl
and I - were also married
there. Each card shows how
the exterior of the building
and its surrounds changed
over the years and this is, of
course, the very essence of
collecting from each period.
I now turn to my grandparents with a marvellous
real photographic card
“Peace
Celebrations,
Wymondham July 19th
1919”. My mother’s father,
my grandfather, was a master
butcher
Printed card of “The Dining
Hall, Davey Place Restaurant, Norwich.
Real photographic
card of bakery staff plus the author’s
cousin, c.1912.
who ended up owning three
butcher’s shops in the town,
complete with slaughterhouses and ancillary buildings for holding animals
awaiting their fate! He was
one of the townsfolk who
organised the Peace Celebrations in 1919 and is seen
in this photograph, centre in
white
in sports followed by tea for
the children. At 7pm there
was a fancy dress cycle
parade followed by dancing. The day’s events ended
at 10pm with rockets! No
doubt a great time was had
by all and the troops who
did survive the Great War
Real photographic card
of Flowers Brook, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, posted
from there in August 1957
jacket, helping to serve the
‘discharged sailors and soldiers’ and, no doubt, he provided some of the fare. The
description of the homecoming troops comes from
a copy of a Parish Meeting
notice that I have obtained
that outlines all the activities that took place on Saturday 19th July 1919. The
day started with a peal of
church bells followed by the
town’s children marching
from their schools to
assemble on The Fairland.
The Fairland is, as the name
suggests, an area in the
centre of town that used to
accommodate the travelling
fairs. When the children
arrived there was a short,
outdoor, united service for
thanksgiving followed by a
band playing appropriate
music until the servicemen
retired for dinner in the Drill
Hall. In those days, and well
into my life, dinner was
always at lunchtime in the
same way (when schools
still had dinner ladies!).
After dinner the discharged
troops could watch or join
were
duly
i m p r e s s e d .
Although not quite
as
elaborate,
I
attended the VE
Night celebrations
on The Fairland
which, in 1945,
ended with a giant
bonfire and fireworks.
1919 was a
very good year for
our family history
as, apart from the
card
featured
above, my grandparents’
son
Thomas,
my
uncle, was married at Forncett
Methodist Church, Norfolk.
To our amazement a local
photographer published a
postcard of the happy
event. However, this was
not the usual bride and
groom shot that we are
accustomed to seeing today
but a full family group of 41
individuals! This, of course,
was a rare occurrence until
much later when groups of
this nature became part of
the wedding album of
modern happy couples.
We have, with the aid of
other family members,
been able to name all but
eight of the group but it is
frustrating that even
these have remained
anonymous. The group
includes my grandparents and, most important of all, my mother,
aged 12, who was a
bridesmaid. She was
dressed as a shepherdess
and,
with
another
bridesmaid,
carried decorated crooks
which can be seen in the
photograph. My mother is
shown on the right. The
presence of this card is a
reminder that the ‘social
history’ sections of postcard
dealers’ stocks should not
be overlooked, especially at
fairs local to a collectors
area, as many a family
album has been discharged
in haste. It is also a
reminder that if readers
have such cards in their
possession names should
be pencilled on the back to
help later generations. This
also applies to ordinary
family photographs as we
have many that portray
people who cannot be identified. A tip for family historians wishing to display
such a group is to photocopy or scan the postcard,
blot out the faces with correcting fluid and then insert
numbers to coincide with a
name ‘key’. Incidentally, our
postcard was retrieved from
an album that might have
suffered the same fate in
the future.
Whilst church postcards are
with you as it shows both
the street with the family
business and the home
where my mother was born
in 1907. This card, captioned ‘Damgate Street,
Wymondham No. 19’, is
also a wonderful real photographic example that shows
three young people posing
for the Edwardian photographer in the middle of the
road without a care in the
world. A painter decorating
a house is also unconcerned, with his ladder several feet into the carriageway. However, the main
reason for the purchase of
this expensive card is that
above the hat of the little
girl on the right is the sign
of my grandfather’s butchers shop and above that
sign is the open bedroom
window where my mother
was born! I appreciate that
this does not show the
property in close-up but it
does show the whole area
and impression of an
Edwardian town.
One of the main reasons for writing this article
is to remind readers who
are interested in family history of the diverse range of
cards that can be ‘personal’.
There are many and varied
approaches that can be
adopted with ours being
any postcard that highlights
any family event, occupation, occasion or memory.
The card must be contemporary to the period, give or
take a few years. For
instance, my mother, who
was in her nineties at the
time, remembers regular
visits to a certain restaurant
in Norwich with her mother
before the First World War.
She was, there-
Printed card of
“The Cemetery, Wymondham”, posted on
20th November 1905.
usually the main features in
family history collections,
they are followed closely by
street scenes that contain
family houses or, perhaps, a
family business. I therefore
had no difficulty in choosing my next card to share
fore, thrilled when I located
a card entitled “The Dining
Hall, Davey Place Restaurant” that portrayed the
premises just as it had been
at the time of her visits. It is
Continued on next page..
WORK IN PROGRESS
A FAMILY HISTORY
UP-D
DATE
Continued from page 11
a shame that the
place was not full at the
time as even more family
history could have been
revealed! I cannot date the
card accurately as the date
on the franked King George
V halfpenny stamp is half
missing but this must have
been after 1910, when King
Edward VII died, and then
time enough for the new
King’s image to appear on
stamps. I would therefore
estimate the card to be of
1912/14 vintage which
would be at the time of my
mother’s visits.
There is no worry
about the next card being
contemporary with the time
period as it actually portrays a member of the family! This is a real photographic example of social
history at its best as it
shows four adult bakery
workers at my uncle’s bakery in Wymondham with a
proud cousin of mine, aged
about six posing in the foreground. I am, therefore,
able to date this card accurately as little George
Robert Shorten was born in
December
1905
which
would make this photograph about 1912. What
more could a family historian want to illustrate an
occupation? George Robert
went on to take over the
business from his father,
Robert, my uncle Bob, and I
knew him well in later life.
Luckily for me this card was
found in my father’s family
papers and did not cost me
‘an arm and a leg’!
Another pertinent postcard is one that, I suppose,
should be labelled a ‘modern’ as the card was sent to
my parents in 1957 to
remind them of earlier
times. However, the card is
a wonderful reminder of the
house where I was born in
1935. Why, I hear you ques-
12
(below) Valentine of Dundee pub- ago, but sadly she serves to cover many generalished this printed card of the font died giving birth to my tions and I therefore conclude
at Wymondham Abbey Church, father. I am not sure if with a card in Valentine’s
circa 1905.
family history collec- Series, No 52289, of the font
Wymondham
Abbey
tors will welcome in
graveyard
and Church. Many of my ancescemetery postcards tors were baptised here and I
in their albums but can, with the aid of this card,
they are all part of a imagine the family group
story building to gathered around the steps to
illustrate the past. witness a new name for the
Incidentally, many family tree being proclaimed.
church postcards After explaining how old
show graves and these ancient fonts can be, it
monuments and it is not to be assumed that they
is not until the were always in the same
word ‘cemetery’ is position. In this case the font
used that more was removed from the main
morbid thoughts aisle of the church at the turn
arise.
To
my of the 20th century and reknowledge there positioned as shown on the
have been no fur- card. This may be the reason
ther postcards of this card was published in
this cemetery as about 1907 to show the new
many,
many arrangement. Unfortunately,
family burials have taken to my knowledge, no posttioning, does a rather place since 1904 although I card exists of the font in its
bland card from the Isle of have seen postcards of indi- original position.
Wight, have any connection vidual, flower covered,
Summing up my quest
with the Chapman Family graves.
for family-related postcards, I
History? The answer is simOne final suggestion: hope readers will now appreple but poignant; my par- having dealt with our ances- ciate the tremendous scope
ents spent their honeymoon tors final resting place I that exists at postcard fairs
in Ventnor and, after view- would remind serious family for anyone wishing to add a
ing a floral display such as history collectors that it is little ‘flesh to the bones’ of
this, decided to name their also possible to record a rela- their family memorabilia
new house “Flowersbrook” tive from his or her earliest which can sometimes be a
as it had flowers and a small time on this earth. Many rather dull collection of birth,
brook (a ditch to me!) run- parish churches have magnif- marriage and death certifining the length of the gar- icent fonts that have been in cates. Our personal quest
den. This is, therefore, use for centuries. This is most continues apace.
another snippet to add to helpful as one postcard
our collection and may jog
readers’ memories of house
names from the past, long
before road numbers and
postcodes! Incidentally, for
fastidious collectors, this is
a real photographic card
published by Nigh’s of
Ventnor with the name,
with Cigarette Cards at
Flowers Brook, emblazoned
across, what appears to be
a putting green. Research
on the internet reveals
many old photographs of
the area as there was a preon
1939/45 war caravan site
there.
On a more morbid subject I have to remind readers that to become an
‘ancestor’ one needs to
10 am - 5 pm
have passed on from this
life and to be remembered
***
by record or monument.
Fortunately, several of the
Dealers include:
Edwardian photographers
produced postcards of
* Andrew Swift * Edwardian Postcards
cemetries but how many of
* John Priestley * Phil Jones
these cards were sold and
* Mark Powell * Tony Roberts
sent we will never know as I
* Neil Parkhouse * Simon Rapstoff
cannot imagine they were
that popular. My next card
* David Benson
is, therefore, of Wymondwith
more to come....
ham Cemetery on a card
numbered 1426, c.1905,
where my paternal grandFurther details for dealers and collectors from
mother was buried in
Kidderminster Railway
December 1904. The cemetery was opened in the
Museum,
1880s and my grandmother
Station Approach,
was, therefore, one of the
Comberton Hill,
earlier burials. This may
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Desert Island
Postcards
with Mais Walley
I am not at all sure that I have the necessary qualifications to be stranded on a Postcard Desert Island. It
is true that I have been collecting postcards and
attending fairs for all of 25 years, during which time
I, together with my husband Derek, have met many
interesting people who invariably did their best to
add to our collection. Sadly, many of these knowledgeable troupers are no longer with us. I would like
here to single out just one of these stalwarts, the late
Sheila Hart, a local dealer and collector. It was Sheila
who introduced us to postcards. Over the years contact had been established because of my husband’s
philatelic interests but Sheila quite frequently ‘dangled’ a few postcard specimens before me and I do
remember my first sight of some art colour postcards of Shrewsbury by Edwin Cole and Evacustes
Phipson. Not expensive cards, but they were my ‘cup
of tea’. I was hooked! Founder membership of
Shropshire Postcard Club was soon to follow. By
way of a postscript to these early years, I subsequently was able to purchase at auction many of the
items I cherished from Sheila’s never-tto-b
be-rrepeated
collection of Shropshire postcards.
The considerable doubt in
my mind regarding my suitability to participate in this
bout of escapism concerns
an episode in my life which
I wish to put firmly behind
me. My mother, Emily, was
Inter Art Company ‘Little
Black Cat’ series. This is the first example of this series
that I set my eyes on in Leominster some twenty or so
years ago. A superb series, all unsigned but what a price
they would be now if the artist had not been so diffident!
(left) Artist Arthur Thiele.
Without doubt an example
from one of the most
delightful series of postcards featuring cats in
human dress. I consider
this wonderful German
artist to be several easels
superior to other wellknown and much-promoted
cat artists.
to die relatively young,
before I was married or had
a house of my own. Of
course, she had a collection
of family memorabilia,
many items I can readily
recall to this day. There
Moor Farm, Stoke St. Milborough. no 1349 in the Wilding
series and dated 1907. A rather battered example but
priceless to me, for the card was sent by my mother, Emily,
to my grandmother, Mary, at Blue Hall, Holgate in the rural
depths of the Upper Corvedale, South Shropshire. The
card came to me courtesy of a cousin.
were letters and postcards
sent between family members, but the outstanding
element was a large selection of regimental silk cards
posted from the battlefields
of France by brothers and
friends of the family. Yes,
you have guessed it, they all
landed up on a garden bonfire! With this proviso in
mind, I will attempt to give
you some idea of the post-
card delectations of a
Shropshire Lass.
My early interests were
topographical cards with
particular emphasis on a
few local publishers, most
notably the 2,500 different
examples published by
Wildings of Shrewsbury,
many of which are wonderful illustrations of local and
social history. However,
after a few years, my husband and I were making one
(right) Souvenir de Lorraine. A much more recent
collecting interest of my
husband and me - what are
often
loosely
termed
‘embroidered silk greetings’
of World War I. French town
examples are particularly
sought after; a sheet full of
specimens can prove to be
extremely attractive.
(left) Stoke St. Milborough, The Mill. Another in the Wilding series, no.1350. this is my home village, which is set
against a backdrop of Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire’s highest point. When I was a youngster I thought it was miles
from nowhere and it was! The mill has particular memories for me, for on one of my many visits I walked up the
steps to the open door to the left of the picture just to have
my usual peep at the revolving wheel. On this occasion I
lost my footing on a loose slab and only just managed to
stop myself from falling headlong into the rushing waters
below. Such memories!
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(left) Fred Spurgin, monogram signed 1911. The caption says it all. I rather like
the pantaloons, and as you
can see Spurgin was very
good at painting ladies’
millinery.
say, my collection now features some 650 examples,
all of which are conveniently sequence-numbered by
the publisher.
A decade or more ago I
was fortunate in my travels
to meet a lovely man, the
late Ray Collier from Derbyshire. He was most
knowledgeable on the Inter
Art Series and helped me
significantly, corresponding
of our periodic
visits to the
postcard mecca
of Leominster,
deep in rural,
delightful, Herefordshire. Here,
there
once
existed
three
postcard outlets, all with
very
good
selections for
budding collectors like myself.
On this occassion I got into
conversation
with a stallholder Mais Walley at the recent Godmanin a small antique chester fair with a couple of choice
market which still postcards
flourishes to this
day. The lady knew that I with me and freely supplycollected postcards and she ing much additional inforalso knew that I was rather mation as well as many litfond of cats. She opened tle treasures. One thing led
one of her many secret to another and I soon found
drawers and proffered a lit- myself collecting signed
tle gem. Actually, it soon comic cards by Fred Spurturned out that she was just gin, again published by
teasing me and she wanted Inter Art. Details of the
to hold onto this single, series numbering was promuch-admired item. With vided by Ray, thus supplyage, I suppose that I have ing the necessary impetus
lost my powers of persua- to my collecting instincts.
sion but on this occasion The searching for and the
some gentle arm-twisting collecting of postcards has
worked wonders. The post- been good to me and, hopecard in question was an fully, some of you will find
unsigned artist-drawn item at least a little of interest
from the series of little black among my particular choiccats published by the Inter es.
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Remember, Remember
Bob Cairns keeps Lewes’ bonfire
tradition alive with picture postcards
Most readers will remember chilly smoke-ffilled Guy
Fawkes nights of their childhood, when a small box
of Standard fireworks, a meagre pack of sparklers
and a spluttering bonfire heaped together at the last
moment in the back garden miraculously brightened
up a miserable night. Some will have enjoyed roasted potatoes or toffee apples or warming mugs of
soup, Bovril or Oxo. A few will have gone to an
organised bonfire and firework display or even made
a guy and begged pennies for it in the days leading
up to November 5th before hurling it on to a blazing
fire. ‘Bonfire night’ lives on in organised events,
though for many its origins have long been
forgotten.
The bonfire
in front of County Hall
(left) The leading members of
Cliffe Bonfire Society pose proudly with their banners in the yard
off Malling Street c. 1912.
whelming
locals.
For the people of
Lewes, November 5th is
especially
important.
Here, in the ancient county town of Sussex, the tradition of Bonfire lives and
thrives. To a lesser extent
it does also in the towns
and villages of east and
mid Sussex. A Saturday
night bonfire season from
early September to the
end of November sees
each hosting society
doing its best to outshine
its neighbours for torch
light marching, costumes,
bonfire, fireworks and fun.
But
November
5th
belongs to Lewes.
The celebration is
always on the 5th unless it
is a Sunday. Preparations
take all year with fundraising, making torches,
preparing costumes, creating effigies and building
bonfires. It is an event for
Lewes, but 80,000 visitors
stream into town, over-
Many tableaux reflect patriotism or current events. This is
the Cliffe representation of St. George and the dragon in
1911.
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the
20,000
For the majority of outsiders, it's a quirky, noisy,
colourful and atmospheric
carnival. Few will know why
the event is held and less so
anything about Guy Fawkes
and his deeds or understand the significance of the
costumes, the banners and
tableaux. Some may spot
that there are seven fiercely
independent Lewes bonfire
societies and a few will
The bonfire rhyme in full on
a 1904 card.
react to the anti-Catholic
and religious undertones.
For them it is primarily a
raucous social evening. For
the organisers of Lewes
Bonfire it is a serious business. The spirit, meaning
and traditions are kept alive
and celebrated by members
of the seven bonfire societies under the umbrella of
the Lewes Bonfire Council.
Most of the societies have
histories going back to the
1850s and originally represented local communities
within the town and still
have local bases. Competition between them has
been, and still is, fierce to
the extent that Cliffe Bonfire
Society, who feel they best
retain the old traditions,
march separately from the
other six who form the
Grand United parade. It
This is
my most valuable card. It
shows my grandfather as a
Roman soldier about 1912.
He cycled to Lewes bonfire
as a member of the nearby
Firle Village Society, hid his
bicycle in the hedge only to
have it stolen and undertake
a three-mile walk home a
little worse for wear.
there between 1768 and
1774. Some would add that
the Lewes obstinacy reflects
the resistant nature generally of Sussex folk who were
amongst the last to accept
Christianity and were often
caricatured as 'Won't be
druv'. A well-known local
historian has sug-
The bonfire
and celebrations at Cliffe
Corner on a 1904 postcard,
probably an engraving of
the1853 events.
is Cliffe who continue to
carry ‘No Popery’ banners
and papal effigies, although
they are reputably of Pope
Paul V who held the office
in 1605, the year of the Gunpowder Plot.
Whilst it is Guy Fawkes
whose name is forever
associated with the ill-fated
attempt by a group of
Catholics to blow up the
parliament buildings and
kill King James I and his
government, the leader of
the gang was, in fact, Roger
Catesby. Fawkes, however,
was the first to be caught
and was tortured into naming his associates. In 1606
an act entitled 'An Acte for a
publique Thansckgiving to
Almighty God everie yeere
of the Fifte day of November' was passed and the day
became a public holiday to
allow the remembrance to
take place. In the years following, bonfires were lit
around the country and,
a f t e r
Tableaux
were also built of opponents of bonfire. I don't
know who this is in 1912 but
the message on the cad's
verso reads "It was almost a
living tableaux this year.
Some man was inside her
making her move her right
arm, turn her head and wink
her eye".
The
proud builders of the Cliffe
bonfire in 1913. The memorial to the Protestant martyrs, erected in 1901, can be seen to the left.'
Titus Oates’ exposure of the
Popish Plot in 1679, street
processions became the
norm. Gradually major public displays faded away and
Lewes was left in the twentieth century as one of the
last bastions of bonfire.
It is open to debate
why the tradition continues
in Lewes. Many point to the
burning
of
seventeen
Protestant martyrs in front
of the Star Inn (now the
Town Hall) between 1555
and 1557 during the Marian
persecutions, others to the
strong nonconformist and
radical views which have
prevailed in the town for
centuries and to which
Thomas Paine made a contribution when he lived
Thomas Wheeler and his
family were stalwarts of the
Cliffe Society and later the
South Street Juvenile Society. I'm not sure what his
fancy dress represents.
gested that Lewes was a
regional centre for cremations in pre-Roman times
and that the town was surrounded by bon(e)fires and
burial mounds. That would
explain a lot and maybe it's
simply in the genes.
And so to the postcards
of Bonfire. It's fair to say
there have not been that
many, and very few indeed
since 1930. I am told a set
was issued in the 1970s but
I haven't seen it. The need
for long exposures and the
limitations of flash photography mean no action shots
or torch light processions;
there are, however, a few of
burning bonfires. Most
cards, therefore, show bonfires in various stages of
building, tableaux, and bonfire
personalities
and
groups. The nearest we
The mockery of
high religious order has
been a continuing feature of
Lewes bonfire
get to the action is through
an anonymous set of cards
published c.1904 of engravings of earlier events. The
Bonfire Boys regularly rioted, and most notably in
1847 when after many
attempts to suppress celebrations, 170 special constables were sworn in, only to
be attacked on the 4th as
they walked to a
meeting. Tar barrels were ignited,
the police threw a
cordon across the
upper High Street
and dozens were
arrested. On the
5th, 100 of the A1
division of the
Metropolitan
Police arrived but
in the evening
attacks
on
the
police
and
the
Brighton mail-gig
led to the Riot Act
being read and the
crowds given five
minutes to disperse.
Many police were
injured in subsequent fighting but the streets were
cleared. Things stayed quiet
until 1850 when Pope Pius
IX established the Roman
Catholic hierarchy in England and the bonfire boys
were encouraged back on to
the streets. Two great bonfires were lit, one in front of
the County Hall and the
other in front of Cliffe
Church, and these probably
feature in the engravings.
Celebrations continued to
be uproarious with violent
bangers, flaming torches in
their thousands, enormous
bonfires, blazing tar barrels
(which Cliffe still race with
today) and unmanageable
marchers and crowds. Nevertheless, I have found
details of only one fatality in
all the years. A 35 year old
man, Tom Gearing, was
wheeling a truck of torches,
ready to hand them out,
when a group in fancy dress
went by and somebody
carrying a lighted torch
dropped it into the cart.
The torches quickly ignited, and Gearing's jersey,
which was saturated with
oil, caught light. He died
from his burns six days
later, leaving a wife and
six children between the
ages of fourteen and eight
days.
It is ironic that, given
this record, the biggest
threat to the continuation
of this wonderful bonfire
tradition comes not from
apathy or the politically correct brigade, but Health &
Safety and questionable
concerns for what disasters
might occur. I've watched
Bonfire in Lewes for 55
years; long may it survive.
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Behind the scenes at the Roadshow
‘Antiques Roadshow’ star Paul Atterbury was at the
READING club in late September, sharing the secrets
of the programme’s preparation and production.
