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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
31 of 56  Sat 8th Nov 2014 12:30pm  

That's a good one Anne. Thumbs up
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scrutiny
coventry
32 of 56  Wed 11th Feb 2015 1:40pm  

The postcard is dated Aug 29/1905
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Helen F
Warrington
33 of 56  Wed 11th Feb 2015 8:46pm  

Never fails to surprise me what they used to put on Coventry postcards. Still I'm grateful. If it wasn't for this sort of thing there wouldn't be as many images luring me in. Lol One postcard I'd like to see better is one I've got in a book about Coventry's industrial past. It's an aerial shot of the factory on Gosford Street, with the edges faded out. The book quality is a bit dotty and I'd love to see an original or even better the un-cropped photo.
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morgana
the secret garden
34 of 56  Mon 20th Jul 2015 9:05pm  

Coventry city centre in old postcards
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Wimero
Nr Rugby
35 of 56  Fri 7th Apr 2017 5:48pm  

Hi all. Do any Forumites know anything about old postcards? I've come across a collection of about 35 post cards of Coventry that have been hidden in an old desk for years. I would say they date from the early years of the 20th century judging from the fashions. Most have been posted and have a brief message to a recipient in Solihull. They're black and white (one's in colour). I wouldn't think they have any monetary value but maybe a member can advise me differently. I'm thinking they could look attractive mounted and framed. Do people collect old postcards? Smile
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Midland Red

36 of 56  Fri 7th Apr 2017 6:11pm  

Yes! Mostly acquired via eBay or delcampe Thumbs up
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
37 of 56  Sat 8th Apr 2017 10:05am  

Same as MR above, eBay mostly, with a small handful from Delcampe - both are a great resource for buying & selling postcards to people like us with an interest in their city. On eBay you can search to see postcards for sale, and then you can click the "Sold listings" on the left so you can see what sort of prices they have fetched over the last few weeks, which can be handy if you're thinking of flogging a few! You could always put some images on here if you like - there might be some that we haven't already got. To see most of my collection so far, try the blue "Rob's pics" button on the left above, of which about two-thirds of the 700+ images are scans of postcards.
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Osmiroid
UK
38 of 56  Sat 8th Apr 2017 11:17am  

Historically priceless some of them. What were just casual images at the time can be like finding gold now.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
39 of 56  Fri 5th May 2017 10:29am  

It was about 1872 that postcards were introduced. When they were first introduced, everyone foretold failure. Our ancestors did not fancy the idea of outsiders being able to read one's private correspondence even though it be only about the weather. They shuddered at the thought that some curious servant or postman might read the postcard. Thousands of people, in spite of warnings, stuck the postcard in an envelope, sealed it down and sent it for a halfpenny! The receiver, of course had to pay a penny! This brought in a nice sum to the treasury. Envelopes were a Sussex invention - before then people simply folded their notepaper and sealed it with wafers of sealing wax. But at that time very tiny notepaper became all the rage, so when it was folded and sealed there was little room for the address! So a guy called Brewer made little covers for the notepaper, the idea caught on and bingo, you had envelopes. During the war, all mail from servicemen was censored, so guys started writing on the envelope in capital letters - the most popular one was SWALK (sealed with a loving kiss). This caught on and soon envelopes were covered in artistic and hidden messages, some very rude, some very humorous.
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Wearethemods
Aberdeenshire
40 of 56  Fri 5th May 2017 10:42am  

I picked up an old postcard from the Barras in Glasgow postmarked Coventry April 14 1909. The front has "Greetings from Coventry" on it and it was sent to a recipient in Dundee. Not unusual for the time but all the message on the reverse is written backwards, so the only way to read it is against a mirror. This presumably was to stop the postie from reading it!
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Dreamtime
41 of 56  Fri 5th May 2017 12:17pm  
Off-topic / chat  

pixrobin
42 of 56  Fri 5th May 2017 3:45pm  
Off-topic / chat  

argon
New Milton
43 of 56  Sun 25th Jun 2017 7:03pm  

I bought some old postcards of Coventry yesterday from an antique fair in Wells. One of them is of Far Gosford Street and seems to be a Godiva procession. The background shows a building front with Charles Garlick, builder on it. The condition of the card is so bad, faded, that details are hard to make out. Can anyone suggest a method of enhancing the image please.

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Midland Red

44 of 56  Tue 20th Feb 2018 9:08am  

One for NeilsYard - a distant view of the Market Clock Tower Thumbs up Post copied from topic Coventry's Markets on 22nd Feb 2018 9:18 am
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
45 of 56  Tue 20th Feb 2018 10:45am  

Midland Red, brilliant photograph so clear, unfortunately no date again, but from the carts I would think early twenties.
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