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by Dave43
Fri May 08, 2009 10:05 pm
Forum: Postcard Wants
Topic: WW1 Y.M.C.A. Hut Fund Postcards
Replies: 1
Views: 5795

Re: WW1 Y.M.C.A. Hut Fund Postcards

I take it these are not the "Eagle huts" put up by the american YMCA in Aldwych during WWI, where Bush House was later built, I have these on an Airco card, not for sale but will copy, Dave
by Dave43
Fri May 08, 2009 10:01 pm
Forum: Postcard Wants
Topic: Motorcycles
Replies: 1
Views: 4875

Re: Motorcycles

I'm always on the lookout for PC's of passes, hillclimbs, remote areas, with a vehicle in, I have a theory that such vehicles would be a rarity and probably belong to the photographer himself, I think I've found a Valentine mobile darkroom in a motorcycle sidecar, but very small scale, not very much...
by Dave43
Fri May 08, 2009 9:56 pm
Forum: Postcard Wants
Topic: Cornish Litany postcards
Replies: 15
Views: 30177

Re: Cornish Litany postcards

I did pick up one at out last fair at Redruth (cos it was cheap!) hoping to find out something about the artist, Sidney T Chaplin, but can't. To explain altho I live in Cornwall I collect London PC's (they're cheaper!) but need the occasional cornish card to keep the interest of the few members of o...
by Dave43
Fri May 08, 2009 9:22 pm
Forum: Postcard Wants
Topic: window cleaning
Replies: 1
Views: 5002

Re: window cleaning

I keep an eye out for ladders on my old London postcards, some are impossibly long one piece wooden ones, I was hoping to find a website that had an old catalogue of wooden ladders to see what was available. I have one, I think, in Oxford St 5 floors high! Dave
by Dave43
Fri May 08, 2009 9:05 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Dating Postcard Photographs
Replies: 6
Views: 33297

Re: Dating Postcard Photographs

I collect London postcards, dating is made easier by knowledge of transport changes, London's are well chronicled. Recently I read that white lines were introduced in 1924 but can find no evidence on my London cards till much later. Also roundabouts in 1926 but traffic was not heavy enough to notice...
by Dave43
Fri May 08, 2009 8:33 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Dating postcards
Replies: 3
Views: 13043

Re: Dating postcards

I have lists (which I bought on e bay) of Friths, Valentines and Judges but I think you can date Friths on their website (which is good anyway) and valentines on the University of Dundee website. Actually the lists don't extend before postcards were "invented" which is a bit silly. I colle...