Nothing is rehearsed, so all the items brought along
are seen by the 20 or so experts for the first time on
the day. Paul answered lots of questions after his 45minute talk, and then went on to judge the prize-w
winning postcard in each of the four classes of the regular card competition. Earlier in the month, John
Devaney featured actress Gabrielle Ray, telling of her
life and roles in Edwardian theatre. Screen enlargements of contemporary postcards lit up the room with
a flashback to the Golden Age of picture postcards.
Postcard gateau for
Plymouth anniversary
z A couple with a remarkable 100 per cent attendance record were accorded the honour of cutting a
special celebration cake at
PLYMOUTH’S 10th anniversary supper. Founder member
Anne
and
Jerry
Furneaux have been present at every monthly meeting as well as all the other
annual events staged by the
Club since its formation in
September 1999. The cake
was created in the image of
a comic seaside postcard
with a couple of Beryl Cook
type figures on Plymouth
Hoe claiming: “We are getting 10 years younger every
day at Plymouth Postcard
Club”.
Expressing
her
thanks Anne said afterwards: “We feel rather
guilty at being rewarded for
something we both enjoy,
anyway. All the praise
should be reserved for this
very successful club’s hardworking committee”. A surprised Anne was also presented with a bouquet by 7year old Sofia, granddaughter of club officials Harley
and Diana Lawer. Eighteen
of the Club’s original 27
founder members were
among the 86-strong audience who were entertained
by the BBC Radio Devon
personality Tony Beard and
Western Approach, a local
close harmony choir.
The other side of the postcard was revealed by John
ESSEX in
Copeland at MID-E
a superb talk and display on
the postal history aspect of
postcards.
Peter Howell provided
a fascinating talk at SUSSEX Postcard Club on the
Cuckmere Valley in September, starting his tour at the
coastguard station and
moving through a host of
villages en route to Alfriston. The evening was a
feast for the eyes and an
enjoyable way of learning
more about the region.
Meanwhile, it was time
for a change at the SHROPSHIRE club. Members congregated in the Castle
Grounds at Shrewsbury,
where they were then treated to a guided tour of the
Shropshire
Regimental
Museum. John Taylor,
museum assistant, was present to provide a history of
the building and a wealth of
detail on the extensive military exhibits.
Plymouth members gather
around to watch Anne
Furneaux cut their cake.
November 2009 highlights
Aberystwyth - swapmeet(2nd)
Aylsham - Ian & Lynne Hurst are guest dealers(2nd)
Bradford - Judith Holder looks at Christmas in World
War One(26th)
Bristol - Graham Best profiles Edith Cavell(3rd)
Canterbury & East Kent - Peter Kennett on the
Faversham floods(25th)
Cotswold - Arthur Price on old Frocester(12th)
Croydon - Local social history with John Gent(5th)
Dorset - AGM(11th)
Ellesmere Port & Chester - informal meeting(17th)
Exeter - David Baldock remembers bygones(24th)
Farnborough - informal evening(4th) and quiz(18th)
Ferndown - questions & answers forum(9th) and visit
from Warminster PS(23rd)
Frinton & Walton - Alan Mogeridge unveils Morris
Dancing(10th)
Huddersfield - AGM(11th)
Lothian - AGM and Bring & Buy(13th)
Maidstone - AGM(16th)
Mendip - Annie Maw tells of her year as High
Sheriff(16th)
Mid-E
Essex - Lloyd Rust on being a valuer(12th)
Norfolk - Richard Frost’s Postcard Quiz(11th)
North Wales - David Rogers-Jones looks at History under
the hammer(9th)
Northamptonshire - Colin Such from Warwick &
Warwick tells of 30 years on the rostrum(10th)
North-W
West Kent - German evening, with members’
displays(23rd)
Plymouth - Gerry Woodcock and Alex Mettler on
Tavistock’s WWII victims plus display on Royal army
Medical Corps postcards(11th) and club fair(15th)
Reading - members’ dealing, with meeting open to the
public for valuations(12th) and recent finds(26th)
Red Rose - Margaret Croker in ‘Windmill Land’(18th)
Shropshire - David Trumper with more Shrewsbury
postcards(10th)
South Wales - Barry Dock and Railway with Jeff
Morgan(12th)
Strathclyde - Stuart Gough and Ian McPherson present
ideas on presentation for Congress(16th)
Surrey - John Young talks on Jack Phillips & The
Titanic (18th) and club fair(28th)
Tayside - an evening with Royalty(25th)
Torbay - Tony Moss with a light-hearted look at Torbay
plus AGM(12th)
Wirral - John Ryan explores publisher Bevan of
Heswall’s ‘Dingle’ series(5th)
NORTH WALES enjoyed a
top presentation, well-illustrated with postcards and
photos, by Keith Hough of
the bridges across the River
Dee. The big surprise was
the huge number of crossings, including stepping
stones and a tunnel. Perhaps the most interesting is
Handbridge, commissioned
by three wealthy Chester
merchants, each of whom
designed two arches.
WEST LONDON’s guided summer walk took in the
Green and Riverside at Richmond, and included historical input on the town’s theatre and Palace, along with
nearby fine buildings. A
sighting of The Great River
Race,
including
dragonboats, skiffs and cockleshells, was a real bonus!
z
Dartmouth Postcard
Club looks to be in trouble,
with no-one taking up
vacancies for either chairman or secretary, and no
programme planned for
2010.
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The Autumn programme of
SOUTH WALES Postcard
Club kicked off in great style
in September when speaker
Roger
Morgan
arrived
dressed from head to toe in
the authentic uniform of a
ship’s surgeon aboard one
of Admiral Nelson’s ships.
Roger brought along an
array of surgical instruments of the period, some
of which could have easily
come from a modern DIY
hire-shop! One or two
members of the audience
‘volunteered’ to act as reluctant patients. Much of the
equipment
that
Roger
demonstrated,
stopped
short (just) of blood-letting.
The title of the talk - “Off in
Forty Seconds” - referred to
how quickly a qualified surgeon could carry out an
amputation! The audience
was kept amused by
Roger’s wit and matter-offact approach, but it was not
for the squeamish. Not a
postcard in sight the whole
evening, but it was still
enjoyable.
Norfolk quintet
Members of Doncaster & District Philatelic & Postcard Society took part in the annual
Local History Fair on 26th September, held this year at Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery,
which was also celebrating the centenary of England's First Aviation Meeting, held on
Doncaster Racecourse in October 1909. The floor to ceiling postcard enlargement is by
Edgar Leonard Scrivens, no.40 in his 1909 Aviation set, featuring the pioneering aviators,
with the famous Colonel Cody centre-stage in the white jumper. Standing in front of this
splendid enlargement - left to right are Terry Revitt (club chairman), Maureen Dosser,
Councillor Beryl Roberts (previous Mayor of Doncaster), Brian Brownsword, Councillor
Ros Jones, (the current Civic Mayor), David Fordham author of the 1909 aviation article in
the October edition of PPM, Dave Adgar and John Petch. Is this the largest-ever enlargement of a postcard?
John Bartlett highlighted Stapleton’s 13th century snuff
mills in a presentation at BRISTOL last month, recounting
how he and a colleague have restored one of the buildings, including the preservation of a unique early steam
boiler.
z Details of club contacts can be found in Picture Postcard Annual
2010
The NORFOLK club enjoyed
a members’ evening in September when five collectors
presented postcard selections of their choice. Eddy
Riseborough showed a
comprehensive display of
fishing industry cards,
mainly centred on Gorleston, Yarmouth and Lowestoft. Ian Hurst provided a
selection of cards of Great
Eastern Railway stations in
the county that no longer
exist, while Gerald Kelly
showed a range of real photographic cards of Earls
Colne in Essex. Gerald Lamont displayed views of
Wells-next-the-Sea town
and harbour with emphasis
on the 1953 floods, and
Mike Porter completed the
quintet’s
entertainment
with a range of modern
cards showing the possibilities of a wide range of
themes.
Patrick Hillock enlightened
HUDDERSFIELD club members in September on the
history of the local textile
firm Moorhouse & Brook,
where he used to work. The
talk was well-illustrated
with postcards, samples of
materials, some of the
firm’s products and a
brochure for their centenary
which the firm didn’t quite
make because it was taken
over and closed down.
Best of Bamforth
Munitions 1914-18
Jack Sammons
In March 1915 it became clear that there was an acute
shortage of munitions for the war, aggravated by the large
number of male factory workers enlisted in the forces.
When this was made public there was an outcry known as
the ‘shell scandal’. The comic cards of the day reflected
topical events and so we see shells featured as comic material - also bombs which shared factory output with shells.
David Lloyd George enlisted the
help of suffragette Emmeline
Pankhurst to appeal to women to
make the change from knitting
comforts for the troops to enter
the factories as munition workers. This appeal to patriotism
worked. The response was good
and the pay better than could be
had elsewhere. The ladies wore
blue overalls which gave rise to a
poem which began “There is no
uniform so dinky as the girls’
munition blue. She’s working
hard for the coming home of the
boys at the front so true”.
With increased awareness
in the home about munitions, it is
not surprising that postcard buyers found the subject matter relevant to the everyday scene.
(right) Doug Tempest cartoon on
‘Witty Comic’ series no. 407,
posted at Canterbury in May
1917. See page 48 for message
( a b o v e )
Bombs for France on ‘Comic’
series 386, another Tempest
design. The postcard was posted
at Hornsea in August 1917
(below) Addressing the troops:
hens were the perfect metaphor
for the rather nastier business of
making lethal ammunition.
‘Witty’ series 231, probably
again by Doug Tempest
‘Witty’ series no. 229. It was
important that workers kept their minds on the job and that
absenteeism was kept to an absolute minimum. The hens were giving
out a clear message
(left) posted at Pontnewynydd
in October 1916, this Tempest
cartoon was in ‘Comic’ series
376
(left) War work reference on
‘Comic’ no. 745. Children were
also excellent role replacements
for adults on comic postcards
(above) A patriotic message on
‘Witty’ 228, sent from Blackpool
in August 1917
(left) Another reminder to recalcitrant chickens on ‘Witty’ series
217
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No, he wasn’t talking
about you! ‘Witty’ series 339
Sale date 9th December 2009
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Top Brighton collection to be sold in
Nottingham
Over 7,000 postcards from the late Vanessa Sykes’s
collection of postcards of Brighton and the surrounding area will be sold at Trevor Vennett-Smith’s
postcard auction at Gotham, Nottinghamshire, with
the first 60 lots scheduled for the 2nd December sale.
Some extremely rare cards are included.
z Most bid-for items in
the singles section of
Specialised
Postcard
Auctions’ October postal
auction were interior real
photographic studies of
Norfolk railway stations
at Hunstanton (below
left) and Hardingham,
both of which sold for
£66. Another star was a
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Valentine’s Day postcard
at £42. British
topography
i n c l u d e d
above-estimate
results
for
Essex, Wales,
Devon
and
Gloucestershire,
while
overseas material was headed
by several lots
of Sudanese material.
Russian theatrical cards
were also well-received.
Top artists were Mollie
Brett
and
Florence
z 96 Surrey postcards,
including real photographics of Kew and Kingston,
took top price of £187 at
Dalkeith’s October auction
in Bournemouth. The other
lot to catch the eye featured
an album of 75 Picturegoer
film stars, which sold for
£137.
* prices quoted in this feature include buyer’s premium where available.
eBay notes
Upton, with Motoring
and Glamour also keenly-contested in this section. Sale total was
£9,400.
Adolf Hitler and the two ladies of
Hartlepool: over £1,100 shelled out for
disaster card
When the German fleet bombarded Hartlepool, Scarborough and other East coast towns in December 1914, souvenir postcards were rushed out of the dreadful events.
This one of a policeman guarding the remains of a house
in Hartlepool following shelling when two ladies were
killed appeared on eBay in August and saw two bidders
chase each other up to
an eventual £1,120, a
truly astonishing sum.
PPM is assured by a
dealer in that area that
£10 is the going rate for
this card. Another example of internet lunacy? A
sideline smile was provoked by the seller’s
description of the postcard, which included the
phrase “World War 1 Hitler’s German bombardment of Hartlepool”. Now that might
well be worth a grand!
Hitler was responsible
for some of the most
horrific killings in the
history of the human
race, but it’s a bit much
to try and pin the deaths
of the two Hartlepool
ladies on him!
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Classic Brighton: two postcards from the Vanessa Sykes
collection which will go under the hammer at Trevor Vennett-Smith’s over a period of time, beginning with next
month’s auction. Above: St. James Street. Below: an early
morning walk for the children at the East Brighton creche.
Greenhithe, on the River
Thames, postcards hit the
headlines once again in the
past month, with a huge
£200 paid for a postcard of
training ship Warspite and
£195 on a Christmas greetings naval postcard. A card
of High Street celebrations
in Greenhithe itself went for
£102. Another big call was
for what is believed to be
the earliest postcard of
Torquay - a court-size
design with pictures by the
artist A.J. Couche. The 1895
card was not, however,
postally used, but it still
made £166. The last month
also saw a continuing trend
of high prices being paid for
apparently mundane Irish
topographicals and LL-published postcards of the
Channel Islands.
Other eBay highlights:
RMS Titanic RP
£212
Embroidered silk, Irish
Connaught Rangers
£185
Nude, 1920s French
£169
Windmill, Gt. Totham, Essex
£156
Castle Eden, Blackhall Rocks
Hotel
£155
Guernsey, LL 36 steamer at St.
Helier
£143
Risque, flirty girl RP hand-tinted
£141
Emb’d silk, Gretna
£128
Woven silk Flames Maurupt
£128
Mucha, Job cigarettes
£119
Hong Kong, Emperor’s Castle
at Kowloon
£112
China, pagoda in Chin Zhou
City
£110
Emb’d silk, Free Lithuania £109
Suffragette comic
£109
Jewish interest, comic card of
Munich funfair
£108
China, Chin Zhou City
£107
Emb’d silk, Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders
£107
RMS Britannic on stocks £104
Jersey, St. Ouen LL264
£103
Ballinamore, Ireland, RP street
scene
£103
Lyme Regis, laying electricity
£102
Jersey, LL 41 St. Clements £98
Suffragette comic
£97
RMS Titanic, Tuck Oilette £94
Southport, pier diver
£92
Southport, shop
£89
Melton Mowbray, Midland
railway station
£88
Blackburn, rly sttaion exterior
RP
£87
Burnley, motor bus
£86
Guernsey LL45
£83
Aviation, Spanish airfield 1930s
£82
Windmill, Ore nr. Hastings £81
Ennistymon, Co. Clare, church
£80
Hooe, Sussex, Red Lion pub
£80
Table tennis, ‘Ping Pong in
£79
Fairyland IV’
Verwood, Albion Hotel
£79
Mohill, Ireland, Memorial Hall
£74
Gravesend, Milton Court
£74
Oldham, music hall theatre £67
Wymondham, farm machinery
£66
Brighton, WW1, Sikh soldiers in
bus
£65
Footballer, Rotherham FC £63
Emb’d silk, WW1 bulldog £62
Aviation, Sabena plane at
Costly Quinton
A.R. Quinton postcard
no. 948 of Folkestone’s Marine Gardens sold for £97 on
eBay
last
month,
despite its catalogue
value
being
only
£3.50. The Robbins
ARQ catalogue is normally very reliable, so was this another case of a crazy
eBay price or is this particular postcard genuinely difficult
to find?
Croydon airport
Warwick, Mill Street col.
Eype, beach & cliff hut
Trowbridge, Armistice Day
£60
£57
£51
£51
An example of Arnold Taylor original comic artwork
sold for £161.
Greenhithe
perspective
One of the categories of
postcards that have hit the
headlines on eBay recently
has been Greenhithe on
the River Thames near
Dartford. Apparently a couple of collectors have been
chasing postcards in competition and driving prices
up. Often, this phenomenon is only temporary, as
in the case of Pontefract
postcards a couple of years
ago. A correspondent who
has collected cards of Kent
for many years gave PPM
his slant on the situation.
“Although I genuinely
have no idea who these
people are that are trying
to impoverish each other,
I'm sure they all know
about PPM and postcard
fairs, even if they don't go.
There is someone I know
of (but don't know personally) who is prepared to
slap a £100+ killer bid on
any 'good' Gravesend card
he doesn't have so that
lesser mortals like me get
'you have been outbid'
messages like confetti.
“One of the most
important points about
eBay postcards is that the
rare gems that we all crave
for tend to turn up there
rather than at a physical
postcard fair. If one of
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Cats and suffragettes welcomed at
Nottingham
Trevor Vennett-S
Smith’s September auction in
Gotham, Nottinghamshire, saw a significant rise in
bidding and results compared with the sale at the
same time last year. Suffragette postcards continued to be buoyant: one black and white card published by the Artists’ Suffrage League and posted in
1909 (with a relevant message following a Bow
Street Magistrates Court hearing) sold for £166 and
a real photographic card of a procession at Hyde
Park Corner made £118. Six Misch & stock-p
published
On the Tiles series using fantasy comedy cats sold
for £125 and a big lot of comic felines saw 86 cards
go for £148.
Advertising was strong, Mucha, whose Moet &
too, with a Shell General Chandon menu card sold
Election 1910 with suf- for £143.
fragette reference realisA rare set of 12 chroing £160, a Shell ad show- mo court size Cathedrals
ing lady car driver going of England published by
to £101 and Player’s Navy the Pictorial Stationery
Cut tobacco advert hitting Co. realised a whacking
£89. An advert for Macke- £357, and it was interestson’s Milk Stout frothed ing to see 18 Bamforth
War Cartoons make £136.
about for £59.
Bigger lots included
Artists to catch the
eye included Ellam (five an impressive Marie
Breakfast in Bed made Studholme collection of
£71 and six Allied Cavalry 478 postcards, which was
£71), Eva Daniell (six Tuck bought for £280, and a
Modern Art series art collection that had once
nouveau designs £368), belonged to a lady who
Tom Browne (six USA worked as a maid at a
version motoring cards manor house, where 821
published by Davidson cards made £772.
£80)
and
Alphonse
Official British War Artists
of the Great War
Phil Carradice
Viewed now as a stunning record of man’s inhumanity to man, the pictures produced between 1916
and 1918 by Official British War Artists were originally conceived with a rather different aim in mind.
They were, quite simply, intended to be propaganda
items, works of art that extolled the superiority of
British arms, British soldiers and the British Empire.
As it happened, things did not turn out quite like that.
Before the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914
British politicians had given little thought to the
deliberate and sustained art of propaganda. In the
immediate aftermath of the declaration of war the
general feeling was that newspaper jingoism and
Kitchener’s leering face ought to be enough to sustain recruitment and establish support for the war
effort! Before August was out, however, David Lloyd
George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, learned
that Germany had a well-d
developed and effective
Progaganda Agency that had given the Kaiser a distinct advantage in gaining support for his war aims.
As a result, Lloyd George immediately established a
British War Propaganda Bureau, appointing writer
and social commentator Charles Masterman to its
head.
One of Louis Raemakers’ illustrations
from “Report on the
Alleged
German
Outrages” and later
produced as a postcard for the Red
Cross - one of the
illustrations that
helped create a
team of British
War Artists.
In the early days Masterman concentrated on the
written word, employing
authors like John Buchan,
Rudyard Kipling and Arthur
Conan Doyle to write about
the conduct of the war. In
all, the Bureau published
over 1,500 booklets and
pamphlets
during
the
course of the conflict. One
of its earliest publications,
however, came in 1915 and
was concerned with the
supposed German atrocities
in Belgium. Entitled “Report
on Alleged German Outrages,” the report was illustrated with the emotionally
harrowing drawings of
Dutch illustrator Louis Raemakers.
The
public
response to Raemakers’
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drawings
was
stunning and Masterman realised
that the right sort
of pictures would
help
sustain
morale and keep
the
offensive
spirit alive in the
British population. The drawings of Louis
Raemakers - so
powerful that
the
German
government even offered a
reward of 12,000 Dutch
guilders for his body - were
a seminal factor in the creation of a group of War
Artists who would visit the
battlefields and sketch,
paint and draw their
responses to what they had
seen. To begin with, however, the response was fairly low-key, Masterman
despatching just one artist
(and photographer Geoffrey
Malin) to the Front.
First artist
Muirhead Bone was that
first artist. He was sent to
France in May 1916 and
within a few months he had
sketched over 150 views of
soldiers and the war before
“After a Push” by C R W
Nevinson - no figures, no soldiers, but the atmosphere of the battlefield is perfectly caught on this card
from the Ministry of Information.
Francis Dodd, an illustrator
from
the
Manchester
Guardian, duly replaced
him at the end of the year. A
pattern had been set, artists
visiting the trenches for
short, intense periods, followed by time out of the
line when they could reflect,
in tranquillity, and transfer
their images, sketches and
ideas onto canvas.
One message was
clear, however. The artists
were there to produce propaganda, not realistic representations of the carnage
created by battles like the
Somme and Ypres. Dead
bodies, for example, were
definitely not to be drawn
and German soldiers, if
shown at all, were to be
Orpen, Fortunio Matania,
David Bomberg and CWR
Nevinson. The administration of Britain’s propaganda
machine
was
further
streamlined in March 1918
when Lord Beaverbrook
became Minister of Information. He greatly expanded the number of artists
working in France, adding
such renowned figures as
Henry Tonks, Frank Brangwyn and Stanley Spencer to
the list of painters who
would work at the battlefront.
Importantly,
the
instructions given to this
new batch of artists differed
from those provided for the
early men. As a result of
pressure from the artists
Another Ministry of Information card, this one by William
Orpen, showing German prisoners, clearly relieved to be
out of the war at last.
prisoners of the victorious
British.
Propaganda coup
Soon the success of the War
Propaganda Bureau had
become obvious and in February 1917 a Department of
Information was established under John Buchan,
Masterman retaining control over pamphlets and war
paintings. That year many
more artists were sent out
to France, including people
like Paul Nash, Sir William
themselves, and in view of
the fact that nobody could
hide the incontrovertible
truth that the war was clearly not going as well as the
government might have
wished, pictures were no
longer to be considered
merely as propaganda, they
were also now to be viewed
as a record. It meant a new
and more realistic approach
to war art.
