Memories

This is a postcard I sent to my father on 4th August 1959. I was reminded of it because a copy of the same postcard was in the Telegraph newspaper on Saturday and so I dug out my copy. It’s a postcard of the Victorian era advertising the six wonders of the Isle of Wight which I had visited with my sister that day. It shows the “Needles” you cannot thread, “Cowes” you cannot milk, “Freshwater” you cannot drink, “Newport” you cannot bottle, “Lake” you can walk through without wetting your feet and finally “Ryde” where you walk. I used to have an annual one day visit to the island usually with my Mum. My Dad was posted to Lossiemouth in Scotland when I posted the card. As it’s rained all day today, I had planned to use this as my blip today. The postcard is a bit faded.