Author - Mark Wingham

Maureen’s golden touch with winning postcard design

Mark Wingham2025-03-18T17:08:33+00:00

A Suffolk woman has won a national competition to design a postcard to mark the golden anniversary of the organisation which represents dealers in vintage postcards. Maureen Barker, who lives in Wilby, Eye, came up with the winning design in an event run by the Postcard Traders Association (the PTA) to...

Postcard celebration of one of the country’s great old hobbies

Mark Wingham2025-03-18T17:03:32+00:00

Dealers of vintage postcards from throughout Britain will descend on Somerset later this month for a huge celebration of the hobby. The Postcard Traders Association (PTA) is organising a two day ‘Festival of Cards’ at Junction 24, North Petherton near Bridgwater, on Thursday March 27 and Friday March 28. Sixty-two of the...