See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt in search of markets or cafes...
I have always thought this was a postcard of a market but of course on closer inspection, despite the crowds, it is not and actually shopkeepers selling their wares inside as well as outside. Could I claim this as cafe as it seems we have a couple enjoying the advertised Nettle Drink al fresco while smiling at the photographer. The place is the coastal village of Heysham which also has a ferry port nearby which likes to call itself 'Gateway to the Irish Sea'. I would date this postcard to the 1950s and has at least two postcard buying opportunities, a display stand on the left and a 'postcard shop' sign on the right.
5 comments:
The first postcard looks like real fun!!! The second one is also attractive: i like the kids and the couple looking at the camera.
The second one certainly has a market atmosphere about it. I'm intrigued by all those facial expressions in the first one!
That first one is fabulous! I do like the '60s village scene. I wish I could find postcard stands. I find people like to get them from a sender's area, but even Walmart stopped having them, The airport does, but the gift shop isn't accessible unless you're at the gates.
Like you Lisa postcard stands are elusive locally, four shops who had them have either closed or stopped selling postcards:(
I guess that, for tourist postcards, it's the same everywhere.
I love the atmosphere on the second postcard, and certainly there are people shopping.
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