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Postcard from Tom, Orkney 1986

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

The front

The back
Back in the day, I had friends who sent me postcards. These days they either e-mail, send an expensive text, or we just chat as usual via Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger). This week’s archive postcard is from Chomas, a friend of mine from school days.
Before you read the text […]

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Postcard from Egg (1987)

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

I found a box of old postcards today. Expect to see them appear on the blog through the coming months.
For starters I thought I’d share with you this postcard from my school friend Alasdair — who was always known to us as “Egg” back in the day — from a holiday he enjoyed (?) in […]

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Random postcard of the day, pt.1

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

I don’t collect postcards so much as acquire them, and then don’t throw them out. I’ve got loads of them in my desk drawer.
You just never know when they might come in handy. Like … erm, when you want to pretend that you are enjoying an 80s-style holiday in UstroĊ„, Poland.
I have no […]

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