Postcards from the Edge - Remote British Lighthouses in Vintage Postcards
Year: 2010 Language: english Author: Christopher Nicholson Genre: History Publisher: Whittles Publishing ISBN: 978-1-84995-251-4 Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: n/a Description: Postcards have certainly become obsolete for a long time, replaced by telegrams, radio, and, recently, e-mail. A hundred years ago, more than informing family about weather on holidays, people used to sent postcards with serious messages: personal information about births, marriages and deaths, urgent requests for help, or just to keep in touch before the use of the telephone became widespread. One of the most popular subjects featured on postcards has always been the lighthouse, a symbol of safety and reliability. Over the years, almost every British lighthouse has featured on a postcard of some description, and the ones with easy access are regularly updated with different views. This book from Christopher Nicholson, author of the Rock Lighthouses of Britain, focuses on vintage postcards featuring the remotest lighthouses of all. Images are snapshots of the past and moments in time from the very edge of Britain. Granite pillars rising from reefs or the lights on uninhabited islets dotted around the coasts of England, Wales and Scotland. Some of these cards are artists' impressions, some are hand-tinted, sepia or black and white photographs - but they all show how things used to look and how life used to be offshore Britain. Each lighthouse featured is accompanied by historical details as well as a selection of vintage postcard views with extended captions - some over a century old.
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Postcards from the Edge - Remote British Lighthouses in Vintage Postcards
Language: english
Author: Christopher Nicholson
Genre: History
Publisher: Whittles Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-84995-251-4
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: n/a
Description: Postcards have certainly become obsolete for a long time, replaced by telegrams, radio, and, recently, e-mail. A hundred years ago, more than informing family about weather on holidays, people used to sent postcards with serious messages: personal information about births, marriages and deaths, urgent requests for help, or just to keep in touch before the use of the telephone became widespread. One of the most popular subjects featured on postcards has always been the lighthouse, a symbol of safety and reliability. Over the years, almost every British lighthouse has featured on a postcard of some description, and the ones with easy access are regularly updated with different views. This book from Christopher Nicholson, author of the Rock Lighthouses of Britain, focuses on vintage postcards featuring the remotest lighthouses of all. Images are snapshots of the past and moments in time from the very edge of Britain. Granite pillars rising from reefs or the lights on uninhabited islets dotted around the coasts of England, Wales and Scotland. Some of these cards are artists' impressions, some are hand-tinted, sepia or black and white photographs - but they all show how things used to look and how life used to be offshore Britain. Each lighthouse featured is accompanied by historical details as well as a selection of vintage postcard views with extended captions - some over a century old.
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