Champagne Fountain
An early Citroen DS sits opposite a Simca Aronde in Aix-en-Provence. The postcard was posted to the UK in 1974. The stamp commemorates the Le Mans race. Continue reading Champagne Fountain
An early Citroen DS sits opposite a Simca Aronde in Aix-en-Provence. The postcard was posted to the UK in 1974. The stamp commemorates the Le Mans race. Continue reading Champagne Fountain
A Ford Taunus coupe in France Continue reading Venting in Dinan
Aberdovey, Wales. Sea View Terrace and amongst other things two generations of Escort side by side Continue reading Looking back
This postcard, showing Tossa de Mar on the Costa Brava in Spain, was posted on 23 July 1965 to a Mr & Mrs Watkinson in Greenford, Middlesex. Back in 1965 it seemed obligatory to send postcards and sometimes you find … Continue reading No parking
This is the border between France and Switzerland at St-Gingolph on the south shore of Lake Geneva. The Citroen and Ford Capri are in France, the Citroen heading west towards Geneva, the Capri east into Switzerland. In about an hour’s … Continue reading Passports please!
Here’s a postcard from Nice. On the back it says Au Soleil de la Cote d’Azure. La promenade des Anglais. It has not been written on or posted. When the Cortina was launched in 1962 it looked very modern and … Continue reading Nice Flashes of Colour
Some petrolheads’ eyes will immediately be drawn to the Volkswagen Type 2 with its twenty-one windows in this postcard from Freiburg. Others will see first the green Borgward Isabella Coupe. Nice! I was on eBay and saw the blue Ford … Continue reading No Eye for the I
Here’s another Brit far from home. No visible GB sticker but we know it’s there on the left of the number plate. This is Ceriale in Italy and what we have is a Ford Consul Mk II with the registration … Continue reading Hanging out to dry in Italy
A nice selection of cars parked at the harbour in Cannes. This postcard was posted in 1968 to Marseille. So let’s get to it, car spotting in Cannes… From the left… And I mean the far far left… Austin 1300 … Continue reading Car spotting in Cannes
After our romantic St Valentine’s Day postcard we have another lovey dovey one. Je reve de partir, tres loin vers d’autres lieux.Oui, loin des importuns, on s’aimerait tous deux. I dream of leaving, very far away to other places.Yes, far … Continue reading More romance!
The end of another year and I was looking over the stats of this blog… The first ever post was on 1 April 2013 and wasn’t about a postcard but a photograph I’d come across on the web. A Grey … Continue reading Postcards for Petrolheads – A Review
Here we have a nice pair of postcards from SNCF (The Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français), the French national railway company. I bought them separately and thought they formed a pair – Night and Day. However, the Day … Continue reading Day Train Night Train