Postcards and Postcrossing

Another of Craig's obsessions is of a deltiological bent. Always a hoarder he's been collecting postcards of his hometown, Carlisle, for many years and has a large collection of cards - all used. The messages are just as important as the pictures.

In 2000 he discovered Tom Phillips' book The Postcard Century which is a superb account of the 20th century viewed through 2000 postcards and their messages. Used postcards have such stories to tell, sometimes mundane, sometimes fascinating.

As a follower of Found Magazine and collector of photos found in the street (long before Amelie!) he took up Postcrossing - sending and receiving cards from strangers across the world. We often ask for sheep or knitting cards to adorn the I Knit London shop but anything goes...and the random messages are a view of life elsewhere, in someone else's head. We'll be showing here a selection of cards from friends and strangers....and if you want to send us one please do:

I Knit London, 106 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, London, SE1 7AB or join www.postcrossing.com

There are also some pics here of stamps - it'll come as no surprise that Craig has been a stamp collector too! These are here only to be part of the Postcrossing stamp group for now, although his childhood stamp collection is still in hand and these little works of art may appear one day.

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items are from between 16 Feb 2008 & 20 Feb 2008.