Warning over fading tradition of sending postcards

"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