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happened.
When I started work in the
early 1970s I looked at the
possibility of increasing the
collection and within a very
few years started to attend
some of the small local fairs.
It was reassuring to be
encouraged by some of the
helpful dealers who gave me,
a novice, much information,
help and advice. Since that
time my collection has
increased with a growing
interest in both Military and
Greetings silk cards. Like
many collectors, my interests
now have branched out to
other subjects which include
local topographical, Clovelly
and Lyme Regis. Also, for
something different, I have
amassed a good collection of
Bamforth comics which also
include the short series showing
the rather naughty ‘Oscar
the Pup’. Modern Lifeboat
cards also come within my
collecting interests.
Postcard collecting is an
absorbing hobby and I hope
that both the small local fairs
and their larger
counterparts
continue
to thrive, giving
the opportunity
for
beginners to
start collections
as well as
helping the
more advanced
collector to find
that little gem
which is out
there waiting to
be found.
Desert Island
Postcards
with Julia Sayers
In the early 1960s I was given a couple of silk greetings
postcards by an elderly relative. They were
somewhat grubby (later found
to be foxed as well!) and I
thought it a shame that they
had been unkindly treated in
the past. I put them away in a
drawer and forgot about them
until we moved in 1967 when
they were rediscovered. It
was then that I thought about
researching their history but,
still being at school with
exams looming and a distinct
lack of funds, nothing much
A nice example of a Military
Silk sent from Frank Adams
on 2 nd June 1916. The Gordon
Highlanders were the
75 th Regiment of Foot
Guards.
A Royal Flying
Corps silk postcard sent on 21 st
April 1917. Within a year the RFC became part of the Royal
Air Force on 1 st April 1918.
Chaldon Road, Caterham,
showing the Primary School I attended in the 1950s.
Apart from the fact that the fountain is no longer there, the
buildings remain largely unchanged.
(c.1910)
(above) Crazy
Kate’s Cottage, Clovelly. An artist-drawn
card by E W Haselhurst and published by Vivian
Mansell in series 2138. This is reported to be the
oldest cottage in Clovelly. History books relate the
story that Kate stood at her window and watched
her husband’s boat sink in a storm out at sea. This
event turned her brain and she went crazy, hence
the nickname.
(above) One of a short series of Bamforth comics in their
‘Oscar the Pup’ series (G299). Poor Oscar seems to be in
trouble on every card! (postally used 20/6/1962).
(right) The former RAF Station, Kenley. The main entrance
shown is but 300 yards from my home. Many of the buildings
have now been demolished and a lot of the land has
been developed into a modern housing estate. However,
there are two gliding schools which regularly still use part
of the old airfield. (c.1937-1940).
22 Picture Postcard Monthly July 2010