Flaming June is a busy month for some of the country’s top fairs.
Shows were being held today (Sunday June 2) at both Bristol and Leicester – but there are plenty of other venues which will attract a minimum 14 postcard dealers this month, including both Canterbury and Thornton Hough next Saturday (June 8).
On Sunday June 23, Reading Postcard Club puts on its annual fair – the biggest event organised by a club in the country, with more than 60 dealers expected at the Rivermead Leisure Centre. Picture Postcard Monthly (PPM) will be there, with a half-price sale of postcards!
On Saturday June 29, there is again action both north and south, with fairs at Shoreham-by-Sea and Preston; with the ever-popular Etc Fairs show at the Royal National Hotel, London, the next day.
Full details are in the June issue of PPM, out now – and available for order via our website.
Major articles in this month’s edition include a look at pioneering postcard artist Marian Gardiner; a special report into the postcards of Fred S Howard and Misch & Co; why postcards are a slice of history; and the scuttling of the German Fleet after World War One.
There’s also an interesting story linking a Southampton orphanage, World War One and the sinking of the Titanic.
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