More Beer

 See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is in search of a drink... 

An idyllic summer scene on the river and The Jolly Angler looks the perfect place to stop. One of the boaters is looking with anticipation at the landlord carefully pouring his beer.

Worthington's label symbol was created in 1863 and the postcard is of a showcard from c1895. Today the company is owned by one of large conglomerates.

For unlimited choice head to Belgium with a different glass for every type of beer. I am rather fond of their fruit beers.

In contrast  the Preston Teetotal movement, started by Joseph Livesey in 1832, encouraged people to take a teetotal pledge of abstinence from alcohol.  The Harris Museum in Preston holds a collection of objects of which this is one.

Agriculture

 

1941: Agricultural Development Plan

Surrounded by war  neutral Switzerland started their battle of self sufficiency with the Whalen Plan in 1940, its aim was to increase areas of cultivation in every available piece of land digging up sports fields and gardens. It is sometimes referred to as the 'Battle of the Fields'.  Before WW2 Switzerland imported 70% of its food from abroad, by the time it had ended the potato harvest had tripled, cereal doubled and vegetables quadrupled and with this bounty it managed to feed the entire Swiss population and 300,000 refuges. Switzerland was so successful that it became the only country in Europe that did not need to ration potatoes, vegetables and fruit.

1947: Allied Occupation Zones definitives

Once the war was over thoughts turned to reconstruction, the stamps of the sower and harvester were part of a set showing occupations that would work for that purpose and peace doves for hope. These stamps were used in the British, American and Russian occupation zones.

1965: 75th Anniversary Belgium Farmers Association

Another horse pulled plough, always a favourite motif for stamp designers

1950-54: Occupational Activities and Views

Iceland shows off its dramatic scenery with a tractor

2016: World Stamp Show 'NY16', Javits Center

Meanwhile a Guernsey cow is enjoying the sunshine, sometimes called the 'Golden Guernsey' due to its own and the milk's rich colour. The link with the New York exhibition cover is that Guernseys were first imported into the United States by two schooner captains in the 1830s and 1840s and would become the basis of the American Guernsey herd.

1993: Occupations - Cheesemaker

Happily where there is milk there is also cheese.

Sunday Stamps theme of - Agriculture - crops are growing at See It On A Postcard

Cakes

 See Ir On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is in search of sweets or deserts...

A postcard of one of a series of posters commissioned by London Transport around the 'Simply' theme so that taking the tube or bus could lead one to the simple pleasures of the city.  'Simply Appetising was  the subject for artist Michael Forbes who came up these sweet treats as "A Little Bit of What You Fancy", I'm picking the eclair which I am sure, to complete the idiom, 'will do me good'.

2016 PHQ Card -  Aardman Animations

Is it tea time? No its Timmy Time. No cake stays hidden for long.  As well as appearing with Shaun the Sheep little Timmy  has mini adventures of his own and tries (not always successfully) to stay out of trouble. The series of short 10 minute animations are called 'Timmy Time'.

Jewellery

 

1954: Export Development

Deciding what to wear or about to buy?

1992: Greetings stamps - Memories

Pearls

2010: Rings

Rings

1976: Archaeological Discoveries - Celtic Neck Torc 200-50B

A striking silver-iron torc although as this one weighs 6.7 kilo one would have to have a strong neck but as the article 'How do you put on a torc' explains, not designed to be worn

1982: Leipzig Autumn Fair

and it would never fit into this amber jewellery box.

Sunday Stamps theme - Jewellery - all the bling is at See It On A Postcard

Growing

 See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is shopping for Vegetables and Fruit

Inge Löök turns her eye for detail to the growing season. I can spot leeks and squashes and something recently dug up lying on the bench.  I wonder what is going to join the marigolds to be transported by bicycle?

Bird and Pomegranate wallpaper - Kathleen Kersey (b1889)

The pomegranate has appeared in myth and art for centuries and Kathleen Kersey (a member of the Morris and Co Design Studio) turned it into a design for wallpaper in 1911.  This was the last wallpaper produced by Morris and Co.  I don't know anything more about Kathleen Kersey apart from the fact she became Mrs Allngton and was still working as a designer in 1955.

Bridges of Dreams

 See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt in search of wooden bridges

Moomin Bridge over the creek leading to Moomin House.  Snufkin returns to Moominvalley every spring to spend time with his good friend Moomintroll and of course have adventures

and I am sure they would take a wooden ladder bridge over a crevasse with equanimity.

This Mont Blanc card was sent in 1911 from Gabrielle to her friend Jeanne..

Indian Summer

 

1993: 300th Birth Anniversary John Harrison (chronometer; movement seen from the back)

It is the time of the year when autumn arrives but nature is giving us an Indian Summer here in the UK as compensation for the one that didn't live up to expectations

2001: The Weather

and the barometer is set to fair.

1994: Centenary of Picture Postcards

There are still queues at the ice cream van by the bay although a Punch and Judy show is a rare appearance anywhere today

1998: Europa - Notting Hill Carnival

The carnivals may be over for the year

2012: Great British Fashion

but we are still dancing

2000: Millennium - Tree and Leaf (Eden Project sunflower)

under the sun (while it is here).

Sunday Stamps theme - The Colour Yellow - brighten up your day at See It On A Postcard