Even so, opposition to
many of the more stark of
the paintings still remained.
The artists tried to hit back
(left) Frank Brangwyn’s “Comfort in
the
Trenches,”
dark, frightening
but very realistic.
but they were
limited in what they could
do. Nevinson, a friend of the
poet Isaac Rosenberg and a
particularly vocal critic of
the propaganda element of
war art, was considered far
too realistic and many of his
best paintings were not
exhibited until long after the
war had ended. Paul Nash
complained that he was not
allowed to put dead men
into his pictures “because,
apparently, they do not
exist.” When Orpen was
asked to paint leaders like
Field Marshal Haig he
refused, while the American
artist John Singer Sargent
turned
down
Lloyd
George’s request to paint
something that showed the
co-operation
between
GREEHITHE PERSPECTIVE
(from page 23)
those Swanscombe or
Greenhithe cards was in a
dealer's stock box, it might
not be seen by a local collector for weeks or months
(or years if it's in a Yorkshire dealer's stock, for
example) - and if pencilled
with a £200 price it would
stay in the box until Hell
freezes over. Put it on eBay,
and enough collectors will
find it (you only need two)
to drive the price up to
£200, even if the starting
price is 99p! This is nothing
new and has been written
about enough times in your
PPM columns over the
years. Like hundreds or
thousands of others, I bid
on eBay because I see
cards I have never seen at a
postcard fair - and I've been
going to such fairs since
before the first Bipex and
American
and
British troops and
p r o d u c e d ,
instead, a painting showing the
effects of gas on
Allied soldiers.
Between
1916 and 1918
over
ninety
artists
were
commissioned
and produced
paintings and
sketches for the
government
about the war
and its effects.
Some,
like
John Lavey,
specialised in
pictures of life
on the Home Front; some,
like Augustus John, produced very little; others like
Nevinson and Nash were
prolific.
The results of the War
Artists’ efforts were often
exhibited, even during the
war years, back home in
Britain. Sometimes they
were reproduced and published in pamphlets for
Charles Masterman. Many
of them were published on
postcards for the Ministry of
Information. These MOI
cards remain highly collectable, being reproductions
of quality drawings that are
usually far more realistic
than their photographic
counterparts. They have the
decided advantage that,
despite the government’s
intentions, they were usual-
postcard/collector shops
since 1965.
“It also has to be said
that I can still get new topo
cards at postcard fairs to
add to my very large
Gravesend
collection,
although it's not easy. I
very rarely find a 'super'
card and tend to pick up
what I might call 'lesser'
cards such as the odd gapfiller for an unspectacular
series. My weakness is that
if it's a numbered series,
I've got to have any missing number, even if the
image is the same (even
identical) as on another
card. However, Saturday's
foray to Canterbury (Clive
Baker's Collectors’ Fair)
produced three or four
cracking Gravesend cards,
and all from the dealer
who originally had that
'Mansion
House,
Swanscombe' (£195 on
eBay) card in his stock! He
“The
Menin
Road” by Paul Nash, a card produced by
the Imperial War Museum.
ly much more than propaganda devices that show
noble soldiers sacrificing
themselves in the line of
duty. There are dozens of
examples of that type of
thing, produced by the various publishing houses of
the time. They can be found
in any postcard dealer’s box
and while they undoubtedly
say something about the
period and about the emotional intensity of the war
years, they cannot lay any
great claims to artistic quality.
Cards by official War
Artists are very different.
Sentiment is, in the main,
missing from these paintings and drawings, even the
early ones that date from
1916 or 1917. The artists
may not have been able to
show dead bodies but they
were professionals and
knew how to relay the horror of what they were witnessing - even if the government, on the whole, missed
that point entirely. Many of
the cards have the logo
“Ministry of Information”
beneath the title of the
painting - but not all of
them. The key is the total
lack of sentimentality in the
drawings. Like all true professionals
writers,
painters, musicians - the
artists simply present what
they see. They leave it to the
viewer to make a judgement and to interpret the
work as they see it.
The Ministry of Information was dissolved in
January 1919 and did not
resurface until the dark days
of World War Two. Yet in its
creation of a team of War
Artists who would offer a
markedly different view of
the conflict it deserves the
thanks of a whole generation of historians - not to
mention postcard collectors.
was not the eBay seller (he
and the seller have some
sort of trading arrangement) but that card was in
the stock at £20 for about
six weeks before he decided to try to move it on
eBay. It was just a pity I
hadn't visited the stock for
about two months so just
missed it!”
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Unfair discounts?
Liz McKernan shows a change
of address postcard on page 47
by an unknown publisher with an
address of 12 Thornhill Gardens.
When I changed my address in
1994 I completed a 'change of
address form' at the post office so
that I could have any mail that
was sent to my old address forwarded to my new one for a period of time. I later received
through the post a 'change of
address pack' including a postcard identical to that shown. I
cannot recall how many copies
of the card were in the pack but
retained one for my postcard collection.
Well done to David Barnes for
highlighting one of the most
infuriating aspects of postcard
fairs. There is no worse sight
than looking inside a venue and
seeing dealers casually going
through all the boxes and having
their selections put under the
counter for discounted payment
later, while we, the punters, are
denied access until exactly the
appointed hour. Can you imagine the public outcry if Marks
and Spencer always allowed
their staff to select the best items
in a Sale before the store
opened? Some years ago I was
stunned into near silence when
little Megan, then three, asked
me "Why do you collect postcards Grandad?" I have been
involved in this almost completed process of converting the
original "handful of postcards in
the hands of millions of people"
into "millions of cards in the
hands of a few people" and have
derived much pleasure in so
doing. Other participants in this
hobby seem quite concerned that
they will be unable to take them
along to show God what he created, but I am content that Cancer Research and local sports
clubs have benefitted financially
from my illustrated talks.
Over the years I cannot
think of anything the PTA have
done for us punters. You still
need to ask whether cards are
filed in front or behind, surely a
simple task to lay down a rule,
and the most common cause of
muddle as they are returned the
wrong side of the marker. Some
of the biggest dealers’ boxes
have been a nightmare to scrutinise, with large numbers of cards
in each county category with no
subdivisions whatsoever and a
very high percentage of cards
well past their sell-by date! Why,
even after paying a premium for
early entry at a fair, are some
dealers still not open for business when you leave? Reading
Card Club do not allow early
entry at their Annual Fair, so
why cannot their procedure be
universally adopted? Fear not,
though, as the days of postcard
fairs are surely numbered as
more and more dealers put their
best cards on eBay, making your
chances of finding that hidden
treasure even more elusive. I am
indebted for my excellent collection to many fine and friendly
dealers, in particular Julian
Dunn, who stares every collector
in the face then usually tells me
"Sorry, no new Bourne End or
Wooburn to-day", but he has
unearthed many gems in the
past. My northern scout, Neil
Garland from Huddersfield,
keeps a folder just for me and is
a credit to his trade. In contrast,
Ron Cave
Dorchester
Addressing collector
concern
There has always been concern
by collectors that cards are
being bought by dealers before
a fair opens. This can be particularly annoying if one has travelled some distance and at
some cost to attend a particular
fair.
I can offer no real solution to this problem and am
philosophical enough to note
that these cards eventually end
up at some other fair with collectors very happy to purchase
them.
However, I can offer two minor
solutions that should apply particularly in the case of the
P.T.A.’s fair, the Picture Postcard Show.
(i) Items that are advertised by
dealers prior to the event in
Picture Postcard Monthly or
the P.T.A. programme should
not be offered for sale prior to
the opening of the fair.
(ii) The cards of real quality
that appear as displays on a
dealer’s wall also should not be
offered for sale prior to the
opening of the fair.
The introduction of the above
would only make a small difference but would go some way
to alleviate the concerns of the
committed collector.
Ken Hassell
Glossop
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the last time I asked a certain
lady dealer if she could "do
something on it", her response
indicated I owed her a living. As
David Barnes rightly indicates,
there is a perceived unfairness in
dealing.
Ken Townsend
Bourne End
Cartes-de-Visite
The picture of Epworth Market
Cross on the ‘Clubscene’ pages
of October PPM caused me to
look out a similar scene that I
acquired in the dim and distant
past on a carte-de-visite. The
photographer was F. Westoby of
Crowle, but my 1892 Lincolnshire Directory had confirmed that the traders’ and street
names were in Epworth.
Whilst I have had no serious intent to look for or collect
cartes-de-visite I have acquired a
few Lincolnshire ones but they
are all rather dull pictures of
churches or other buildings. I am
wondering, however, if there are
other animated street scenes like
the Epworth one and one other
that I have by the same photographer. As there are so many collectors of topographical postcards I would have thought that
cartes-de-visite street scenes
would interest them and I wondered if any other ppc collectors
have any in their collections.
Roy Maltson
Sleaford
Unrecognised railways
I was interested to see the article
about the model railway at Alton
Towers last month, claimed by
Roy Lewis to be the largest in the
world. I always thought the railway at Gainsborough held this
honour, but two possible reasons
for this discrepancy come to
mind. Firstly, the ‘line’ at Alton
Towers opened in 1959, the
Gainsborough onre much later. It
could have then taken the mantle
from Alton. Secondly, the gauges
were different, with Alton, the
smaller, repreenting a larger area
of real life. Sadly, none of the 40
editions of the Guinness Book of
Records and its successor that I
have mention either!
Tim Mickleburgh
Grimsby
More planes
I can add three cards to the list of
1909 Doncaster Aviation Meeting postcards published by E.L.
Scrivens (October 2009 PPM):
5. Mr S.F. Cody erecting his
aeroplane at Doncaster
18. M. Molon’s monoplane in
flight.
20. M. Sommer’s biplane in
flight.
Richard Higgs
York
Old technology can be
best
I write with reference to Richard
Phillips’ letter in October 2009
PPM. It reminded me of a similar example in my collection.
My experience took place over
ten years ago, long before
Google Earth. I bought four
postcards
from
a
bric-a-brac
shop
in
Finchley.
A previous
owner of
the cards
had written
104
Wellington
R o a d ,
Bush Hill
Park on
the back
of two
and 118
Wellington Road,
Bush Hill
Park on
the back
of
the
o t h e r
two. As I
n o t e d
above, this was in the late1990s. To look at how 104/118
were, soon after my purchase I
physically visited the houses.
The one numbered 118 looked
just as attached, but 104 didn't
look like the illustration at all. I
wondered at the time of my visit,
had 104 been replaced. I found
the answer in Enfield's Local
History Unit, in two Kelly's
Street Directories. In the 1921
edition living in 104 was a John
Flavell White, but in the 1922
copy Mr White was occupying
118. He had not moved, the
neighbours had the same
changes, the road had been
renumbered in between the two
books publications. This house
was built in 1907 and occupied
by various members of the
White family 1909 to 1994. If I
only had the 104 picture and
looked at it on Google Earth I
would be confused. The chances
of coming to the answer that 104
was now 118, I think would be a
lot less.
Stephen Sellick
Enfield
Touring Exhibition
would work
Two years ago I wrote in PPM
about how the postcard hobby in
Scotland was at the same time
both in rude health and in crisis.
This remains the case, with sales
on eBay buoyant, three healthy
clubs, prices for good material
holding up, attendances at fairs
equally holding up, numbers of
dealers stalling out at fairs in
decline. This now seems to be
the case elsewhere also and the
Goldsmith/Rollinson/PTA dingdong is both an undignified and
unwelcome symptom of how
people lash out when the world
changes and they don't like it. I
so wish somebody could knock
these three heads together and
produce some sense. Frankly I
do not understand what the fuss
is all about between these organisers. Shepton Mallet lies at the
economy end of things as a
cheap(ish) fair in the middle of
nowhere in slightly spartan conditions. Michael's fairs take
place in slightly more salubrious
surroundings and yes, the tablecloths are classy. The Postcard
Show has the tablecloths and the
shell stands and a Central London location that makes it attractive to visitors from afar. Each
fair offers a different experience
to the buyer. Surely this choice is
to be celebrated not criticised?
I am more concerned by
other developments, namely the
relentless rise of eBay as
described so well by Eric Eunson and the idea for a postcard
museum. New kid on the block
eBay has managed to feed voraciously on the postcard hobby,
which over the past 30 to 40
years had been built up by a
growing network of clubs, dealers and fairs. As Eric points out,
some fairs are now feeling the
pressure as
stbag
Pick of the Po
the new generation of
dealers goes straight onto eBay.
Inevitably some fairs will buckle
and fold, so collectors will meet
in person less often. In time club
memberships will dwindle as the
opportunities to recruit new
members evaporate. In time
clubs will be wound up. Does
eBay support postcard clubs or
fairs? Does it sponsor exhibitions of postcards, static or touring? Not that I am aware of.
eBay is a taker, not a giver.
Equally can we blame Jack
Stasiak for his "if you can't beat
them join them" attitude? I think
not. He has a business to run
and, let's face it, eBay trading
will now see him out if he so
wishes. The search for profit
invites promiscuity from sellers
whose principal motivation is to
seek the highest price for the
goods they have to sell today,
but is this a case of getting into
bed with the corpse of tomorrow
or will eBay be there nourishing
careers just recently started at
their end? Nobody knows, so
Eric's advice not to burn all the
bridges just quite yet is sound.
Does anybody remember when
most decent fairs had long waiting lists? That was not so long
ago. If eBay withers on the vine
(an extended postal strike could
do it) eBayers who have deserted
fair organisers could find them
less than forgiving when they
crawl back on their hands and
knees begging for a table...
In the face of these challenges, a postcard museum looks
superficially a good idea, but I,
like Cheryl Allen, am not convinced, not least because for the
last four to five years I and others
have been working on a massive
project (between £2.5m and £7m
of expenditure) to save some
important industrial archaeology
in Catrine (see my article in June
2007 PPM for more detail) and I
have learnt a great deal in the
process. Cheryl is right to point
out that Heritage Lottery Fund
and other funders have in the
past poured money into projects
that were short-lived. In today's
economic climate a sound business plan, sustainability so that
the thing doesn't fold after a couple of years, and match funding
are all required. Could a postcard
museum really produce enough
revenue through admission fees
and other means to pay for running costs? Most museums are
almost devoid of visitors for half
the year, and yet any HLF-funded museum will probably need to
have an educational officer and
other staff and the heating runs at
full bung regardless, so the running costs will still need to be
met. If the museum were to be
closed for six months of the year,
that throws the accessibility to
the collections argument out of
the window. Without a long line
of fairy godmothers I can't see it
lasting. That said, on the other
side I have heard talk that this is
"the sort of thing the PTA should
be doing" (well yes maybe) or
"Michael is in competition with
the PTA" (time to knock those
heads together again). Perhaps
reason could prevail and all the
interested parties could mend
some fences and actually try and
achieve something that is manageable and achievable. A touring exhibition (perhaps with
local dealers taking sales stands
alongside it as it tours the country) would raise the profile of the
hobby and promote it properly.
Fair organisers, publishers and
other organisations could be
looked to for sponsorship and
such an exhibition would build
First Holiday Camp
With regard to the card of Bentham Camp pictured on page
18 of the October issue of
PPM, and the question as to
whether this was the first holiday camp, the answer is NO!
Joseph Cunningham began his
'International Young Men's
Holiday Camp' at Howstrake in
the Isle of Man as early as
1895, and produced an annual
free brochure, called the Camp
Herald. The postcard of the
Camp (below), showing tents
and bungalows, was posted on
12 July, 1903. When many
tents were destroyed in a gale
in 1903, Cunningham moved
his camp to Victoria Road in
Douglas from 1904, and it
remained in the family until
sold in 1945. It was then
renamed Douglas Holiday
Camp, and survived until the
late 1980's. Cunningham was a
strict Presbyterian, and the
Camp was for men only, and
strictly teetotal - even the staff
had to sign the pledge! Nevertheless, the Camp was extremely popular, and, at its height in
the 1930's, was averaging
60,000 visitors over the summer season.
Mike Kelly
Onchan, Isle of Man
links with host local authorities
and museums, itself introducing,
dare I say it, much-needed
expertise and recent experience.
Perhaps it is good that the
hobby in its maturity still has the
ability to provoke heated debate,
but the protagonists need to be
reminded that essentially we are
all on the same side here, and it
is time to stop squabbling and
start looking to doing something
positive for our hobby.
Richard Stenlake
Ochiltree
Postcards and the First
World War
Amongst the pleasures of
research is the occasional
chance find of an intriguing
story or article about a personal
interest or passion. Whilst delving in my local record office, I
am always on the lookout for
any mention of postcards or
postcard history. With the popularity of the craze in its heyday I am hoping for a glimpse
of a long forgotten article in the
newspapers of the day. At the
moment, I’m working towards
a book on my home town and
how the war affected it, so I
was pretty surprised to find a
piece of writing from September 1914 which is reproduced
in full from a section called The
Ladies Column: "In these days
when picture postcards accumulate so rapidly that there is
soon no place to put them a
good plan is to take two and
paste them together so that no
writing shows, and then, when
a good sized box full has been
collected send to a hospital.
Hospitals
welcome
them
because they can be sterilised;
whereas many gifts have to be
destroyed through a fear of
infection. Also the preparation
of them forms a splendid rainy
day amusement for the children
of a household, while the convalescent patients greatly
appreciate them".
What it illustrates is the
endeavours of everyone to
assist in the war effort so quickly in the initial weeks, and that
the writer believes this is a support for the wounded men. It is
also the first time I have seen
this kind of involvement in the
war in a very unusual manner.
Now, apart from wondering
how many got stuck together
and sterilised, what would the
value be in completion and collection terms to us today? It
amused me enough to think that
fellow collectors would find it
of some merit and interest and,
secondly, I wonder how many
this happened to?
John Gallagher
West Midlands
Good deal for
wheelchairs
I read with interest Michael
Goldsmith’s humorous response
to my letter in July PPM. I think
we have all now had enough of
this verbal ping-pong. But
before I dismount from my high
horse I need to address one
important matter. In my letter I
suggested that Michael’s fairs
may not be wheelchair friendly. I
did so to make a point. Yes, of
course they are wheelchair
friendly, I know, I checked. Why,
Michael, do you keep this fact
such a closely guarded secret?
You constantly tell us that
your fairs are situated in the
wealthiest part of the country,
easily accessible by road and rail,
ample free parking, professional
catering, free prize draw, huge
publicity budget (£10,000 per
annum), free glossy programme,
luxurious surroundings, but not a
wheelchair friendly logo in sight.
Michael Goldsmith, the self-promoter par excellence, you can do
better than this. The logo is internationally recognised and can be
easily downloaded from the
internet. I would have thought
for a fair organiser its inclusion
was a commercial imperative.
You might as well have a strap
line across your advert saying
“Postcards for all, as long as
you are able bodied”.
A random inspection of any
PPM over the last 10 years or so
The Age of Elegance (2).
The Dining Room at Salthill
Hotel, Monkstown, Co.
Dublin. Jotter painted
many Irish hotel scenes (for
publishers A. Burkart & Co.
of London) and topographicals (for Raphael Tuck)
Early posting
dates
will reveal a North-South divide
between those fairs who promote disabled access and those
who do not. More accurately, the
divide is between those fairs
where we stand or fair organisers with whom I have some
influence and the rest. It took a
while for a mixture of badgering, haranguing and my natural
charm to win over the fair organisers. I once had Brian Lund
lying prone on the floor in front
of my wheelchair begging for
forgiveness for having omitted
the logo from promotional material for the Nottingham Fair.
Probably one of the highlight of
my postcard career!
The Picture Postcard Show
is hardly disabled friendly, as I
have found to my cost. So,
come on, Michael - set a good
example to your southern col-
leagues. Lets have a strap line
“Postcards for all including the
disabled”. And thanks for pointing out that the Brentford Premier
Travel Inn does a special deal
over Christmas. Mrs Davies is
quite taken with the idea, has
already checked and confirms
that it is wheelchair friendly. I
might surprise her and book us in
in for 25th and 26th December,
then straight down to the Pump
Room, Cheltenham for the fair on
27th. I still know how to give a
girl a good time!
Ian Davies
Rosalie Cards, Worksop
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Beautifully drawn by
Harold Copping who
exhibited at the
Royal Academy this
unused card, No.3 in
the
'Home
and
Beauty' Series was
published by Degen
& Co of London.
(below) A bi-lingual
caption on this
Agnes Richardson
card No. 2201 in
the
'Artistique'
Series published
by the Inter-Art
Co.
Who
can
recall holding the
skein of wool for
mother while she
wound it?
Home Comforts For
The Troops
Di Lawer examines the parcels sent to
soldiers in World War One
The only responsibility placed on women at the outbreak of World War One was to encourage their men
to enlist. They willingly performed this duty for King
and country with the result that within months a
legion of wives and sweethearts were left to get on
with their lives as best they could.
Encouraging men to enlist was the main 'Work for women'
in the early days of the war. This unused Inter-Art Co. card
is No.209
Many postcards depict
young ladies sending out
'goodies' to the troops.
This EC Series card,
No.3809D was posted from
Ilford to Pershore in July
1916. Published by Wildt &
Kray it was drawn by Lilian
A Govey.
It wasn't long, however,
before women of all ages
felt they could do much
more than sit at home and
fret. So they began providing material 'comforts' for
the soldiers, filling parcels
with cigarettes, sweets,
home baking, newspapers
and magazines. Women
also discovered there was a
need for clothing of every
kind and decided that
equipping the men with
knitted and hand sewn garments was a far more practical way of utilising their
talents.
The expression
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Cigarettes were
perhaps the most welcome
item in a parcel of 'comforts' received by troops.
This CPC Series card was
issued by a Leicester firm
and posted to Mansfield in
1916 Soldier Harry was
obviously impressed by the
contents of his parcel: My
dearest Aunt, Just a line to
let you know that I received
your nice letter and also
parcel and the pie was so
awfully nice. I have quite
enjoyed it and also the cake.
