Postcard History

December 14, 2025

Tag: British Postcards

  • The Norfolk Coach at Christmas

    The Norfolk Coach at Christmas

    Editor’s Staff

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    The Norfolk Coach at Christmas is an East-Anglian retelling of Charles Dickens’s 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol. This campy, out-of-town version has no ghosts. It does, however have a rich-man and a very smart beggar.

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  • Earning Your Living in the British Empire

    Earning Your Living in the British Empire

    George “Burt” Martin

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    “Earning a Living” are words that mean something different to everyone. Here are some ways that those who live in the British Empire do it. Occupation postcards are abundant and fun to collect, this example of workers trimming sponges is a good sample.

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  • The Ripon Hornblower

    The Ripon Hornblower

    Tony Shepherd

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    Tradition and pageantry are hallmarks in many civilizations, but in the eyes of most others, tradition in England is especially important and the English have a long and glorious experience with pageantry. The Ripon Hornblower may not be well known but it has been ongoing for over a thousand years.

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Past Article

Anonymous
April 16, 2020 2 Comments
PostcardHistory.net is pleased to present our readers with this checklist. The intent is to verify the contents of the 15 sets of postcards published by Tuck and Sons from 1904 through the following decade that illustrate the poems and songs that were dear to the hearts of the British, Irish, and Americans of that era. In total the list includes approximately 90 cards.

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