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Further information:
ü There is a postcard museum
in France. You can get more
information about millions of
postcards from around the world
that were sent in different periods
of time. Address: Musäe de la Carte
Postale, 4 avenue Tournelli 06600
Antibes - France.
ü If you want to join the campaign
of Ms. Cäline from Rocher des Lutins
school, you can send a letter to 1
Rue des coles, 85330, Noirmoutier
en l’ile France before July 2016.
ü Apart from traditional paper, in
Michigan (USA), thin wood is used
to make postcards. At the same
time, people living on tropical islands
create their own postcards from
coconut shells.
ü In Europe, old postcards are
displayed and sold in open markets
at various prices depending on the
original date of the stamp.
museums, sometimes, you can still read old,
tear-jerking postcards.
“I’m fine. Sometimes, I’m allowed to play
music which helps me feel less sorrow when
I’m missing you. Wait for me, darling”,
“Think of your future and find someone
better than me, please” - the messages
written on these postcards could have
changed a girl’s entire life.
Nowadays, postcards play a vital role in
sharing stories about the sender’s journeys.
On one side there is always a photo of a
landscape and on the other side there is
space for the sender to write down their
experiences and feelings. Postcards never
upset anyone.
Despite having left France, I always
remember the image of Mrs. Renäe bustling
Nowadays, postcards play a vital role in sharing stories about the sender’s journeys. On one
side there’s always a photo of a landscape and on the other side there is space for the sender
to write down their experiences and feelings. Postcards never upset anyone.
Even though the world has changed with
rise and fall and many postcards have been
sent among generations during the past
120 years, postcards have always been A6
(10.5 x 14.8 cm) sized rectangular pieces of
cardboard.
One interesting feature of postcards is
that they are sent without being put into
an envelope (but you still need a stamp, a
name and an address of the sender and the
receiver). Everyone, from the mailman to the
fastidious housekeeper to the devoted father,
can read the message on the postcard.
Therefore, the content is less private and
usually written in a positive manner so that
everyone reading it has a reason to smile.
about the kitchen where she could look onto
the lane near her house. She waited for
the mailman and whenever she could, she
would slowly walk up to the window and
pull up a cart containing some postcards.
During the two main holidays (winter and
summer), what she looked forward to the
most were postcards sent by her children
who resided somewhere in the world. Maybe
they were at one of the destinations she and
her husband visited or at a certain scenery
she still wished to visit. The happiness these
postcards have brought her is immeasurable
as they let her know her children are
thinking about her whenever they are on a
journey.
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