I thank you so very much
for it. I think it awfully kind
of you…
'home comforts for the
troops' came to mean knitted garments to keep the
soldiers warm during the
winter, and artists lost no
time depicting women's
handicraft efforts on postcards.
Many long-established
societies
formed
support groups and
'comfort
funds'
were put into place
to purchase treats
and materials to
make the garments.
The
Victoria
League, founded in
1901 after the Boer
War, turned its
attention to the
plight of UK and
Commonwealth
forces
and
became a receiving centre for
overseas gifts for
distribution
to
soldiers
and
relief organisations. The Victoria
League's
noble efforts were reinforced by The Girls Friendly
Society which had attracted
a membership of nearly
200,000 by 1914, and young
ladies started knitting for
the troops just as they had
during the Boer War. Basic
patterns for socks and mittens were even published in
the Society's magazine to
help the more novice knitters among their numbers.
Campaigning
suffragettes also helped, turning from militancy to baking, making, knitting and
sewing; Girl Guide companies did their bit too, and
The Dogs Trust collected
combings from members'
pets to be knitted into clothing for the troops - a practice
which
continued
throughout the war.
Support, too, came
(right) Postcard No.217 by
artist AA Nash is from the
'Two-0-nine' Series, publisher not shown but by the
Inter-Art Co. It was posted
to Tottenham in 1916 and
suggests that even very
young children knitted for
the troops.
f r o m
Queen Mary's Needlework
Guild which was formed on
21 August 1914 - just 17
days after war was declared
- specifically to provide
comforts for serving soldiers. The QMNG also provided exact instructions on
how to knit socks and sew
nightshirts to comply with
military standards. So as
not to deprive workers of
their livelihood
A cute Mabel Lucie Attwell
example from the Valentine’s Series. Di from Hammersmith writes to 'My
dearest old boy' telling him
she will 'send more of the
stuff overleaf.
and waistcoats - in fact,
anything that would bring
warmth and comfort to
serving soldiers. Women
could be seen knitting
everywhere - on trains, in
hotels, theatres, on the
beach, in parks and, of
course, by their own firesides too.
(right) It is clear from this
young soldier's expression
that his home made socks
are too large! HGC Marsh
Lambert is the artist on this
unused CW Faulkner & Co
card, CWF Series 1531.
by making exactly the
same garments as manufacturers, Guild members
concentrated their skills
on items not being supplied
to
servicemen
under Government contract.
As soon as war was
declared
local
people
sprang into action setting
up War Relief Funds and
holding Flag Days, raising
thousands of pounds in the
first few months. Some of
this money was used to purchase soldiers' treats as
well as wool and materials.
Schools also played
their part in the war effort
with pupils' subscriptions
helping to pay for cigarettes, sweets, soap and
pencils, all to be sent to hospitals and regiments behind
the front line. While schoolgirls produced a wealth of
knitted garments, having
been taught to knit from an
early age, the boys devised
various activities to raise
funds to buy wool and knitting needles.
Ladies formed 'knitting
bees' by meeting in friends'
houses to produce garments.
Local ministers
were even asked in some
towns and villages whether
it was acceptable to knit on
Sundays! Most apparently
gave an assurance that it
was.
Knitting
became
almost a full time occupation for many women who
considered it their own
unique form of 'active service'.
With 'unbounded
zeal' they produced a multitude of balaclavas, body
belts, gloves, mittens, socks
The knitting of 'comforts', but especially socks,
turned into such a nationwide craze that the Government tried to call a halt to
this mass production by
declaring that the War
Office had enough socks,
thank you, and that there
were far better things one
could do to help. This produced an outcry from people simply trying to 'do their
bit'. As a result Parliament
said it would try to regulate
Tongue-twisters were
all the rage during
WWI. Naughty Netta
has found a different
type of garment to
knit! This Inter-Art Co.
card, 'One-four-nine'
Series No. 149, was
drawn by Frederick
Spurgin. Posted to
Teignmouth in July
1915 a father writes
to his daughter Kathleen: Do you like this
to put in your
album? I expect you
are getting ready to
go away. Have you
packed all your
boxes?
and co-ordinate all
this voluntary production and in September 1915 thousands of these
small groups were
drawn
together
under the Office of
the Director General of Voluntary Organisations.
Despite these measures the socks kept coming, encouraged by Queen
Mary's appeal in the
December 1916 issue of The
Family Journal for even
more socks! Many knitters
would knit the same item in
the same size again and
again so that they could
memorise the pattern and
produce garments more
quickly. The Red Cross supplied knitting patterns for
sweaters, socks, mufflers,
fingerless mitts, stump covers and other garments and
many more knitting instructions were included in
women's magazines. The
National War Museum still
holds a collection of printed
WWI knitting patterns catalogued under 'Weldon's
garments and hospital comforts for our soldiers and
sailors’ (ref. 7112-24).
No doubt many soldiers appreciated a regular
supply of warm woolly
socks as this little poem by
Helen Bosanquet which
appeared in Punch magazine in 1916 illustrates:
'I'll shape the toe and turn
the heel
And vary ribs and plains
And hope some soldierman may feel
The warmer for my pains.'
Another tongue twister
here in the words of the
famous WWI song 'Sister
Susie sewing shirts for soldiers'.
No publisher is
given on this postally
unused card No.97.
But home-made socks
were often too large, too
small or even secondhand!
The famous WWI poet Wilfred Owen wrote to his
mother, demanding new
socks and not darned ones.
Socks were not always well
made. One Argyll & Sutherland officer complained
about the amateurish and
uncomfortable pair he had
received with no heels!
A definite sewing disaster
here! Reg Carter is the
artist for this 'Go-Well'
Series card No.SD167. No
publisher shown (Inter-Art
Co.) and posted to Williton,
Somerset, in May 1915.
Lord Kitchener did his best
to make socks more wearable, liaising with the Red
Cross and inventing his
own design to include a
squarish 'grafted' toe. This
method finished off seams
neatly without leaving an
uncomfortable edge and
was, thereafter, known as
the 'Kitchener Sock' or
'Kitchener Stitch.'
One can only imagine
the hundreds if not thousands, of unsuitable or
unwanted 'home comforts'
sent out to the troops. It was
said that so many surplus
items were received that
soldiers invariably ended
up cleaning their rifles with
them!
In lesser quantities
were the sewn garments
made by willing female
continued......
HOME COMFORTS FOR
THE TROOPS
continued from page 31
'(below, left) Everybody's
doing it to keep our Tommies warm' is the caption
on this fine Agnes
Richardson card showing Sister Susie knitting
a large blanket. It was
published
by
J
Salmon, No.749.
hands. Many parish
churches
set
up
Ladies Work Parties to
buy or acquire sewing
machines to make
articles for the Red
Cross such as shirts,
cuffs, towels and
body belts. Volunteers sewing for
Lady Smith Dorrien's Hospital Bag
Fund sewed over
50,000 small bags
each
month
in
which
wounded
soldiers
could
place their valuables while in hospital.
Female
seamstresses,
depicted
more
Messages from the Front
Roger Lee chooses some poignant
postcards from his collection
The cards featured here are reminders of those who
served nearly a century ago in what was then known
as ‘The Great War’ from 1914-1
18. Ordinary men
who were called to fight for their country feature on
a number of cards, either on the picture side or
mainly in the messages sent. Perhaps the total sent
reached millions, including the prolific WW1 silk
embroidered cards and so many were sold by local
French suppliers, too. This selection shows how in
the most impossible circumstances, serving forces
generally managed to keep in touch with those at
home.
This sepia "Daring Deeds"
features Corp. E. Jones,
who went under shell fire
to sketch the German
trench positions in order
that British guns could
accurately locate them!
For this highly unusual act
of bravery he won the
DCM. Sent by a soldier in
England, apparently en
route to France, the card
was sent Post Paid from
Southampton, May 1915
with message, "Larry and I
are sitting on the boat
writing these cards. Just
about to leave. Love to all
Percy." (To his mother).
More postcards on this theme on page 45
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often than not making
shirts, were epitomised on
numerous 'Sister Susie'
postcards. This image was
inspired by the famous Al
Jolson wartime song which
appeared in 1914. The standard of needlework
was often very poor
and numerous comic
cards were based
around this theme.
Such was the popularity of Sister Susie
postcards at the time
that many of the leading artists like Agnes
Richardson, Mabel
Lucie Attwell and
Reg Carter were
encouraged by pub-
lishers to highlight her
patriotic efforts. Far from
trivialising them she symbolised the sense of pride
and appreciation for all this
women's work. For as
Gilson observed - 'God
bless Sister Susie'.
Is this young lad
trying on his dad's
home made shirt?
Posted to Blackpool in 1915 the
card, drawn by T.
Gilson, was published by EJ Hey &
Co. and is No. 653
in their 'Ludgate'
Series.
A French sepia card shows
two French soldiers at the
front with a caption written on the wall: "avec vous
et pour vous nous jurons
de sauver la France," with
signature of Leon Gambetta, a former French statesman. The translation
means, "With you and for
you we promise to save
France." Addressed to a
son or brother in Sussex ,
the message says simply
‘Xmas 1915’ IBC 25/12/15
with APO (Army Post
Office) dated 26 DE 15.
This French coloured card, captioned bi-lingually
says, "The War - The Struggle for a few yards in the
Argonne," with French soldiers. Postmarked APO
MR 25 16 with the message, "More snow last night
and sharp frost. April showers this morning. Love to
all." HECC
Bamforth’s Sentimental Journey
The famous postcard publishing firm James Bamforth of Holmfirth are perhaps most well-known for
their saucy seaside comics, but during the First
World War the various
sets of hymn and song cards
were immensely popular and helped lift morale. The
sentimental issues used posed photographs to illustrate the verses, and were deliberately sentimental,
calculated to tug at the heart-strings. Shown here are
two of the hymn card sets of
four postcards (the majority
were sets of three), Onward
Christian
Soldiers
and
Stand up for Jesus.
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The view from Berlin
Although not often seen in British dealers’ postcard
stocks, many political and anti-British, French and
Russian cartoons were published in Germany in the
same way that the Kaiser and German soldiers were
ridiculed on postcards produced in allied countries.
These examples, from the Ian Forrester collection,
were all published in 1914, very soon after the start
of the First World War, and reflected the prevailing
view in Germany that the conflict would not last long.
The German military’s Schlieffen plan, which
involved invading France by way of Belgium (the violation of Belgian neutrality was the pretext on which
Britain entered the war) was intended to neutralise
the French before the Russians could engage the
German army. This ‘quick fix’ mentality mirrored the
belief in Britain that the war would be over by Christmas (1914, rather than 1918, which was actually the
case).
Europe in the
balance. The Germans felt that their
nation and Austria-Hungary, their principal allies, could
still not be matched by superior numbers of nations
ranged against them on the other side of the scales. Sat on
the fence in 1914 were Turkey, Italy and the U.S.A. Which
way would they jump? Sat on the right were the principal
German enemies - France, Russia and Britain, with other
nations hanging on
Hunting for hares (the British equivalent would be ‘duckshoot’). The allies were not expected to stand and fight
The
Englishmen (again, a deliberate exclusion of the other countries in the British Isles, though a
Scottish soldier in kilt is shown on this cartoon) in France
were expected to helpfully run away at the first sight of a
spiked German helmet
* translation from the German by David Coombs and Lillemor Pearson
A pun on the word ‘concert’ sees Germany’s national
anthem (Deutschland uber alles! - Germany above all)
scatter all before it
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Postcards recall Georges Carpentier as
French National Hero ...
Boxing Champion and
World War I Pilot
Alan Leonard
The series of postcards exemplifying 1914-1
1915 war
subjects could hardly have failed to feature Georges
Carpentier, for he was already widely acclaimed as a
French national hero.
Issued by the Paris publisher J. Courcier, the
card illustrated right presented a delicately coloured
photograph of him as an air force pilot seated at the
controls of his plane - with a caption that also identified him as a world champion boxer.
In fact, at that stage Carpentier, still in his teens,
had won several European championships at levels
from welterweight up to heavyweight, but not until
1920-2
22 did he hold a world title, in the latter division. The distinction would have counted for little
among patriotic French postcard purchasers in
World War I.
On the outbreak of war in
August 1914 Carpentier lost
no time in volunteering for
the French air force. His war
service as an aviator was
recognised by the award of
his country’s highest military honours, the Croix de
Guerre and Medaille Militaire.
These enhanced his
reputation for gallantry. His
exploits in the ring gained
him celebrity as a debonair
champion, “le gentlemanboxeur” and “the Orchid
Man”, a great sportsman
and handsome personality.
In October 1975 his
obituary in the London
Times quoted Arnold Bennett as saying of Carpentier
“He might have been a barrister, poet, musician, Foreign Office attache or Fellow of All Souls, but not a
boxer.” Nevertheless, it was
as a boxer that he first
achieved distinction.
His humble origin
seemed to offer little
prospect of future fame. He
was born on 12th January
This card
depicting Georges Carpentier as a
war-time pilot, numbered 289 in the series of 1914-1915
war subjects, was issued by the publishing firm of J.
Courcier, 8 rue Simon-le-Franc, Paris, printed for it by R.
Pruvost of 159 rue Montmartre. This example was sent
under cover, dated 20/2/17 by Jules, who conveyed home
his best wishes and “kisses to all”.
1894 near Lens, a small Pasde-Calais mining town, and
followed his father’s occupation, starting as a 12year-old pit boy.
However,
young
Georges began attending a
boxing school in the town
run by Francois Descamps.
Impressed by the boy’s
potential, he persuaded his
parents to agree to Georges
leaving the pit and training
full-time as a boxer.
His first professional
bout at the age of 14
secured him the welterweight championship of
France, then of Europe in
1911.
(above) This Daily Mirror exclusive photograph was published as postcard B-C A4
in the Real Photographic Series of the Halifax firm Lilywhite Ltd., one of the three
sets of six resulting from its enterprising arrangements to provide pictorial documentation of the fight “Joe Beckett (Great Britain) v. Georges Carpentier (France)
for the Heavyweight Championship of Europe, London Dec. 4th 1919.” Flanked by
inset portraits of the two boxers, it depicts “The Knockout: Carpentier watching his
fallen rival.” Having despatched him in a mere 74 seconds with a powerful right
hook to the jaw, Carpentier was the first to help raise his opponent and carry him
to his corner, where he sat dazed for several minutes, while his supporters dispersed in silent disbelief. The Prince of Wales warmly congratulated the victor at
the ringside. The London Times wrote of Carpentier that “a more beautiful man
has seldom, if ever, been seen in a ring.”
(left) This glossy sepia RP card depicting Georges Carpentier in a characteristic
boxing stance, from a Topical Press photograph, was no. 159 N in the series of
“Beagles Postcards” issued by the London firm of John Beagles & Co. Ltd. Printers and publishers, it was one of the first to diversify from photographic into
postcard publishing in the early 1900s. Beagles issued thousands of cards featuring a wide range of events, royalty, actresses and other celebrities, continuing into the late 1930s. This unused example is undated but probably of 191920 vintage, produced at a time when the debonair Frenchman had earned fame
both as an accomplished boxer and as an aviator hero of the War.
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Another
Beagles
postcard, numbered
174.0
in
the
“Famous
Boxers
Series”, reproduced
a Daily Mirror action
photograph
captioned
“Georges
Carpentier
&
George Cook, Great
Fight at the Albert
Hall, London.” This
was the highlight
of the boxing programme staged
there on the night
of 12th January
1922.
As
the
Times correspondent wrote, “A
Carpentier night
provides a certain
liveliness
and romance of
its own... the
female portion
of the crowd is
trebled.” Carpentier’s
admirers
were
impressed by his “easy grace, well-cut features and carefully brushed hair”: he seemed always “cool and collected.” His opponent George Cook (1898-1943) was an Australian heavyweight champion whose career extended
from 1916 to 1938, taking him to many countries for bouts
that included challenges to some of the best boxers of the
period. In his 1922 encounter with the French champion he
was outclassed. Carpentier, then 28, despatched the Australian (who was four years his junior and a stone heavier)
with a “lightning hook to the jaw” knock-out in the closing
seconds of the fourth round.
As he grew in stature,
strength and weight, he
went on to fight professionally through all the (then)
eight weight divisions. In
1911-13 he won successively the European titles in the
middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight
categories.
Carpentier also supervised fights as a referee and
- uniquely - refereed a world
title heavyweight bout, in
June 1914, before ever
appearing in one himself.
During the war he took
part in occasional exhibition
bouts, mostly to entertain
U.S. troops in 1917-18. He
resumed professional boxing in 1919.
The highlight of that
year was his fight with the
British champion Joe Beckett for the European heavyweight title, at the Holborn
Stadium, London, on 4th
December 1919.
This drew a large and
fashionable
audience,
including “society” ladies,
celebrities from politics,
stage, turf and the literary
scene. Thousands, mainly
women, also gathered outside to cheer the arrival of
the Prince of Wales and
Prince Albert.
All Beckett’s supporters were mortified when the
Frenchman won by a knockout in the first round, after
only 74 seconds. The Prince
of Wales was quick to shake
hands and congratulate
him.
To quote the Oxford
Companion to Sports and
Games, edited by the late
John Arlott, “Carpentier, a
man of good looks and
great charm, attracted
women spectators to the
sport in large numbers for
the first time. Evidence of
his appeal came in his
unsuccessful challenge in
1921 for the world heavyweight title, held by Jack
Dempsey, when, for the first
time, receipts totalled more
than $1 million”.
The actual amount was
reported as $1,789,238, paid
by some 80,000 spectators
thronging a vast wooden
bowl specially built at Jersey City for this ‘Battle of
the Century’ staged there
on 2nd July 1921.
Dempsey, much the
heavier, won by a knock-out
in the fourth round. Carpentier, nicknamed ‘Georgeous
Georges’,
nevertheless
gained great popularity in
America. He and Dempsey
became firm friends, later
exchanging visits between
Paris and New York.
Meanwhile, Carpentier
held the world light heavyweight title from October
1920 to September 1922,
first knocking out “Battling
Levinsky” in the fourth
round and later himself suffering a sixth round K.O. in
Paris from the Senegalese
fighter “Battling Siki.”
Thereafter, Carpentier
eased himself into retirement, finally departing the
boxing scene in 1927.
As a scientific boxer
delivering a very hard
punch, he had a noteworthy
career record. Of 110 contests, he won 88 - 56 of
them by K.O. - and lost only
14, with 8 rated drawn.
Away from boxing,
Carpentier appeared on the
music hall stage and in six
motion pictures (3 Hollywood, 2 French and one
British) up to 1934. He then
established himself running
bar - restaurants in fashionable Paris neighbourhoods,
continuing almost up to the
time of his death on 28
October 1975, aged 81 - still
greatly esteemed in France
and beyond.
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The Age of Elegance (3). When this postcard, a jotter painting of The Terrace at the Royal Albion Hotel at Brighton,
was posted to Astley in Worcestershire in October 1912
the Great War was less than two years away. But the age
of endless good times for those with plenty of money was
coming to an end. Postcard publishers Arthur Burkart used
several Jotter paintings of this hotel, and as usual with this
series, the detail is impressive.
Paris
tour
French excursion: a stunning picture postcard showing a motor excursion about to set off from Thos. Cook’s
Paris office on Place de l’Opera. The postcard was published by E. Le Deley
Welsh retreat
Pontyrhyll railway station in Glamorgan, seven miles from Bridgend. The Great Western Railway passenger
service a century ago offered four down weekday trains and six up, with more on a Thursday and Saturday.
The postcard was posted from the village in May 1907.
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One tthing
hing ssometimes
ometimes
One
leads ttoo aanother
nother
leads
Ann Fox
The picture postcard was created to carry a message
and designed to please the recipient. It was popularly used to send a short message cheaply and to display an interesting picture, at a time when telephones were unavailable to the majority. Used or
unused, they were avidly collected and lovingly
stored in beautiful albums, mostly by ladies, and so
a collecting craze had begun. At its height, pre
W.W.1, albums were to be found in most homes and
proudly displayed in the best parlour. But, how did
the untravelled gain a wide selection of cards to
enhance the collection? An advert in a home journal
asking for “pen-p
pals” could produce cards from
almost anywhere in the world as a result, as postcard
enthusiasts raced to exchange cards with each other.
As the hobby developed, magazines were produced
devoted entirely to the collecting craze. One such
person who enjoyed the hobby was Miss Mary
Campbell of Sunderland. She advertised widely in
such publications, the one she favoured being The
Family Herald, and her request was observed by a
young man named Fred Arthur Elson. This is the
manner in which their history together unfolded, he
in India, in the army and she in England. On the first
card I have, a brief message “Best wishes from an
Indian correspondent and friend.” Written at the
same time another card saying, “Write as often as
you feel inclined. Letters and cards will be promptly
answered in future Yours” etc.
Lucknow’s Bossainabad Gate
The next two cards from
him, dated April 1910,
express a joy at finding
some-one to correspond
with regularly. He explains
he already has 3,000 cards
divided into four categories:
foreign, English, comic and
miscellaneous, in four
albums. He includes this
information alongside a
description of the picture
side of the second card he
sent....” and the other, the
place where the people of
Cawnpore were fired upon
in the Indian Mutiny just
before the massacre”. He,
being in the Leicester Regiment based in Belgium, is
bound to be interested in all
things military. In June 1910
a further two cards arrived
re-iterating the quantity and
variety of cards he treasures, and confirming that
all types are acceptable. At
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the end of August a group
of three cards arrived at
Mary’s home. By now he is
calling her “dear friend” but
insisting she sends him
cards OTHER than views.
He tells her that he is
presently on furlough on
the Kolar Goldfield, which
he explains are the richest
in India, and from there on
to Bangalore and Madras. A
simple message follows in
October 1910 from her Indian correspondent friend. By
December 29 1910, two very
closely written cards are
delivered, when Mary is
once more addressed as
Miss Campbell. He tells her
the delay in replying is
because he is in hospital,
with his leg in a splint. His
Christmas had been quiet
but was his last as a soldier.
