Warning over fading tradition of sending postcards
More than half of Brits that OnePoll surveyed in June report they never send postcards.
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Notable Quotes
"there was something genuinely sad about the idea of this tradition disappearing"
— Matt Thompson , Executive
"I wanted my designs to be the kind of thing a child would want to pick up and perhaps keep, but even more inspire that first trip to the postbox."
— Nick Sharratt , Celebrity
"In the days of knights in armour they didn't have postcards, so I do hope children enjoy mine and send him on to someone special."
— Sir Quentin Blake , Celebrity
"the industry had declined from 12 million cards sold annually in the 1960s and 1970s to about 3 million sold annually in recent years"
— Graeme Wolford , Executive
"bought the cards online or from local antique shops over decades"
— Pat Cunningham , Activist
"It's been a real treat to work through this remarkable collection, alongside our volunteers, to record and transcribe these messages from the past."
— Grace Parsonage , Academic
Key People
Grace Parsonage is English Heritage's assistant curator for the South East.
Graeme Wolford is associated with Judges, the UK's last surviving postcard business.
Matt Thompson is the conservation, curatorial and learning director at English Heritage.
Nick Sharratt is an author and illustrator known for designing postcards for English Heritage.
Pat Cunningham is the former head custodian of Dover Castle and collector of historical postcards.
Sir Quentin Blake is a renowned illustrator known for his work on Roald Dahl's stories.
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More than half of Brits that OnePoll surveyed in June report they never send postcards.
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