{"id":1867,"date":"2020-04-01T07:26:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T07:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postcardcollecting.co.uk\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2020-04-01T07:26:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T07:26:20","slug":"picture-postcard-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postcardcollecting.co.uk\/books\/?p=1867","title":{"rendered":"Picture Postcard Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"01\" \"02\" \"03\"April 1st<\/sup> 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starting today, we\u2019re publishing a daily blog for postcard collectors which we hope you\u2019ll enjoy. They\u2019ll be a mix of features, comment & fun, and we\u2019d love your feedback, either as a facebook comment or by sending stuff we can include in a blog (by email: reflections@postcardcollecting.co.uk<\/a>). The blogs initially are presented by Brian Lund (today\u2019s is mine!) and John Claydon (he starts tomorrow). With no fairs at the moment, and May\u2019s edition the final PPM (at the moment), I think we all need some communication! Hope you enjoy it all \u2013 let us know!<\/p>\n

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A Fishy Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok, we\u2019re starting on April 1st<\/sup>, so we\u2019ve got to go with fish! While in the UK today is associated with \u2018playing the fool\u2019, in France they call the day \u2018Poisson d\u2019Avril\u2019, and you can find lots of postcards on this subject \u2013 one is featured here. As far as I know, no postcards have ever been published here \u2013 but I\u2019d be pleased to have someone prove me wrong! The French cards could be part of a fishing postcard collection \u2013 and there are plenty of opportunities here. Check out Bamforth comics for cartoons of anglers, look for Canadian fantasy postcards of giant fish, real photographic cards of fishing trawlers or fish packers on the quayside at ports like Scarborough, and artist-drawn cards of fishermen on lakes. We\u2019d love to see any of your \u2018fishy\u2019 postcards \u2013 you can add them to comments here. In past Picture Postcard Monthlies we featured a selection of April Fool articles, including a character called Percy Symons, who was reputed to be the hired \u2018plant\u2019 in the foreground of views!<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s featured postcards:<\/p>\n

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  1. Embossed French card of fish on an April 1st<\/sup> holiday outing.<\/li>\n
  2. Raphael Tuck card in Oilette series 9195 Irish Jokes from Punch. It was posted at Haslemere in April 1909.<\/li>\n
  3. What a cracking card of Brighton! I love embossed bordered postcards. Look out for shell and prawn borders, and, on American cards, alligators (but they\u2019re expensive). This one, published by the London firm of Hartmann, was posted from Brighton in July 1907. Agnes wrote to Bella: \u201cWe arrived here quite safe, we have got such a nice room and the weather is lovely. Aunt and I are just going in for mixed bathing<\/u>, plenty of boys here\u201d<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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