He tells her he is in the choir
of the church pictured on
Posted
in
August 1910, this postcard shows a
view from the Clock Tower in Bombay
the reverse. He hopes to
remain in touch with her,
and to send a photo. He
reflects that he was only 19
when he left for India, and
will soon be 24. There
appears to be a gap of some
time before the next cards
arrive as they are dated
8.8.11. They contain some
shocking news:Dear Miss Campbell.
Just a few lines of farewell.
I received your last P.C.
safely and thank you for
them I am just returning to
England in October. I leave
the army next month and
am settling down in India. I
am working and you will no
doubt be surprised to hear
that I am to be married on
October 4th. I got
engaged 3 years ago
but it was broken off. I
am very busy getting
my house ready and
8 weeks will soon go
by. I think it is best
that I should give up
my P.C. collecting. I
shall not have much
time and I have
about 2000 postcards so have a
good collection. If
you
see
Mrs
Stephenson tell her
I have not forgotten
her and will write
at the first opportunity. I trust you
are well and will
now say good bye
with all good
wishes for the
future from your
sincere
friend
Fred
Arthur
Elson.
list, he was conscripted
again into the second battalion Leicester Regiment to
serve in The Great War. He
entered as a private, was
promoted to lance corporal
and sadly, on 10.3.1915 he
was killed in action at the
battle of Neuve Chapelle
and even more sadly, he is
listed as the husband of the
late Edith Jane Elson. If by
any chance you go to Le
Touret Memorial you will
find his name listed on
panel 11. Please have a
moment’s thought on the
life and loves of this young
man.
As for Miss Mary
Campbell, this is only the
story so far!
You will notice that the
address has changed and
he is now with the Ooregum
Mining Company based on
the Kola Gold Field, in
Mysore State. So with the
army behind him, a bride on
his arm and his postcards a
thing of the past, he has
moved on to a new and
exciting life without Mary.
But did he....? Further investigation has shown that, as
he was still on the reserve
Hindu
ladies on a card posted in
June 1910
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has more stories of cards that
travelled world-wide
Thousands Of Miles For
A Penny
I explained in September 2009 Picture Postcard
Monthly that there is often an interesting story to be
unearthed on postcards that were despatched on
long journeys around the world, confidently
entrusted to the international mails in the early
20th century at a postage charge in Britain of just
one old penny. Here are a few more examples of
these fascinating postcard journeys.
Posted on the High
Seas
An article published in the
May/June 2008 issue of PPM
surveyed the topic of postcards posted aboard British
ships, franked with British
stamps and postmarked at
overseas ports where they
were put ashore for onward
transmission.
Some of these “paquebot” cards bore distinctive
markings showing them
“posted on the high seas” by
handstamps applied in the
ship’s offices handling mail
from passengers and crews.
The Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company made a particular feature of such
cachets. Neatly lettered within an oval frame and applied
in purple ink, they are generally found on cards emanating from the company’s nine
“A class” passenger liners
brought into service in 190514 e.g. Aragon, Amazon,
Araguaya etc.
Less often seen are
those from Royal Mail vessels
in the lesser “D class” group
of five 11,500-ton sister ships
built by Harland & Wolff at
Belfast in 1911-12, to run
mainly between Liverpool
and South America.
Named
Deseado,
Demerara, Desna, Darro and
Drina, they were intended primarily for meat carrying,
each able to bring to England
some 40,000 frozen carcasses
- having also accommodated
up to 800 steerage passengers on their outward voyages. They also provided cabins for 95 first class and 38
second class clients.
Because of the importance of their meat-carrying
role during World War I these
Royal Mail steamers were not
requisitioned for naval or military purposes but continued
to operate more or less as
usual... apart from the Drina,
torpedoed and sunk in 1917.
Raphael Tuck & Son Ltd.
produced a series of postcards for the Royal Mail company, colourfully depicting
places served by its ships.
One of them, showing a
street scene in Montevideo,
was used aboard the Desna,
dated “On Board RMSP
Desna, 20 December 1916 ,
Rio de Janeiro”, addressed to
a girl in Yorkshire, with the
message:
Dear Adeline, We have
reached Rio safely as you will
see. The weather here is glorious and hot enough to boil
an egg. The picture on the
other side is where I shall
spend my Christmas. Love to
all, George.
He was probably a member
of the crew. His card seems
not to have been put ashore
at Rio but kept on board until
the Desna returned to her
home port. There the stamp
duly received the postmark
“Paquebot Liverpool: Posted
at Sea: Received 11 JA
17”.... another example of a
postcard with quite a story to
tell, deriving from the circumstances of its postal
usage rather than its picture
side alone.
A view of
“Village Huts, Ceylon”, with the
imprint “Plate & Co. 10”, was one of the cards produced
for sale to visitors in Edwardian times. This example was
addressed to her friend in London by a lady on board a
ship heading to Singapore in August 1906. She wrote
“Dear Nance, Went ashore at Colombo, scenery grand
with cinnamon trees & magnificent palms. Rode round the
town in a rickshaw being well looked after. Just nearing
Penang, believe we shall stop 2 days at Singapore.” She
squeezed in a postscript to say “Don’t worry about me for
I’m alright. When on shore am gazed at by everybody.”
The vessel carrying the sender seems to have been a German one, for the card was franked with a 10 pfg German
stamp, cancelled by a “Deutsche SeePost” postmark (date
unclear). For onward transmission to London, it was subsequently entrusted to the British post office at Victoria,
Hong Kong postmarked there on 14th August. China did
not join the Universal Postal Union until 1914; several
European countries earlier operated their own post offices
at major trading ports, until the 1920s. Their halfpenny and
penny stamps and equivalents were printed in green and
red respectively, in accordance with a UPU colour coding.
A b/w printed card, no. 355
in the series issued by the
Arch Photo-Works of India,
offers a mountain view captioned “Snowy Range from
Jakko, Simla.” North of Delhi,
Simla was a Victorian creation of the British ‘Raj’, preeminent among its ‘hill stations’ ;
from 1865 it was the ‘Imperial Summer Capital’, the official residence of the Viceroy,
Army C-in-C and Governor of the Punjab, with all their staffs, families and servants. The
1901 census showed a winter population of 13,000 which was nearly trebled during the
summer season, when the British administrators moved there to escape the heat of the
plains, for nearly half the year.
This role was exemplified by the card which on 22nd August 1907 had its Indian
stamp cancelled by the special postmark of Army Headquarters, Simla; two days later its
progress was shown by a Sea Post Office handstamp, later to be flanked on 9th September with the arrival marking of Saffron Walden, Essex. The card was addressed to a lady
there, with the simple message “Mother dear, We are all keeping quite well. Hoping you
are the same. With love from all to all, Elsie.” She was probably the wife of an army officer or government official.
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There is a 24-hour ansaphone on the 4079 number. But we also like to
see our postman with a sackful of mail!
The towering spire of
Trinity Church and the American Surety Building,
an early skyscraper block, made a distinctive subject for a
colour-printed postcard from an American publisher but
greater interest is to be found on the address side. It was
addressed by an anonymous correspondent in July 1905
to Mrs. J. Le Marechel, Station Hotel, Bitterne, Southampton.” The addition of “England”, written diagonally at the
left, was overlooked in the sorting office following its postmarking in New York City at 10am on 8th July, with the
result that it was forwarded to the residential village of
Southampton on Long Island. There its pair of one cent
Benjamin Franklin stamps were given the local postmark
“Southampton N.Y.” at 7pm. that evening. Recognised as
“Missent”, it was handstamped accordingly and returned
to the New York City post office, where it received a 3am
postmark, struck on the picture side. After this stuttering
start, the card was duly forwarded across the Atlantic without further problem.
Southampton in Suffolk County on Long Island claims to
be the first English settlement in New York State, founded
in 1640 by colonists from New England. Today, more so
than a century ago, it is - to quote the Columbia Gazetteer
- “an affluent summer resort well known for its many fine
estates and celebrity residents.” This Southampton is one
of several namesakes in the United States but, like them, it
has no direct links with the Hampshire city, which is officially twinned with Hampton, Virginia.
In the early 1900s udb cards sent from overseas home to
Britain were often despatched without signature or message... perhaps through fear that any writing on the picture
side would render the card liable to more than one penny
postage? The anonymous sender of this card to a lady in
Scotland evidently acquired it in Tenerife. Locally published, as no. 10 in the series “Coleccion Arte Y Letras
Tenerife”, it presented a view of the thoroughfare El
Muelle, with signs for Bathing Room/ Salon de Bains in the
foreground. Its penny red British stamp was cancelled by
three short diagonal lines, flanked by “Posted on the High
Seas” handstamps; it was handled ashore through the
Brazilian port of Penambuco, postmarked there on 28th
July 1904.
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“No.12 Plate & Co.,
Ceylon (copyright)” is the imprint on this b/w
card. Captioned simply “Ginriekshas”, it illustrates one of
the island’s attractions for the British a century ago. The
sender of this example to Mrs E. Blake in Exeter was a lady
who told her “Had a lovely ride at Colombo in one of these
carriages. The men run all the way and get soaking wet
with the heat; water fairly runs from them. It seems cruel I
thought to be behind taking it leisurely while they are slaving but I suppose they are used to it. Their skin is very
tough and shiny, looks more like the skin of an animal. Had
a lovely time!” Her next port of call seems to have been
Adelaide, South Australia, where franking by a local penny
stamp was postmarked 5th April 1908; this was later complemented by an Exeter datestamp showing arrival there
on 2nd May.
One of “Postcard
Series No. 8” produced by Raphael Tuck &
Sons Ltd for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company for use
aboard its ships mainly serving South America (it shows a
street scene in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay). This card
was written on S.S. Desna at Rio de Janeiro on 20th
December 1916. Probably a member of her crew, George
sent news to Adeline Brown in Yorkshire. He evidently
handed the card in to the ship’s post room, where it
received the distinctive Royal Mail “Posted on the High
Seas” handstamp the same day. However, it was not put
shore into the local postal service at either Rio or Montevideo but seemingly retained on board the Desna and carried back to Liverpool, to be postmarked “Paquebot Liverpool: Posted at Sea: Received 11 JA 17.”
The Desna was one of five Belfast-built 11,500-ton sister ships brought into Royal Mail service in 1911-12. Making her maiden voyage from Liverpool to South America in
July 1912, she soon survived a minor collision with a
French liner and then a U-boat attack in August 1914. She
continued carrying frozen meat cargoes to Liverpool until
withdrawn in 1933, to be broken up in Japan.
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My Favourite Sets Episode One
By Judy Sneyd with expert comments
from Grant Flockhart
What a boon to collectors the internet is. Especially
to Australian postcard and cigarette card collectors,
marooned as we are so far from the European dealers with their vast stocks of old cards. We can't
always afford the offerings we see on the net, many
of which never made their way to Australia. I surely
enjoy window shopping, much cheaper than the real
thing, and certainly easier on the feet! I particularly
like acquiring ‘sets’ - there is something very satisfying about completing one - the psychologists
would have a field day with that one. ... Tuck sets of
six are not too hard to complete, sometimes twelve,
and horror of horrors, even more. It’s harder for cigarette card collectors, of course.
Searching eBay recently for
sets in Tuck artist-signed, I
came across some World war
One cartoons I fancied, but
was comprehensively outbid;
my highest bid wasn't too
shabby either. Thought I'd
never see those again, but lo
and behold, they appeared
again soon after. (I always
wonder if the vendor has
rushed off to his backyard
shed and printed off another
set). Happily I acquired these
for about half my original bid,
and they certainly seem to be
genuine.
The packet reads Tuck
"Oilette" Series 8484-"The
Best Set Ever Issued." "German Aims". Shown up by the
celebrated Spanish artist
Francisco Sancha.
Aesop's Fables Up to
Date
Aesop's Fables will be familiar to all of us of uncertain
age who spent their school
days with the Primary School
Reader. I've lost mine, but I
vividly remember the story of
The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and
The Fox and the Grapes.
Moral tales for minors in
those days, and probably for
modern children as well. I
must check with my
grandchildren. Aesop is
supposed to have been
born a slave about 2000
years ago in Ancient
Greece, freed eventually
because of his wit and wisdom. No one is sure how
many of the stories are
original, they have survived
because of the story-telling
tradition; many tales have
been added and altered
along the years.
Our artist, Francisco y
Lengo Sancha has proved
elusive. Spanish, and his
dates are all I can offer. Born
Malaga 1874, died 1936, and
he is listed as Painter, Artist,
Stage Designer, Illustrator,
Typographer. He has woven
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some WW1 German Leaders
into appropriate Fables and
produced a set of vividly
coloured political cartoons.
The colours are what initially
caught my eye. A synopsis of
each fable is found on the
back of the cards and the set
appears to have been produced with backs in several
European languages (with
non-Tuck back) editions.
There is only one other
set (what a shame!!!) attributed to this artist in the bible
of Tuck cards, J H D Smith's
The Picture Postcards of
Raphael Tuck & Sons. (A
copy in our Queensland
Card Collectors Club library
if you want to check.) This
other set is called Comic
Babies, Art series No 6013,
printed in France. Any
other information welcome.
([email protected])
The Wolf and the Stork
A wolf begged a stork to take
out a bone that was stuck in
his throat; the stork pulled it
out with his beak and asked
for his reward. "Reward
enough," said the wolf, "that I
did not
bite off your head."
Moral: Be careful in whom
you put your trust.
It seems that Turkey,
and the other friends of
Germany, have to be content with very little gratitude for the help they have
given.
Comments from Grant:Crown Prince Wilhelm is
portrayed as the wolf,
wearing the typical uniform of the Crown Prince.
Interesting that the scene
portrays a chemical laboratory-is this an allusion
to production of poison
gas, and/or their chemical
manufacturing
prowess? The stork
wears a fez with Turkish
emblem.
The Fox and the Grapes
A hungry fox, finding that he
could not reach some tempti n g
bunches of ripe
grapes, declared they were
sour and he did not want
them.
Moral: Pride makes fools of
us all.
The Germans, after their
armies had vainly attempted
to reach Paris, Calais, Petrograd, & Verdun, tried to pretend that these were not their
objects.
(Labels on the tree carry the
names of these cities.)
Comments from Grant:
A typical portrayal of the
Kaiser in Prussian picklehaub
(pointed helmet)
with red
collar
litzen
and arm
tabs of
staff officers’ unif o r m .
The card
has been
p r o d u c e d
after the
Battle of
Verdun
1st February to
December 1916.
15th
The Hen that laid the
Golden Eggs
A greedy farmer, hoping
for a quicker profit, killed a
hen that had laid golden
eggs, to find that he had
merely lost his source of
income.
Moral: Greed can be your
undoing. (We are reading
today about many modern
parallels, costing some people dearly)
German overseas commerce, which had made Germany so wealthy, has been
utterly destroyed by the mad
greed that impelled her to
force war on Europe.
Portrayal of a typical Prussian
officer in picklehaub and red
cloak. Typical German pipe.
Among the industries lost to
the Germans was the supplying of clothing dyes; France
could no longer buy coloured
dyes from Germany so adopted their uniform in Horizon
blue due to lack of supplies.
The Dog and the
Shadow
A dog, carrying a piece of
meat in his mouth, saw the
reflection of it in the water,
and snatching at the shadow,
lost the meat itself.
Moral: Be satisfied with
what you have.
Germany has lost the
prosperity she had so laboriously acquired in the vain
endeavour to obtain the mastery of the world.
The load the dog is carrying includes poison, liquid
fire, & asphyxiating gasses,
and a ‘Made in Germany’
label. Their weapons of war,
the cannons in the background, could represent arms
factories like Krupps at Essen.
They sold arms and the
patents to manufacture steel
etc to the world. Germany
had also dominated world
printing, a huge amount of
post-
preparation for war, had the
advantage over the Allies at
first, but now that they are
steadily surpassing her in the
supply of ammunition, it is
they who are in sight of victory.
The tortoise is wearing a
British style helmet used by
both Britain & USA and carrying conventional weapons;
the Germans the nasty sinister ones - poison, liquid fire,
gases. The German officer is
a portrayal of Crown Prince
Wilhelm. The card dates to
after 1916 when the British
helmets were introduced,
Messages from the Front
More poignant postcards from the
Roger Lee collection
Another coloured card shows French soldiers on a wall
with the caption "en ambuscade," meaning an ambush or
lying in wait. the message to Sussex reads "Thank you for
your letter. I will write in answer soon." APO AP1 16.
cards were
printed in Germany prior to
the war.
One of the commercial
losses was the patent held by
Farber Fabriken Bayer for
Aspirin; the patent was no
longer recognised by the rest
of the world, and it was able
to be manufactured everywhere with impunity.
The river represented
may be the Ruhr.
The Hare and the
Tortoise
A hare and a tortoise ran a
race; the hare at first despised
her contemptible little opponent, but it was the plodding
tortoise that won the race.
Moral: Slow and steady wins
the race.
Germany, after years of
deliberate
and the fact that
the American flag is not
included dates it to before the
Americans declared war on
6th April 1917.
The Tortoise and the
Eagle
A tortoise begged an eagle to
teach him to fly, but when the
eagle lifted him up into the air
and let him go, he fell to the
ground and was killed.
Moral......Don't get above
your station in life.
Bulgaria, having let herself be dragged into the war
by Germany, will have to pay
the penalty for her over rash
ambition.
As Europe slowly divided
itself into sides, Britain picked
on Bulgaria for choosing the
wrong one. Germany picked
on Serbia for the same reason.
Tortoise is wearing
national colours and is shown
with typical hat and cockade
of Bulgaria. The typical Prussian eagle wears the Imperial
Guards helmet.
Above right: as a postscript to this selection,
here is a quite artistic Italian card from Milan, also
showing Italian and French
flags with a message from
a soldier to his wife in Pershore,
Worcestershire,
sent on 20 September
1918
Silhouetted against the French tricolour background, this
card is captioned "Les Cosaques" (The Cossacks) The card
is only dated May 14 1916 and sent to Sussex.
Left: this card from a British
prisoner of war at DYROTZ,
Germany, was sent to Leeds
from a private, no doubt captured in France in 1917. He
was in the Northumberland
Fusiliers and has shown his
address as the German P.O.W.
camp. Addressed to Leeds, it
has a German marking and
London Post Paid arrival MAY
4 17. It would seem the troops
were able to obtain or somehow print for themselves such
humorous cards. It has an
artist's printed signature at
bottom right - H. Mobray Sgt.
2LF (Lancashire Fusiliers?)
Card Chat
Mark Routh searches out
the tasty and unusual in
modern postcards.
In my position as a 'Wildlife Officer' I sometimes have the
pleasure of attending certain conferences. At the end of
August I attended the Badger Trust Conference which was
held, this year, in the very impressive building, and complex, known as the University of Wales (just outside Newport). In the main building’s reception area they sold two
fine postcards showing the main building.
Caerleon Campus at The University of Wales, Newport
One of these showed the building attractively lit up at night
(these were just 30p each and
made for a nice souvenir). Also
on sale was an unusual set of
five postcards made up of
tapestry panels depicting
aspects of Newport created by
Louise Morland and donated to
the University of Wales by the
Seren Group. The images are:
1) Tredegar House
2) The Transporter Bridge
3)
the University I found a
'Boomerang' free-card rack
which was full of designs. One
of the positive things about
finding one of these racks outside your area is the possibility
of a design which is unlikely to
appear in your home town.
Although simple in its concept,
I did find one here which just
had black text on a dark pink
background. The text
and you can buy any number of
badger-related items. Some of
you know that I have been
putting together a rather unusual collection of postcard-fronted notebooks. Here I added
another to my collection fronted by Judges (postcard reference C-33719) which depicts
two wild badgers on the front.
From the Badger Trust Stall
this was £1.50 but on the
Gwent Badger Group stall it
was £1.20. I now have about
fifty of these 'Notebook' items
and often wonder if I am the
only insane person actually
collecting them! An item I did
pick up on the Badger Trust
Stall was the 2010 Badger
Trust Cub Calendar. There is a
sheet for each month with an
exclusive postcard at the bottom of each. Obviously each
postcard depicts a badger or
two (sometimes three!) but my
favourite one shows Pauline
Kidner who is the founder of
'Secret World Wildlife Rescue'
(check out their web site at
www.secretworld.org). Pauline
always gives an excellent and
most entertaining talk at the
conference. At the conference a
copy of this calendar would
have cost you just £5. If you
visit their website it will set
you back just £8 (but that
includes postage and packing)
and it is well worth it. I had a
chat with the lady behind the
stall, to whom I revealed that I
was a postcard collector and
that was the reason for my purchase. She took my details and
kindly sent me a free copy of
the 2009 calendar which was in
the same format. This one I
actually thought was better as
each of the postcards had the
Badger Trust logo on the front.
Postcard Show trip
This year I managed to make it
to the Picture Postcard Show in
London (I had intended to go
anyway, but my hands were
forced when I volunteered to
help put up and later drop the
frames which the postcard
sheets were displayed in).
Although I do collect the full
spectrum of postcards from all
periods, I went with the intention of hunting down modern
postcards. The scope of dealers
with modern cards on offer was
A Boomerang postcard not big but the postcards on
available only in Wales
offer by the two main dealers
there made my visit worthNewport Castle
read "50% OF WELSH GIRLS while. No modern collector
4) The Town Bridge
DO…" and was part of a cam- could afford to miss Mike &
5) The University of Wales
paign encouraging women of Sue Huddy, as their stall is a
The five postcards were sold as student age to have a smear goldmine. Besides the theme
a set at £1.50, which I bought. I test. This is a card with an boxes they have a fantastic pile
gained the impression that important message - I like these of 15p boxes which are a joy to
these were possibly only avail- - and with this particular one I look through if you have a
able here at the actual Universi- wondered if anyone outside of comprehensive knowledge and
ty and it went to show what can Wales got to see any.
collect a large range of modern
be found if you travel around a
There are always a num- postcards. I had a good look at
bit and keep your eyes open. In ber of stalls at the conference
46
‘Christmas Kings’ by Judith Caseley,
published by Camden Graphics
as postcard XPC 2
these and took out nearly 100
cards for my collection. These
included one card which, on
the continent, would have cost
more than I paid for the whole
lot here. I actually picked out
four Patrick Hamm cards, three
of which were signed and this
included the hard to find personal 'Illustrateur' card (limited
to 600). My favourite one of
the four, though, was an 'Operation Titanic' (regular readers
will know that the Titanic is
one of my favourite themes)
design which, although not
signed, was issued in a handnumbered limited edition of
just 175. I also picked up a
number of Camden Graphics
postcards for my collection and
was delighted with a handful of
the very hard to find early XPC
series. For those not in the
know, there were a number of
postcards issued with the prefix
XPC before the series started
off from No 1. These XPC
cards are all quite scarce and
even I do not have the full
range. The ones I picked up
here were:XPC 2 - Christmas Kings (a mouse
cartoon)
XPC 3 - Robin (an art picture)
XPC 4 - Christmas Fairy (another
mouse cartoon)
XPC 6 - Mouseltoe (yet another
mouse one in this series)
XPC 7 - Illustrated London News
(front page in colour)
XPC 8 - Play it Again Santa (cartoon)
XPC 11 - Demi-Wave (cartoon)
XPC 12 - Rabbit (painting)
If you ever find any of these
(Mike's boxes should not have
any now as I bought all the
ones I saw!) then buy them as
they are real 'modern' greats
(and even greater at just 15p
each - if you buy these from
someone who knows what they
are expect to pay £3+ each).
Thomas and his logos
When it comes to Thomas the
Tank Engine postcards I am a
little bit silly, as I collect all the
different logos on the back as
well which means sometimes I
U.S. presidential
Inauguration Day postcard
have four of the same front but
each with a different logo top
centre on the reverse side. Over
my years of collecting the
Judges issues I had only one
single example of a card with
the Britt Allcroft Thomas logo
with the company’s name
under the image of Thomas. I
have liaised with other serious
collectors and this logo seems
to have escaped other collectors completely (and as such I
have come to the opinion that it
was not used for long). In these
15p boxes I found two more
examples which delighted me
although I am sure there are
some who will think it strange
to be excited by a small logo.
Gulf war find
Another 15p box find was a
1991 American Gulf War patriotic art postcard titled
'DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY'
(which I know was quite scarce
and expensive for we collectors
to obtain at the time as copies
were only available to the
American Servicemen in the
Gulf). This copy was a used
one and as such probably did
not look as good as a pristine
mint copy. But I have a little
knowledge in this area (not
always a good thing!) and
knew that this card had actually been posted from a Military
Post Office that had been set up
in the Gulf. The card had been
posted by someone taking part
in the Desert Shield operation
that preceded the Desert Storm
operation which was the actual
attack on the forces that invaded Kuwait. The card had
received a Field Post Office
cancel and had been sent to the
UK by a British soldier who
must have obtained a copy of
this postcard whilst working
alongside the Americans. The
message was a typical 'everything is fine' type soldier message (trying to keep mum and
dad happy - we are waiting to
find out if Peter, our son, is
going to be in Afghanistan
before Christmas and if he is I
suspect we shall get similar
items). What at first looked like
a simple used postcard suddenly becomes a piece of postal
history. Having exhausted the
15p boxes, I did buy some of
the other cards and was taken
with a series of postcards
depicting American President
Barack Obama. I am not sure
who has published these as the
only indication is a web site
address on the back which
reads www.zazzle.com with
DESIGN 64 after it (possibly a
reference number). I show one
of these here and it is a nice
addition to my ongoing Barack
special postcard book that was
also available to house the set
(these sell on eBay for anything
up to £70, a price which amazes
me). I bought this one because it
had a red meter mark on the
reverse which advertised that the
'Battle of Britain' film was showing at the Dominion Cinema in
Tottenham Court Road. The
addition of this meter mark, I
thought, made this card a little
special. Brian and Mary were
also giving out a special free Picture Postcard Show 2009 souvenir which was a postcard
depicting the 3440 City of Truro
steam train leaving the Winchcombe tunnel on the GWR Railway (this is No 18 in the 'Railway Specials' series). A free
postcard is always a bonus. Elsewhere I found a nice sepia photograph postcard of a side view of
the BBC Broadcasting House
building. I collect any view of
this building, as although wellknown for its radio connections,
few know that the BBC had their
first television studio within this
building. As a collector of television postcards, I have spent the
last twenty years trying to hunt
down a specific Coronation
Street postcard which is a black
and white multi-view postcard
with an oval centre photograph
of the character Ena Sharples.
The four other views show buildings from the street with the
zI have not seen the latest Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince" but I have bought the postcard book. Titled
as the film, this contains 32 postcards related to the feature film.
This is published by BBC Children's Books (the Penguin Group)
and costs £5.99. I bought the book to go with the others which were
released for the earlier films which I already had. Unfortunately,
this particular one is not up to the standard of previous books. The
postcards depicting major characters are okay but there are a number of text cards and very simple scene photographs which are poor.
In my opinion, this is one for fanatics only, so unless you must-have
every 'Harry Potter' postcard I recommend either leaving this one or
waiting for it to appear in the cheap shops (which I suspect it will).
Obama collection.
Children in Need
My next port of call was Brian
and Mary and the Reflections
stall where I was able to pick up
the latest 2009 Children in Need
postcard (drawn by Brian Partridge who has managed to incorporate his favourite theme of
Alice in Wonderland). I also
managed to pick up some of the
older Children in Need cards
which I have missed recently. I
also noticed that Brian had some
of the artists and photographers
sign some of the cards which
were also on sale. I picked up all
of these and was especially
pleased with the signed 2002
Rupert Besley cartoon card (a
signed Besley card for just £1!). I
also picked up some other nice
moderns here but my favourite
was a 'DIXON-LOTUS' Battle of
Britain postcard, one of a series
that was issued depicting actors
and scenes from the feature film.
I already have a full mint set and
another set stuck down in the
'L.CLEGG' shop front top left
and the 'Rovers Return' top right.
My favourite picture is bottom
left and this shows a very early
interior view of the “Rovers
Return” and it looks nothing like
it does now. There are two differ-
Newport
Transporter Bridge tapestry card published by The University of Wales
Postcard promoting a ‘Coastival’ at Scarborough (New York State, U.S.A.),
February 2009
ent versions of this format, with
each having different photographs, and I have had the
other version for a few years (not
everyone knows there are two
versions). Therefore I would
have been happy to part with
anything between £5 and £10 for
the missing one from my collection. So you can imagine my initial delight to be handed a copy
of this card by a dealer (in old
cards as well). I was also more
than happy to part with the £1.50
he wanted for it. There are moderns at the Postcard Show, but
you might have to look a bit
more to find them (unless you
want to spend all day travelling
between Mike and Brian's stalls,
which would be no bad thing).
Yorkshire in Cornwall
August was a month of travels
for me, but not every trip produced lots of postcards. In fact
my trip to Newquay in Cornwall
only produced one (but then I
was on my friend’s Stag Weekend so maybe it was no great surprise!). The big surprise for me is
that the card I picked up, which
was free, advertised an event in
Yorkshire which was held back
in February 2009! The event was
called 'Coastival' a sort of seaside
festival of comedy, music, dance
and film. The postcard depicts a
fake signpost with all the attractions indicated as in one direction - the direction of 'Coastival'.
The card was nice, but I was
more intrigued in how long they
had been lying around in the
shop in Newquay?
Until next time, have luck
hunting down 2009's elusive
postcards, but if you cannot find
them there are some cracking old
ones on dealers’ stalls to buy.
You just have to keep backing
our few modern dealers that still
attend fairs as without this dwindling breed our hobby is going to
be a lot less fun.
* You can contact Mark at 165
Raphael Drive, Shoeburyness,
Southend on Sea, Essex SS3
9UR.
K What
the postman
saw! J
Messages on the back of
postcards
Cyril’s revenge: on a card
of the actress, Ada Reeve,
published by Hartmann,
and sent by Cyril from Liverpool on 7 June 1903 to
Miss M. Clive, Tuffley
Grange, Nr. Gloucester:
"Thanks for P.C. & especially for information regarding our last meeting. I feel
like a piece of New Zealand
mutton, & you the refrigerator. I was beginning to
wonder what I had done to
deserve such treatment at
your hands & had quite
made up my mind that I
would never cross the
pavement (let alone the
road) to speak to you again.
You girls are queer creatures. Cyril".
Crisis? What
crisis?
This postcard view of the
Avenue Amelie Pollonnais
was sent from VillefrancheSur-Mer on 28 August
1939: “I’m afraid we’re not
outstaying you by many
days - 2 to be exact - we are
leaving tomorrow. What
sort of journey did you
have - not too strenuous I
hope. What’s all this I hear
about an International crisis?”
Here’s another one for
your collection: on a
48
postcard
of
Malvern, posted from there in
late December
1904, was the
message:
“Dear Wattie.
We were all
very pleased
with the postcards received
on Christmas morning. Lottie told me you
were collecting historic
ones, hope you have not
already got one like this.
May gave me a pc album,
when you want to send
(please don’t think me
rude) I should like upright
ones. Glad the parcel
arrived safe. Love from all
wishing you all a happy
new year. Ethal Lottie told
me you have got over 60
and you getting on just
fine. L was down to tea and
supper yesterday”.
Mersey news: the
postcard above of the
Mersey
Tunnel carried a message
from Kitty: “Dear Mother, It
is a holiday here today, for
some of them, but most of
us here are still slogging on
here. We have Pat Collins
Fun Fair about 5 minutes
walk from the hospital. I
suppose the King is busy
on the Liverpool side at the
moment. Are you listening
to the relay on the wireless? I believe the decorations in Liverpool are marvellous. Although I have
not been over to see
them”.
Aristocratic cards: the
card of Emperor Franz
Josef I and the Empress
Elisabeth was posted at
Linz on 21 November 1908
to the Honourable Countess Jeanne Adlercreutz in
Stockholm: “Dear Countess, I wish to send you
another of the Jubilee
cards of our Emperor. They
are very pretty indeed. How
are you, dearest Lady? I am
going to ask a favour, an
immense favour of you.
Would it be too much trouble for you, to send me
some aristocratic seals
from Sweden? Above all,
one of your own family,
and several others, perhaps the Russian and Belgian ambassadors seals.
Please do not be angry, I
shall send you some more
pretty Jubilee cards if you
care for them. Very sincerely. Your Austrian friend”.
A Rotary Photographic
Series postcard sent from
Burton-on-Trent on 20 September 1914 carried the
message: "How do you like
this PC? Hope you received
your album safely. Still
plenty of soldiers in B on T.
H has not left yet. I have
heard there are 6 or 7 thousand more soldiers coming
here soon - Lord Kitchener's army I think. Love to
all, Dot Edith is nursing a
case at Maidenhead."
Urgent message: The
postcard top left on page
20 this month, posted at
Canterbury to a local
address, had Will writing to
Flo with five kisses at the
end: “I have been very
queer since I left you
on Monday night that I
hardly know how to
stop at work but shall
be outside the theatre
at 7.30 tonight Thursday (note the excellent
postal service) to meet
you”.
(contributions from Avis
Prior, Len Whittaker,
Angela Davis, John Purr,
Jack Sammons and Peter
Burge
ess)
FreecardsKeith
Re-invented
Keith Edmondson’s Freecard Gossip
When I intimated in May that I hoped to return with this
column when the freecard situation improved, I did so
with a certain amount of scepticism. We were, and I suppose we still are, in a period where there is an uncertainty
in the commercial future and a promotional tool such as
freecards with a limited distribution market is not going to
be attractive to mainstream advertisers with reduced budgets. The output from freecard publishers has dropped off
quite significantly, not just in the UK, but worldwide.
Some publishers have disappeared altogether and I feared
that the cards I was regularly picking from cinemas and
bars not too long ago were a thing of the past, certainly in
the provinces.
STAR WARS - From earlier in
the year, this is a Boomerang
card with their imprint. The
image tells you everything. It
appears to have had a London
only area distribution
But no - Boomerang appear to
have re-invented themselves and
there now appears to be a steady
flow of cards again. Still the
main area of distribution is within the M25, but there are cards in
cinema racks throughout the
country, and a visit to collect
cards is not now in the expectation of the rack being empty again. The re-invention appears
to have happened in a number of
ways. Gone, it would appear, are
the ‘filler’ or ‘art’ cards, which
are not too much of a loss - many
were not even worth the material they were printed on. In have
come ‘multi-card’ promotions,
not just one card to advertise a
product but any number of cards
resulting in the racks being full.
In Mark Routh’s column last
month he illustrated a card promoting the film G.I. Joe. The
card was one of a set of five
depicting various characters in
the film. It cannot be a coincidence that there have been so
many of these multi-card sets, so
I infer it is associated with some
form of incentive from
Boomerang. The company has
also started to distribute cards
they have clearly not produced,
the cards being of a different
quality and style to the familiar
Boomerang issue. These cards
So far I have only seen one
card with Big Smoke Media
imprint - a card advertising
the Yes, Pet Shop Boys
album (released in March).
All the other cards I have
seen are without an imprint,
and just as with Freecard
Advertising, the BSM policy
would appear to be as much a
distributor of cards as a publisher. Boomerang have obviously taken a leaf from their
book.
So, like the non-imprinted Boomerang cards, it is difficult to recognise a BSM card,
unless actually taken from a
rack, although there are one or
two clues, one of which is to
DISNEY XD - a card from another of Boomerang’s multi-card
sets advertising the new Disney
XD channel. The card is not postcard backed, nor does it have the
Boomerang imprint although it
has all the characteristics of a
Boomerang product
myself, otherwise I would have
illustrated it. The other clue with
respect to BSM I shall leave until
next month when I look at how
Boomerang and BSM are going
head to head in the London area
in the promoting of cultural
events.
BSM
have
probably
realised that the people who pick
up their cards are not going to
post them; are they really postcards ? A statement on their web
site says “Postcards lend a collectability to every ad campaign.
While people may enjoy a good
London Underground billboard
on an escalator, or bus shelter
advert, they don’t have the ability to collect them”. Perhaps modern cards would better described
as ‘collectable cards’ as opposed
THE HOME OF CHARLES DARWIN - another Boomerang card,
topical because this year it is 200 years since his birth, it has an English Heritage promotion to visit his former home in Downe, Kent.
are without a publisher imprint, look at their card gallery on the
having been sourced by the web site. Although it has recentadvertiser and for which ly been updated, quite a number
Boomerang are acting as the dis- of the cards are from the earlier
tributor. Unless you actually Freecard Advertising era. Mark
picked these cards up from a rack Routh might have to view the
modern collectors would proba- gallery to see one of his favourite
bly refer to these cards as ‘adver- characters - a Dalek. Unfortu- to ‘postcards’ ?
tising’. One surprise about nately, it is not a card I have got
Boomerang’s survival is that
their web site (www.boomerangmedia.co.uk) has remained
unchanged since early 2008 - I
would have thought that anybody
who is anybody in the media
world would be well in to the
promotion of their own product
via the Internet!
PPM readers might have
noted a reference in the August
issue to a freecard publisher
called Big Smoke Media. Effectively, BSM are a reincarnation
of Freecard Advertising and their
web site (www.bigsmokemedia.net) does state BSM; affiliates have been providing a high
quality print and distribution service since 1992, although the
BSM name is fairly recent.
Freecard Advertising started out THEATRE OF SILENCE - A book advertising card from Big Smoke
as Time Out and stuck to distrib- Media with absolutely no reference to BSM on it and it could just as
ution in the London area until the easily have been picked up in a bookshop. It is a card, however, that
mid to late 1990s, when they is illustrated on the BSM web page. Again no postcard back !
branched out to bars, clubs and
restaurants in other large cities.
BSM are back to offering “postcard advertising in London” so if
you are trying to get hold of their
cards there is no point looking in
the old Freecard Advertising outlets elsewhere round the country.
Got a point of view or something
to say? Write to PPM
Postbag!
Picture Postcard Sales List no. 8/09
Brian Lund Postcards, 15 Debdale Lane, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5HT
MODERNS
1. PICTURE POSTCARD SHOW 2008 souvenir
cards/entry tickets with comic theme (6)
CM.................................................................£3
2. PICTURE POSTCARD SHOW 2009 souvenir
cards/entry tickets with seaside theme (6)
CM.................................................................£3
ARTISTS
3. ANON. Cupid & train U/B cvg...................£10
4. Sybil BARHAM Elfin horn, Silver magic,
yellow harvest moon from series 1347 pub’d
Faulkner CG (3)...........................................£12
5. Barham. Peter Pan series 1217 pub’d
Faulkner CVG (2).........................................£10
6. JOTTER Co. Dublin views pub’d Burkart CVG
(4).................................................................£12
7. AR QUINTON Eastbourne, Hampden Park
CVG ...............................................................£2
8. ARQ Corfe Castle & village CVG.................£2
9. ARQ Felixstowe, Spa Pavilion Gardens &
beach CVG ...................................................£2
10. ARQ Broadway (2) CVG.............................£4
11. LANCE THACKERAY pub’d Tuck ‘writeaway’ series 976. Ice-cream seller on beach
pu 1903 CG ...................................................£6
SUBJECTS.
12. ADVERT. CWS Pelaw Metal Polish
CVG.............................................................£15
13. FRY’S COCOA. Burgalrs raid safe CG.....£20
14. SKIPPER’S SARDINES 192os CVG..........£10
15. COMIC. Donald McGill ‘I am coming home
from Hastings’ pub’d Asher c.1910 CVG...£4
16. McGill ‘I’m simply carried away by the
charms of South Shields’ pub’d Asher
CG..................................................................£3
17. The Dam Family at the seaside. Three cards
pub’d Valentine, one pu 1906 CVG plus an
American-published CF (4)..........................£9
18. FILM STARS. RPs pub’d Woolstone Bros. in
‘Milton’ series, Universal or Paramount Pictures, 1930s. Jane Withers, Simone Simon,
Janet Gaynor, Helen Hayes, Lilian Harvey, Ann
Harding, Miriam Hopkins, Sybil Jason, Ruby
Keeler, Rochelle Hudson, Sylvia Sidney, margaret Sullavan, Gloria Stuart, Anne Shirley,
Loretta Young, Diana Wynyard, Fay Wray,
Helen Vinson, Evelyn Venable, Lupe Velez,
Claire Trevor, Jean Arthur, Joan Blondell, Elisabeth Bergner, Joan Bennett, June Clyde, Virginai Bruce VG EACH................................. £1.25
19. HERALDIC. Ja-Ja series crests. Bury St.
Edmunds, Cambridge, Chelmsford, ColchesterCorpus Christi College (Cambridge),
Cromer, Dunwich, East Anglia, East Dereham,
Ely, Felixstowe, Huntingdon, Ipswich, Norwich, Peel (I.O.M.), Pudsey, Reigate, Saffron
Walden, Suffolk, Wisbech, Woodbridge,
Wymondham, Yarmouth CG/VG EACH...£2.50
* we have a wide selection of these postcards,
published by Stoddart of Halifax. Ask if you’re
looking for one of your town.
20. LIFEBOATS. Yarmouth boat & crew
VG................................................................£10
21. Hastings lifeboat being pulled in pub’d
Judges pu 1907 VG......................................£5
22. Margate lifeboat ‘Lord Southborough’
VG..................................................................£5
23. Margate. Launch of ‘Lord Southborough’
RP VG..........................................................£20
24. Cromer lifeboat & crew RP VG................£15
25. NAPOLEON Two Tuck Oilette designs CVG
..........................£8
26. PIERROTS. Catlin’s troupe at Colwyn Bay
pub’d Chidley RP VG....................................£4
27. ROYALTY. Tuck ‘Kings & Queens of
England’- Stephen pu 1903 CG....................£6
28. WORLD WAR TWO leaders. Series pub’d
with Arabic captions. CVG. Roosevelt, De
Gaulle, Stalin £4, Churchill £5, George VI,
Queen Elizabeth ...........................................£3
14
25
31
27
3
18
17
12
19
6
19
28
19
13
TOOGRAPHICAL.
29. BOSCOMBE LL-pub’d no. 10 - On the sands
CG..................................................................£2
30. EASTBOURNE LL-pub’d no. 6 - On the pier
pu 1907 CF.....................................................£4
31. KINVER rock House. Lady, goats, well RP
G..................................................................£10
50
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24
15
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Refund sent on any items
already sold. Satisfaction
or refund. You can ring to
order on 0115 937 4079
C =coloured
M =mint condition
VG =very good
G=good F =fair
Order from
Brian Lund Postcards address above. Order by
Lot number. Postage in UK
50p extra per mailing.
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pu =postally used
c/u =close-up
Picture Postcard Annual your reference guide to the hobby for the whole year!
The 2010 edition is packed with useful information for
postcard collectors, such as
* diary of 2010 Fairs & Auctions * directory of postcard
dealers * details of and contacts for all UK postcard clubs
* guide to shops selling postcards * contacts all over the
world * notes on auction records * internet tips
* top moderns of the year
and has some fascinating feature articles
The
Postcard
Collecting
world at
your
fingertips!
Features on Suffragettes, Shakespeare, Moonlight postcards, HMS
Rodney and more!
and it costs only £4.75!
from your favourite dealer
or plus postage direct from the publishers
Reflections of a Bygone Age, 15 Debdale Lane,
Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5HT, England
Postage £1 in UK, £3.10 to Europe, £5.50 rest of world
K Books J
Confessions of a Collector (Hunter Davies) is published by Quercus Books.
“While stamps are the aristocrats of the collecting
world”, writes the author, “postcards remain something of a cinderella. Collecting them has traditionally been looked down on as amateurish and naive - a
down forms
flibbertigibbert of a pastime”. This put-d
the introduction of a chapter on ‘Postcards’, in which
he proceeds to give the hobby a very favourable critique, rather debunking his opening gambit. And it
doesn’t end with that chapter; picture postcards
appear all over this book, illustrating sections on
Davies’s collecting rationale, on the Beatles, Prime
Ministers, World Wars, Suffragettes, Football and
the Lake District. You just can’t get away from them
in this book.
Hunter
Davies,
author and journalist, is a real collector
- indeed, an inveterate collector. He’s
always had collections of some kind
or other and still
does, even more
enthusiastically, in
the face of stoic
resignation and
bafflement from
the rest of his
family. So here’s
the book to cheer
up anyone who
feels
similarly
misunderstood.
And Hunter is
not content with
one collection he has to have at least 16
major projects permanently on the go - and those
are just the ones he
reveals in the book. He
claims to have at least a
hundred collections currently thriving! At any
moment a visit to a car
boot sale or postcard fair
is likely to set him off collecting something else. It’s
amazing, in fact, how he
finds time to write all his
books and pen the numerous articles he submits to
various newspapers on
collecting, saving money
and football, among other
things.
Hunter (how could he
not be a collector with a
name like that?) writes
enthusiastically, here as
elsewhere, and it’s difficult
not to be infected by his
collecting passions. He
claims his two favourites
are the Beatles and Football, two areas to which
he’s had privileged access,
and both collections are
dripping with postcards.
He’s canny, too - when the
prices of cards featuring
professional
football
teams went crazy, Hunter
switched to ‘unknown’
52
K Picture ads J
Just published a postcard? Want to advertise sets or series of
cards for sale? An ad here costs just £9.50 for a picture and
approx 45 words (colour £15)
THINK AHEAD FOR
CHRISTMAS with PH
Topics. No. 491 Rupert
Besley and No. 492 John
Pulham. 60p each or 5+
of either for 40p each.
P&P 50p for any quantity from Pat Holton,
Pineapple
Coach
House, High Street,
Stoke Ferry, Norfolk
PE33 9SF
www.phtopics.clara.net
RAILWAY SPECIALS. No. 19 in
the series features
the GWR preserved line at Toddington, Gloucestershire. Nos. 1618 also now available,
including
another of the
GWR, one of the
Swanage Railway,
and one of a Norfolk station. Also
just released: card no. 35 in the ‘Steam around Britain’ series features the Strathspey Railway. Other cards in series available, but 2,
4, 7, 11 out of print. 40p per card + 40p per order or £10 postfree
for the 31 cards, available from Brian Lund Postcards, 15 Debdale
Lane, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5HT.
Swan helps
church
fund-raising
teams,
of which he now has over
300, subdivided into categories
like
Military,
unusual line-ups (where
the teams are stood
untidily!)
and
public
schools. He also has postcards that were sent to
him as a personal friend
by the Beatles (he wrote
the only authorised biography of the Fab Four).
The author also collects himself - memorabilia garnered from various
stages of his life, which
will be really handy for his
family history researchers
in the future. If only all our
ancestors had been as
considerate.
As well as lengthy
chapters on his 16 principal
collections, seven sections
headed ‘Thoughts of a collector’ delve into the
pysche of those who hoard
or search for specific
objects
of
nostalgia.
There’s an attempt to
explain why so many people become collectors, how
the
whole
syndrome
improves your knowledge
enormously, why it’s all so
exciting, and some advice
for would-be investors “never collect to make
Andover Baptist
Chapel is, like
most churches, in
need of funds, so
collector Brian
Cartwright has produced a series of seven postcards (all from his
own photos) to raise money. Five of the cards are a wider 210mm,
and feature variously a swan (illustrated), Salisbury silhouette,
young gull, blossom, and web and teasels. The other two, ‘Poppy’
and ‘the Cloud’ are orthodox modern size. 1,000 copies of the cards
have been produced, and a donation of £5 or more will secure you
a set postpaid. Write to Brian Cartwright, 24 Ward Close, Andover,
Hampshire SP10 3TB.
money”. The author can’t
quite make up his mind
whether collectors are gregarious extroverts or loners, contradicting himself
on the same page. There
are probably the same proportion of both as in the
general population. Another
section looks at men v.
women in the collecting
stakes. “At least 95% of the
100 or so stalls at the
Bloomsbury postcard fairs
are run by men. Women, as
partners or daughters, are
often there helping out, but
they defer to the male figures (this does not apply to
my partner), who usually
run the business”. He feels
the
same
percentage
applies to the collectors,
too. I’d have thought that is
way too high - are not some
25% of the customers at
postcard fairs female?
Hunter lives for half the
year in the Lake District, so
it is not surprising that one
of his collecting passions is
closely linked to that area.
Local guides, hotel leaflets,
Wainwright routes - and, of
course, picture postcards, of
the variety published by
firms such as Abarahams
and Maysons.
In fact, postcards are
used and discussed at
length to the extent that you
feel they really should be and possibly are - Hunter
Davies’s favourite collectables, though he began, as
so many people did, with
stamps. - B.L.
* ISBN 978-1-84724-604-2.
210pp hardback with dustjacket. £20.
COST
Classified
Lineage: 16p per word per month (1-3 insertions)
13p per word per month (4 or more consecutive
insertions without text change)
e.g. 12 words: £1.92 for 1 month, £3.84 for 2 months, £5.76 for 3
months, £6.24 for 4 months, £7.80 for 5 months, £9.36 for 6
months.
Minimum cost of single insertion £1.50. Minimum cost of multiple
insertions £1.20 per month.
Semi-d
display (boxed) £7.50 for 3 col. cms, £1.75 each extra col.
cm. (price includes lineage).
These rates are inclusive of V.A.T.
PAYMENT: All classified adverts should be prepaid. When calculating cost, do not count street number, and calculate tel.
no./postal code as one word each.
PRESENTATION: Please type or write advert clearly, underlining
words required in bold. Include your name (and not just an
address) within the advert.
TRADE ADVERTISING: Traders advertising for postcards in the
‘wanted’ section must conclude their advert thus: (T) if they
require postcards for resale and expect trade discount/prices from
other dealers. This avoids any misunderstanding by prospective
vendors. Dealers who fail to comply with this instruction will in
future be refused advertising space.
ALTERATIONS: If any changes are required in an advert, or it is to
be resumed after a break, please make sure you resubmit the
whole advert.
POSTCARDS
WANTED
HULL CITY FC postcards wanted:
team groups, players and crowds.
N. Turner, 21 Wolfreton Mews,
Willerby, Hull HU10 6PW. Email:
[email protected]
BETTER SHIPPING CARDS. England, Germany, U.S.A., Russia,
Japan. Cargo, Liners, Warships,
Wrecks, Launchings. Premium for
Lusitania launch. 1920s Irish political. Royal Leicestershire Regiment,
Leicestershire railway station interiors, especially Great Central line.
Nazi zeppelins, Nazi propaganda,
Hitler entering Prague. American
Liberty ships, Paris liberated 1944.
Harry Potterton, 63 Keyham Lane
West, Leicester LE5 1RS. Tel. 0116
243 3444.
DISS & DISTRICT, 5 miles radius,
especially villages of Burston,
Shimpling, Palgrave, Dickleburgh,
Scole, Winfarthing and Tibenham.
Also Crested China of Diss, and
Norfolk & Suffolk railway stations.
D. Cross, 60 Uplands Way, Diss
IP22 4DF. Tel. 01379-651897.
MOELFRE, ANGLESEY postcards
of lifeboat & crew wanted, pre1945 only. Approvals, scans,
copies. Richard Roberts, 8207
Regency Drive, Pleasanton, CA
94588, U.S.A.
[email protected]
Postcards of GHOSTS or
HAUNTED PLACES
required by serious
collector - must either
show apparition or text
refer to haunting
No Halloween, comic or
Cornish Litany please
Also looking for GWR
‘Legendland’ series
Approvals welcomed and
dealt with promptly,
postage refunded
G.M Wheeldon,
9 Ashtree Court, Feltham
Hill Road, Ashford,
Middlesex TW15 2BU
Tel: 01784 246399 (eve)
DAPPER
JUVENILE
DELINQUENTS? Dashing hooligans?
Stylish, punky criminals? Photos?
Negatives? (1850-1940). Mr. Hartnett, Brewery, 19 Brow Road,
Haworth BD22 8LD.
CHANNEL ISLANDS
WANTED
Modern & Vintage
postcards
PORTLING, PORT O’WARREN - in
Kirkcudbrightshire wanted. Brian
Cox, Kirknewton House, Kirknewton, Wooler NE71 6XF or
[email protected].
GERMANY - All areas and subjects
particularly aviation up to 1945. P.
Dickerson, 20 Easson Road, Redcar, TS10 1HJ.
INDEX CARD & CARDS 3 & 5 of
series 5 Misch & Co. “The Holy
Scriptures” Old Testament. Also
any cards of New Testament
Series. A. Butterick 01483 769974,
07706 190604. Walnut Tree House,
Kingfield Road, Woking, Surrey
GU22 9DZ.
SUSSEX RAILWAY STATIONS:
Ardingly, Barcombe, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Horsted
Keynes, Lewes, Newick & Chailey,
Sheffield Park and West Hoathly.
Send cards/photographs to J.
Young, 28 The Garstons, Bookham,
Surrey KT23 3DS. Postage refunded.
TOM
BROWNE
postcards.
Approvals welcome but please
phone 01736-762650 before sending. R. Carne, “Windy Ridge”,
Wheal Vor, Carleen Breage, Helston, Cornwall TR13 9NW.
NORFOLK AND NORWICH CINEMA postcards and ephemera wanted. P. Yaxley, ‘Polperro’, Silfield
Road, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18
9AU. (Tel: 01953 603549).
WANTED
PHIL DUNN
12 Wyndham Cres.
Burton upon Trent
Staffordshire DE15 0DF
Tel. 01283-8
845190
NORWICH, STACY ROAD. Postcard
urgently wanted. Julie Jakeway.
Tel. 01603-437411.
DOGS wanted, any breeds considered but no Bonzo, Comic or Puppies, thanks. John Rolfe, 39 Combe
Avenue, Blackheath, London SE3
7PZ.
SPEEDWAY postcards, photos,
programmes of 1949-60 Southern
Area League teams and riders of
Aldershot, Brafield, California,
Eastbourne, Ringwood, Rye House
and Southern Rovers wanted.
Details/approvals to:- B.Horsnell,
275 Overdown Road, Tilehurst,
Reading RG31 6NX. Email:
[email protected].
EASTER RISING 1916
Postcards of personalities
(NOT action street scenes)
wanted.
John McFall
34 Glenwood Avenue
Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea
Essex SS9 5EB
Tel. 01702-523119
BULLDOGS Comic, Patriotic, Real
Photo
anything
considered.
Approvals to - G. Jennings, 4
Henry Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham. Postage refunded.
BARTON, YORKS. Cards are
marked Barton, Yorks, or Barton,
Darlington.
Related
interest,
groups of soldiers at Catterick
Camp. W. Robotham, 17 Marygate,
Barton, Richmond, North Yorkshire
DL10 6LD. Tel. 01325-377772.
PADDY THE IRISHMAN wants any
good quality Irish cards you have
for sale. Paddy Macken, 10 Villa
Park Road, Dublin 7.
DULWICH, CAMBERWELL, CATFORD postcards wanted. David
Pickard, 1 Beauval Road, London
SE22 8UG. Telephone 020 8693
2585.
BATCHES
OF
INTERESTING
UNLOCATED UK topo. Must be
clueful and reasonably priced.
Postage refunded. Nigel Bown, 45
Eastern Avenue, Chippenham,
Wiltshire SN15 3WL.
EARLS COLNE, WHITE COLNE
& COLNE ENGAINE, CHAPPEL
& WAKES COLNE (ESSEX)
Good R.P. cards always required
Gerry Kelly,
20 Waldemar Avenue,
Norwich, NR6 6TB
Phone: 01603 417961
E-mail: [email protected]
FRENCH & ITALIAN anti-Kaiser
postcards. Graham Farthing, 106
Ashridge Way, Morden, Surrey
SM4 4ED.
IRELAND, BETTER INLAND TOPO
and post offices, rail stations,
shops and political. Lists or cards,
payment by return. Bill Seawright,
42 Rosscoole Park, Belfast BT14
8JX. Tel. 02890-710115. Email:
[email protected]
STONE IN OXNEY and Stone cum
Ebony, Kent. Postcards pre-1912,
sales
catalogues,
photos,
ephemera pre-1900. J. Tyler, Lowden House, Shirrell Heath, Hampshire SO32 2JH. Tel. 01329-832632.
GOOD PRICES PAID for postcards
of Stockwood Park, Bedfordshire,
and Stoke Edith, Herefordshire.
Alan Hamblin, 50 Overstone Road,
Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 5PJ.
Tel. 01582-763571.
ANY AIRPORTS & AIRLINE ISSUED
PROPELLOR aircraft wanted. Mike
Charlton, 4 South East Farm, Horsley NE15 0NT. Email:
[email protected] or
www.aviationpostcard.co.uk
SALVATION ARMY postcards
wanted. David Pickard, 1 Beauval
Road, East Dulwich, London SE22
8UG. Tel: 020 8693 2585.
GREECE
offers to John Lesch
133 rue Beres, L-1
1232
Howald, Luxembourg.
Postage always refunded
WANTED - Postcards (modern &
old) & ephemera of Tenerife,
Canary Islands & Spain in general.
We pay with UK cheque. Please
contact
before
sending
on
approval to: Sophie Baillon, PORTOBELLO, Cruz Chica 84, Guamasa, La Laguna. 38330. Tenerife.
(T). [email protected]
skype-rastrilloportobello.
BURNLEY,
PADIHAM,
EAST
LANCS, BURNLEY F.C. Photographic postcards always required.
Prompt response, postage refunded. Mark Yates, 8 Shakespeare
Street, Padiham, Lancs BB12 8SN.
Email:[email protected]
ISLE OF MAN,
GIBRALTAR,
SCOOTERING.
Quality cards desired.
MAX COLLISTER,
20 CREGGAN LEA,
PORT ST MARY,
ISLE OF MAN IM9 5BE
Tel: 01624 832062
GOULBORNS, old Millgate, Manchester. Postcards of skittle alley,
cheese store etc. K. Warrender, 36
Moss Lane, Timperley, Cheshire
WA15 6SZ.
CHANNEL ISLANDS: vintage and
modern cards wanted. Any quantity considered. P. Dunn, 12 Wyndham Crescent, Burton upon Trent,
Staffs DE15 0DF. Tel: 01283 845190
Postcard collector seeking all
areas of any subject relating to
Greece including Costumes,
Personalities, Royalty, Ships,
Trains, Cartoons, Art, etc. etc.
Prompt response
J. Tsatsas, 1A Netherhall
Gardens, London NW3 5RN
SOUTHPORT and SUBURBS
BIRKDALE, AINSDALE,
CROSSENS, CHURCHTOWN
Single items and collections
welcome. Postage refunded
IAN SIMPSON
55 LARKFIELD LANE
SOUTHPORT
LANCASHIRE PR9 8NN
Tel: 01704-2
227765
[email protected]
MALE FASHION
Photographic 1870 - 1950
Tintypes? Cabinets? CDVs?
Real photo postcards? Quality
silver gelatin photog
graphs?
Private collector seeks sharp,
clear images depicting changing male fashions - tailoring
styles, hairstyle trends, ‘looks’.
From casual (farm/factory/occupational workwear and sportswear) to traditional/formal
(‘suited and booted’, starched
collars, bow ties, top hat ‘n’
tails, fancy dress, ‘eccentrics’).
No commercially published
visuals, please.
Approvals welcome and dealt
with promptly, postage
refunded.
Mr Paul Hartnett, The Old
Brewery, 19 Brow Road,
Haworth, Yorkshire, BD22 8LD
Questions? Tel: 01535 646 985
or via
[email protected].
POSTCARDS
WANTED
YORKSHIRE CRICKETERS AND
CRICKET TEAMS. Private collector.
Details to: Ron Deaton, 20 Hill Top
Road, Harrogate HG1 3AN. 01423
507690.
DEVON AND CORNWALL cards
required. J.R. Adams, 2 Devon
Square, Newton Abbot, Devon
TQ12 2HN.
BLACK & WHITE SCOTTISH VILLAGE and town views, especially
Angus, Fife, islands, plus Hallowe’en, posted Caymans, Sudan.
Chad Neighbor, 8 Dalgarno Park,
Hillside, Montrose DD10 9JF. (T).
Email:- [email protected]
SYNAGOGUES (WORLDWIDE)
JEWISH PALESTINE (PRE-1
1948)
BRITISH FORCES PALESTINE
JEWISH STREET SCENES
(WORLDWIDE) PALESTINE
HOTELS (INC. CACHETS)
GRUSS AUS PALESTINE
OR
Any other interesting postcards on
a Jewish or Palestine theme
eagerly sought by collector.
For immediate response please
write to:
Adrian Andrusier
c/o Sheldon Monk & Co. Ltd.,
15-1
19 Cavendish Place, London
W1G 0DX
or telephone 020-7580 5866
KEYWORTH & PLUMTREE postcards wanted, please, on approval.
Help me improve our collection! I’d
also like any postally used cards
sent to an address in either village
1900-11. Brian Lund, 15 Debdale
Lane, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12
5HT.
SUFFOLK, NORFOLK and Cambridgeshire Postcards published by
F.G. Pawsey & Co. Ltd and Langhorn Pawsey & Co. (L.P. & Co.) of
Bury St. Edmunds. Bob Pawsey, 82
Westerfield Road, Ipswich IP4 2XN.
Tel: 01473 252893.
MEXICAN POSTCARDS
WANTED
Single cards or collections
Contact:
Grenville Collins
Flat 81, 95 Wilton Road
London SW1V 1BZ
Tel. 020 7834 1852
e-mail:
[email protected]
EXHIBITION CARDS wanted by collector, especially cards of stands
and advertising cards, no foreign
exhibitions wanted. Also Church
Missionary cards, Crystal Palace,
and topo’s for the following areas:
Anerley, Beckenham, Elmers End,
Hayes, Keston, Penge and West
Wickham. Postage paid. Bill
Tonkin, 23 Bramley Way, West
Wickham, Kent BR4 9NT.
POSTCARDS OF FULHAM plus Fulham-associated football. John
Martin, 1 The Rise, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5PT.
WANTED: REAL PHOTO
POSTCARDS OF PEOPLE
Seeking quality RP cards of
individuals or groups:
all classes and kinds.
Portrait and Social History type;
formal or informal.
Must be postcard backed and
British.
No commercially published cards.
TOM PHILLIPS
57 TALFOURD ROAD
LONDON SE15 5NN
Phone 020 7701 3978
Fax 020 7703 2800
[email protected]
54
DENTAL POSTCARDS wanted.
Also postcards from
LUXEMBOURG.
Postage always refunded. John Lesch, 133 Rue
E.
Beres,
L-1232
Howald, Luxembourg.
PALESTINE
I am a collector looking for
all series from all periods.
Please send even single
cards. I will usually pay your
price plus your postage
costs, or I will exchange for
your own subject
David Pearlman
788-7
790 Finchley Road
London NW11 7TJ
Tel: 020-8
8201-8
8998
email:
david@centrum-u
uk.com
MABEL GEAR. Anything at all
wanted. Terry Wilson, 11 Glenfield
Avenue, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 0HT. Tel. 01302 858210.
LONDON street scenes, also THEATRE BUILDINGS & PUBS anywhere in the UK. Single items or
collections. Immediate payment.
Maurice Friedman. Tel. 01749830776. Email: [email protected]
MADEIRA ISLAND POSTCARDS all types 1894-1950s. Shipping at
Madeira + photos large and small
1880-1930s + travel albums. J.R. De
Silva, 147 Buxton Road, Hazel
Grove, Stockport, Cheshire SK7
6AN.
CRICKET - anything considered.
Local teams if named or located.
Approvals to - G. Jennings, 4
Henry Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham - Postage refunded.
PIERROTS, MINSTREL
TROUPES AND CONCERT
PARTIES (1860-1
1930)
wanted by private collector
Postcard collections,
ephemera. Any condition.
Uncle Tacko!
Cleveland House,
Cleveland Place, Dawlish,
Devon EX79HZ
ITALY
POSTCARDS WANTED
also postcards of all other
countries, world postal history
and postmarks
Single items, collections and
accumulations welcome
RICHARD GEE
7 Brooks Malting, Kiln Lane,
Manningtree CO11 1HP
Tel: 01206 393682 Mobile:
077987 48350
email: [email protected]
AUCTIONS
LODDON AUCTIONS. Long established May and Nov/Dec auctions,
regularly with 600+ lots comprising a wide range of printed material. Catalogues £3 by post. Entries
invited. Enquiries to G. Arkell, 39
Falmouth Road, Reading, Berks
RG2 8QR. Tel: 0118 9611915
(evenings).
SHROPSHIRE, CHESHIRE,
STAFFORDSHIRE,
WORCESTERSHIRE
All postcards wanted
Top prices paid for better
and RP cards
PHIL JONES T.P.S
6 PASTEUR DRIVE,
LEEGOMERY,
TELFORD TF1 6PQ
Tel/Fax 01952-223926
e-mail [email protected]
[email protected]
BARRY
WRIGHT - part exchange vintage
postcards & coins. www.barandshe.clara.net
www.internetpostcards.co.uk
UK topographical sales, approvals,
wanted lists. Auction lots bought.
Website updated weekly.
Scotland starts November
www.Postcards-ffor-S
Sale.com
8,500 images of Great Britain
with details and prices.
Art cards listed by number
Sylvia/John Jones
On-lline daily for queries
www.grbcollectables.com
www.carlton-a
antiques.com
FOR THE DALKEITH AUCTIONS
CATALOGUE
please
go
to
www.dalkeithcatalogue.com.
If
you are not on the net and would
like a copy of our monthly auction
catalogue phone 01202 292905.
www.peterspostcards.co.uk
for
interesting and unusual old paper
collectables.
POSTCARDS
FOR SALE
Visit Postcard World for many surprises. We have thousands of vintage subject and UK topographical
cards on offer here on our site. All
of our cards are illustrated for your
interest and information and we
trust that this will add to your
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Please browse around and hopefully you will find something of
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regularly
Deryk and Brenda Whitfield
5 Gipsy Close
Balsall Common, West Midlands
CV7 7FU
www.postcardworld.co.uk
LISTS. Topographical - England,
Ireland, Wales, Channel Islands.
Detailed lists including condition.
Please state interests and send
SAE. Ken Simson, 14 Old Farm
Road East, Sidcup, DA15 8AE.
[email protected]
BARRY
WRIGHT - part exchange vintage
postcards & coins. www.barandshe.clara.net
VINTAGE POSTCARDS FOR
SALE
Visit my online shop at
http://alfapostcards.com
1000’s still to list
Colin Williams
31 Rivington Drive
Burscough, Lancashire L40 7RN
01704-895056
E-m
mail: uncle@prom-p
prom.com
BOY SCOUTS/BADEN POWELL.
(Cards, Badges, Memorabilia).
Comic & Greetings cards of Plymouth area and Royal Air Force.
Graham Brooks, 28 Rawlin Close,
Eggbuckland, Plymouth PL6 5TF.
Tel. 01752 774467.
RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, EPHEMERA, books and
relics required. N.J. Bridger, The
Warren, Curridge, Newbury, Berkshire RG18 9DN. Tel: 01635 200507.
(T).
NORWAY. Early cards/Postal History - Scott Simpson, 14 Dower
Road, Sutton Coldfield B75 6UA.
Email:
[email protected]
WEB SITES
www.postcardworld.co.uk
DALKEITH POSTCARDS for Railway and Shipping see:www.dalkeithpostcards.co.uk
M.E.P. POSTCARDS. www.meppostcards.co.uk. Modern specialists.
www.ukpostcards.com
POSTCARDENMARK.
Vintage
quality postcards.
www.stores.ebay.co.uk/postcardenmark
EBAY SELLER:
GLOBALHISTORY
*Oldpostcards.com*
All Topics - take
advantage of weak US
Dollar, Buy
Oldpostcards.com
Email: [email protected]
Accept: Credit Cards, Paypal,
Western Union
BARGAIN BUNDLES! 20 postcards
for £7 inc. post; A-Z of Counties,
Foreign, Subject & Moderns available. Send SAE for sales list. Tom
Carr, 8 Church Road, Thorrington,
Essex CO7 8HH. Tel. 01206 250881.
20 GENUINE OLD DONALD
McGILL POSTCARDS £15 inc. post;
also Bamforths, Pedro, Mike, Xerxes, Trow, Flip, Wilkins and many
other saucy Sixties postcards 50p
each. Eric Kent, 8 The Croft,
Flitwick, Bedfordshire MK45 1DL.
Tel. 01525-752222.
ALL PH TOPICS publications illustrated + reverse information + full
check/price list and more.
www.phtopics.clara.net
POSTCARDENMARK
Vintage Quality Postcards
www.delcampe.net/stores/postcardenmark
PIPWICK’S CHURCH POSTCARD
SHOP now on ebay.co.uk with over
40,000 church postcards also available directly from Pip Barker. Send
wants list to: [email protected] or phone 07778-560241.
Contributors and advertisers are advised that the December 2009 edition of PICTURE POSTCARD MONTHLY will be published on November 22nd. Deadline for
copy is November 10th.
SHOPS
PAGE POSTCARDS
at HUNGERFORD ARCADE
Only 5 minutes from the M4
(Junction 14)
A constantly of UK,
Foreign and Subject
postcards - also some stamps,
postal history and ephemera.
20% discount on
purchases over £50
HUNGERFORD ARCADE
(Unit 7) 26 HIGH STREET
HUNGERFORD
BERKSHIRE RG17 0NF
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday - 9.15 to 5.30
Saturday - 9.15 till 6.00
Sunday - 11.00 till 5.00
WARWICK ANTIQUE
CENTRE
22 HIGH ST.,
WARWICK CV34 4AP
Comprehensive range of
25,000 + postcards
Good stocks of Coins, Banknotes,
Cigarette Cards, FDCs,
accessories, including postcard
cases etc
Buy, sell, exchange
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm
01926 491382
COLLECTABLES YARD. Books,
ephemera, photos, prints, postcards on all subjects plus bric-abrac. De Silva, 2B Stockport Road,
Cheadle SK8 2AA. Tel. 01614832086 or 07950-547243.
PcPostcards
We have now re-llocated
Our premises are now at the
side of The Foley Hotel
CARLTON ANTIQUES
R/O 12 Worcester Road,
Foley Bank, MALVERN,
Worcestershire WR14 4QU
(open weekends and afternoons)
Parking at rear on weekends
only (Tel: 01684 573092)
Cig cards, Books, China,
Dinky Toys etc
Over 5000 cards on our Website
www.Pcpostcards.co.uk
We specialise in Web Site Sales:
Site updated every week
Overseas Customers Especially
Welcome
(Ebay Trader - PcPostcards)
Sunny EASTBOURNE
has a Collectors’ Shop,
trading in a wide range
of collectables.
Over 40,000
OLD POSTCARDS
always in stock. Also stamps,
coins & medals, cigarette cards,
toys, silver, ephemera
SORRY NO APPROVALS
Open Tues and Sat 10 - 5
Other times by appointment
“FRANCOIS”
26 South Street,
Eastbourne, Sussex
Tel: (01323) 644464
(Home) 01323-646694 after 6 pm
SHOPS
FOSTERS OF FILEY
When visiting the East Coast
please call in for:- Postcards,
Stamps, Postal History, FDC’s
and small collectables
28 BELLE VUE STREET,
FILEY, NORTH
YORKSHIRE YO14 9HY
01723 514433
Open Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat
POSTCARDS
CIGARETTE CARDS
BOOKS
PRINTS
STAMPS
ACCESSORIES
GRAHAM LEADLEY
LITTLE PERFORATIONS
59 HIGH ROAD
WORMLEY, HERTS EN10 6JJ
01992-467631
Over 35 years at this address
OPEN WEEKENDS
Please ring first if travelling any
distance
LITERATURE
CARTES POSTALES ET COLLECTION, the French magazine for
postcard collectors, costs £5.30 inc
postage. CARD TIMES is the regular monthly magazine for cigarette
card collectors. Current issue and
back numbers £2.90 each (inc.
postage). Reflections, 15 Debdale
Lane, Keyworth, Nottingham
NG12 5HT.
PICTURE POSTCARD ANNUAL
2010 is now available at £4.75 plus
postage, with an up to date directory of dealers, fair organisers,
auctions etc plus lots of features
and articles, and a list of important
2010 postcard fairs. On sale from
your favourite dealer or direct from
the publishers at 15 Debdale Lane,
(postage £1 UK, £2.50 Europe,
£4.50 rest of world)
APPROVALS
FAIRS
NOTTINGHAM Postcard, Cigarette
Card & Ephemera Fair at Harvey
Hadden Sports Centre, Wigman
Road, Bilborough, Nottingham.
Saturday 7th November 2009 from
10am to 5pm. 50+ postcard dealers
including moderns specialists.
Postcard display competition..
Admission £1 (to ‘Children in
Need’. Contact Reflections on 0115
937 4079 or see our website
www.postcardcollecting.co.uk for
more details and locator map.
The Picture
Postcard
Show (Bipex)
2010
is at the Royal
Horticultural Hall,
Westminster,
London SW1
Thurs - Sat
2 - 4 September
Don’t miss it
POSTMARKS
POSTMARKS
WANTED
Stamp, Postcard & Postal History
Dealers urgently require English,
Welsh, Scots postmarks on cards/
envelopes for re-sale to collectors.
Must be clear impressions:
Squared Circles, Duplexes,
R.S.O.’s especially wanted.
Highest prices paid, send for our offer.
BAY STAMPS
NEW APPROVAL SERVICE. All categories and subjects. Postcards,
photos and prints, books and
ephemera. Wants list to Collectables Yard, Rear of 2B Stockport
Road, Cheadle SK8 2AA. Tel. 0161483-2086
or
07950-547243
(evenings).
MILITARY POSTCARDS
Large stock of top quality British
Army postcards. Please contact
me with your requirements for
card
ds on approval.
‘Collecting British Army Postcards’
An essential reference book.
£9.95 plus £1.75 UK postage,
or send SAE for full description.
Geoff White, 19 Rushmoor Lane,
Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3BN.
Tel. 01275 462346
Member of the Postcard Traders Association.
ORIGINAL
ARTWORK
WANTED:
ORIGINAL
COMIC
POSTCARD ARTWORK by the likes
of Pedro, Taylor, Fitzpatrick &
McGill etc. Top prices paid by private collector. Call David on 01903
234432 or 07961 795333.
Nigel Davidson
Freepost, Rogart,
Sutherland IV28 3BR
Tel. 01408-641747
AUTOGRAPHS
ILLUSTRATED
BI-M
MONTHLY
AUTOGRAPH SALES LIST issued
in aid of Children in Hunger. Send
SAE for a copy to L. Marchant, 41
Golding Way, Glemsford, Sudbury,
Suffolk CO10 7UT.
Try a PPM classified!
MODERNS
WANTED
TEDS? MODS? ROCKERS? Skinheads? Prints? Negatives? Mr. Hartnett, Brewery, 19 Brow Road,
Haworth BD22 8LD.
MODERNS
FOR SALE
MODERN CARDS
AT REALISTIC
PRICES
NEW SPECIAL OFFERS LIST
AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER
Foreign countries, GB counties, GB
publishers BULK from 1.5p each.
Any subject or theme sorted, sent
on APPROVAL from 15p each
Postage to be added
Invoice sent with cards
SUDAN CHURCH ASSOCIATION
Reg Charity no. 290607
LEN WHITTAKER
16 MARKS CLOSE
INGATESTONE, ESSEX CM4
9AR
01277 352464
“Many regular PPM customers”
M.E.P. POSTCARDS
(Moderns)
John & Margaret Pearsall
Most Subjects Stocked - Lists
Available
Free Monthly Stock Additions List
Fairs Attended - Refer to Website
or Contact Direct
34, Franche Road, Wolverley,
Kidderminster, Worcs DY11 5TP
Tel: (01562) 850915
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.mep-postcards.co.uk
EPHEMERA
POSTCARDS,
EPHEMERA, BOOKS
Send for latest free catalogue
which includes a large section
of British topographical
postcards or see web site
www.paperbygones.co.uk
PAPER BYGONES
PO BOX 4443,
BOURNEMOUTH BH5 1ZX
Tel: 01202 302842
MISCELLANY
BUYING GOOD QUALITY MILITARY items eg. dragoon helmets,
blue cloth helmets etc. Medals, single or groups. No rubbish, please!
Bill Kingsman 01622-746097.
Picture Postcard Monthly binders are not currently available, but more have been ordered,
in a choice of royal blue, maroon or light
green. Priced at £5.95, each comfortably
holds 20 copies of PPM. Let us know if you
would like to order one or more from the next
batch, and we’ll invoice you when the
binder(s) is sent. Postage is £2 (UK) if not
picking up at a fair. PPM, 15 Debdale Lane,
Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5HT.
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‘Talking Dirty: A Soap Opera’ might have intrigued
WIRRAL club members as they trooped into last
month’s episode. They soon found the evening centred around washing, with speaker Ann Brocksom
focusing on the invention of soap and its uses. The
history began in Roman times, but Ann concluded
that the Great Exhibition of 1851 was a seminal
moment in the pursuit of cleanliness: soapmaker
Andrew Pears had a stand there, and Thomas Crapper unveiled his celebrated water closet.
Meccano moderns
Milking the audience
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE’s
‘Moderns’
competition
attracted five entries, with
John West’s Meccano
entry emerging as the winner. Then, following a
swift AGM at which the
committee was returned
en-bloc, club chairman
Doug Goddard gave a display of postcards featuring
British bird illustrators,
including Thomas Bewick,
John Gould, Charles Tunnicliffe and Sir Peter Scott.
Ken Harman treated
the CROYDON club to a
display of large photos,
etchings, ceramics and
engravings of the town
last month. Many postcards of the 1900-20 period were also on show,
together with views of the
Old Palace and the buildings associated with Archbishop
Whitgift.
The
almshouses of 1596 are
still extant in the centre of
Croydon.
Lots of scarce and interesting postcards of Kent,
including shipwrecks, disasters and street scenes,
were presented by Stuart
Henderson at the latest
WEST KENT club
NORTH-W
meeting. Stuart, a lifelong
stamp collector, just happened to acquire all his
postcards as he went along
the philatelic route! More
was to follow after the
interval, though, as he went
on to show cards of Sussex,
milkmen and milk floats Stuart was a milkman himself for over 30 years.
Lynda’s personal
postcards
Lynda McGregor set TAYSIDE’s new season rolling
in style with her presentation of ‘Meet the president’
when she skilfully intertwined her family history
and her collecting themes
into a first-class programme. Both her grandfathers served in the Boer
War, and the first display
showed cards and images
from that period. Lynda’s
parents came from the
Perth area and pictorial
material from Blairgowrie
as well as Coupar and
Lunan Bay, Angus, featured prominently. Her
husband was in the Merchant Navy, working for a
shipping line that allowed
wives to travel aboard. She
spent the early years of her
marriage travelling from
Brazil to China and West
Africa to France, and her
final display was a selection of postcard views of
the seaports she used to
visit.
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Salmon journal
samples recipes
z Favourite Recipes were
on the menu in the latest
edition of the Salmon Study
Group’s journal, SSG News.
The artists who contributed
to this series of now 83
booklets
published
by
Salmon of Sevenoaks were
explored. Artists who contributed just the odd painting for postcards published
by the firm are also featured, while the ‘On the
road with A.R. Quinton’
saga goes along the coast
from Brixham. Six colour
pages of postcard illustrations are included in the 16page A4 magazine.
Whale of a time
FERNDOWN’s
audience
enjoyed a wonderful display
by Lesley Marley titled ‘A
Whale’s
tale’,
which
seemed to encompass
every aspect of the mammal’s life, whale-hunting,
products made from whalemeat and the campaign to
‘save the whale’. Picture
postcards showing the processing of blubber on board
ship, the whaling ships
themselves, and an Argentine whaling factory all were
used.
After a BRADFORD
AGM where all officials
remained in post, Graham
Hall put on a display depicting various examples of the
world’s first postcard, the
Austrian issue of 1869.
Vanessa Sykes, who has
died at the age of 68, had a
marvellous collection of
Brighton and area postcards. Deaf and dumb from
birth, she had lived in the
same house in the Preston
Park area for 30 years, all
but the last two with her late
mother. A cat-lover and
ardent supporter of Greenpeace, she was a regular at
Sussex Postcard Club and
in Step Back in Time’s
Brighton shop (where she
Windmill evening
Don Cox covered many of
the windmills of Sussex in
his postcard presentation to
the WEALDEN club recently,
with Charles Kay organising
a
related
competition
involving windmill recognition. Jacky Baynes was the
only one to provide an allcorrect slate.
z The flight of airship R34,
lost airfields and the state
airline of Pakistan are the
main articles in issue 68 of
the Aviation Postcard Club’s
latest newsletter.
* Comic whisky postcards
feature in the latest Strathclyde Postcard Club magazine, while Torbay have an
article on Compton Castle,
near Paignton.
Lothian’s October magazine carried features on the
art of Lawson Wood and the
topographical postcards of
Staffa, one of the smallest
yet most famous islands in
the world.
A group of members of Aberystwyth Postcard Club at The
National Library of Wales last month, when they were
given a guided tour behind the scenes to inspect the
immense collections of printed material, paintings and
photographs. Even better, Visual Images Librarian William
Troughton gave the group an opportunity to look through
a selection of picture postcards from the 25,000 kept at The
National Library.
OBITUARIES
regularly used to help on
Saturdays). Robert and
Tracy there counted her a
personal friend: she came
to their wedding and was
fond of the couple’s two
sons. She also made several forays to Bipex in London. Vanessa was educated
at a school for the deaf in
Margate but did not fulfil
her academic potential until
quite recently, when she
attended various adult education courses. Always
interested in postcards and
social history, her estate,
including the postcard collection, which is to be sold
at auction (see page 22) will
go to charity.
Mike Sturge, a well-known
postcard dealer in the 1980s
and 1990s, died suddenly of
a heart attack on 29th September at his jewellery shop
in Maidstone. He leaves
behind wife Doreen, son
Derek and daughter Diane.
Kent collector Barrie Wootton writes: “Mike was the
man who first taught me
about the joys and mysteries of postcard collecting,
and some of my most treasured cards were from
Mike’s diligent searches. I
have fond memories of the
early Bipexes at Kensington, when the late Ken Terry
and I helped Mike on his
stall. We generally left penniless but happy”.
Contributors and advertisers are advised that the
December 2009 edition of
PICTURE
POSTCARD
MONTHLY will be published on November 22nd.
Deadline for copy is
November 10th.
Picture Postcard
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Another selection of puzzles for you to identify, all on
picture postcards sent in by readers. If you know the
location, tell us (write, fax, email or phone) and give
yourself the chance of a prize. First authentic identification of each puzzle wins you a choice of: pack of modern social history cards, a free classified ad in PPM
(max. 25 words), a Reflections pen, one of the Yesterday’s series of books based on old postcards, or a set of
Reflections Postcard Centenary cards (state which
you’d like when writing).
If you have a postcard (or cards) you’d like identified, send in, enclosing two first-class or three secondclass stamps per card submitted (for administration
costs). List any identifiable clues on a separate piece of
paper, and write your name in pencil on the back of the
postcard. Email scans/photocopies not accepted.
Address for all correspondence: PPM, 15 Debdale Lane,
Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5HT.
367/2 “Have sent you one at last” was the message on this
card sent to a Bury St. Edmunds address. Where was this
village scene? (Verna Palmer collection)
367/3 “The Village Inn” and post office are on this postcard. Any ideas of its location?
367/1 This aerial view of a hotel should be identifiable
because of the distinctive architecture - but where is it? (B.
Ingham collection)
October results
Susan Clements placed 366/2 as Ilfracombe High Street,
while Roy Maltson suggested Fordingbridge for 366/3.
Graham Stanton identified 366/6 as Butcher Row, Shrewsbury. The whole block at the end of the street was demolished in the 1960s. John Jones was first of many to spot
366/7 as St. Martha’s Church, Chilworth, near Guildford.
The Reverend C. Harding added that the church is on The
Pilgrim’s Way at the top of a hill. Services are still held
there. Nigel Bown was quickest with 366/8, Marlborough
College, in Wiltshire, where the Bradleian Arches featured
on the postcard were named after George G. Bradley, a
former headmaster. Roy Sheppard told us 366/10 was
Maidenhead’s West Street, just off the town centre. The
pub was demolished, Neil Baldry added, in the 1970s during the building of the ring road. West Bromwich Albion
were the football team on 366/11, sometime before WW1.
The player in the middle of the front row, according to
identifier Bryan Horsnell, was Jesse Pennington, left back
and captain, who played for the club from 1903-22 and
won 25 caps for England. Stephen Lord placed 366/12 as
Bathford, near Bath, and 366/14 turned out to be Dunstable, with John Jones again first in with the location. The
Wesleyan Chapel in The Square at Dunstable, seen on the
featured postcard (published by local photographer James
Field), was built in 1845 to replace the church of 1831, itself
burnt down the year before. Combe Martin was shown on
366/16, with the boat in view Snowflake, and Nigel Bown
was the first respondent on this. This was an ex-Clyde
puffer, Neil Parkhouse told us, which was originally
bought from the Clyde by flour millers in Hayle, Cornwall,
but at the time of the photo was transporting coal. The
‘Mighty Atom’ postcard series was named after the bestselling book by Marie Corelli set in Combe Martin, said
Andrew Swift. Mark Bailey reckoned 366/19 was in Bradford, while, finally, Dennis Cross identified 366/21 as Little
Dunham, near East Dereham in Norfolk.
367/4 A scene outside the “Bush Hotel” (Mick Liversidge
collection)
367/5 A shop belonging to Baker, a watchmaker, is on the
left, next to Greenham, wine merchant (at no. 19?) and
Osbourne & Sons (hatmakers), while Martins Library is
further down the street. Immediately to the right is the
“Alexander” Commercial & Family Hotel (John Holder collection)
367/6 The “Red Lion Inn” was on a wide street with attractive flowerpots outside! (J.W. Howie collection)
367/10 The caption says simply ‘Higher Lane’. The car
number-plate is PG 372. Can anyone place this view?
(Di Lawer collection)
367/7 This postcard of Dorset Road was published by the
photographer White. Where might this be? (Doug Forton
collection)
367/11 Cherry Dene sounds
a charming place to live. (David Haddaway collection)
367/8 With Albion Road on the right, this card, posted in
1908, shows a ‘welcome home’ for somebody or a group
of people. Where was this, and who were the returnees?
(Mike Clark collection)
367/12 Approaching a roundabout, Carline’s shop is on
the right and a range of retailers can be seen on the left
(Richard Boddington collection)
367/9 Relaxation time at the
thatch-roofed “‘Done’ Cow”. Where? (Julian Dunn collection)
367/13 “The Grove Tavern” had shutters and an unusual
facade style (Alf Harris collection)
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367/14 The postcard shows the “Beach Hotel” which
appears totally gutted by fire damage (Heather Chapman
collection)
367/18 “The George”
sold Phipps Ales (Andrew Swift collection)
367/15 A decorated arch (‘Prosperity’ and ‘Progress’ ) is on
Glossop Road on this postcard published by GB & Sons(D.
Sandland collection)
367/19 AS & S Series postcard of a busy street with
Wright’s music shop to the left and C.J. Elliott next door. A
draper’s is on the right, with a large wall sign for H.
Bowles’ Carpet Warehouse. Also in the view is a small sign
for Mortimer Dyer Plymouth. (Len Whittaker collection)
367/16 The Old Chapel was situated on a street with tramlines, and shops are to its right (Tom Norgate collection)
367/20 What do you think of these two pictures I do not
need to tell you where they have been taken”. Nellie was
proud of this picture she’d taken herself, but it would have
been more use if she had told her Aunt where it was! A
sign for Dobson’s is on the white wall (Richard Roberts collection)
367/17 Apart from a Boots Cash
Chemists on the left, no shop names can be identified on
this scene of a flooded street (Tom Carr collection)
December 2009 Picture Postcard Monthly
will be available on 22nd November. Features include * Stockings Galore * Jacob
Popp & Sunday trading * Hartley’s jam
* Crown Green bowls * Postcard themes Television. Don’t miss it!