Sepia Saturday 253 - gone fishing

I'm with Alan on this one in that I have also never been a fisherman. I have a friend who is very much in to it to the extent that he has pictures of fish he has caught on his phone, but it's something that has never really caught my imagination. However, I'm staying on theme for this week's Sepia Saturday with a fishing related vintage postcard.

Vintage postcard of someone fishing

    

Sepia Saturday 224 - gardens

As the weather is awful here today, I have no desire or feeling of guilt that I should be outside working on my own garden, so do actually have some time to dig out a few vintage postcards for this week's Sepia Saturday. Sadly I have no pictures of watering cans, but I do have plenty of gardens.

Vintage postcard of Valley Gardens, Harrogate, Yorkshire

Vintage postcard of the Great Palm House, Kew Gardens

Vintage postcard of Canbury Gardens, Kingston-on-Thames

Vintage postcard of Bishop's Road Gardens, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

As usual 100's more vintage postcards can be found on my web site

    

Sepia Saturday 223 - multiview vintage postcards

Only time for a very quick post for this week's Sepia Saturday as I was keen to get outside and make the most of the sunshine. Once again my vintage postcards came to the rescue for the theme, and I've gone with multiview postcards.

Vintage multiview postcard of Bedford

Vintage multiview postcard of Birkenhead

Vintage multiview postcard of Harrogate

Vintage multiview postcard of Ramsgate

100's more vintage postcards on my web site

Sepia Saturday 220 - vintage postcards of statues

A quick scour through my vintage postcards helped me out again for this week's Sepia Saturday theme of statues. These are all from London, or its surrounding areas.

First up is a vintage postcard of the Statue of Diana in Bushey Park, Hampton Court. This statue was originally commissioned for Somerset House, but has been in Bushey Park since 1713.

Vintage postcard of the Statue of Diana, Bushey Park, Hampton Court 

Easy to miss, but no visit to London's Hyde Park can be considered complete without seeing the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens. The author of Peter Pan, J.M.Barrie lived close to the gardens and used them for inspiration.

Vintage postcard of the Peter Pan statue, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, London

Located in Waterloo Place, just off London's Regent Street, is the Crimean War memorial, commemorating the allied forces victory in the Crimean War. The statue is by John Bell and features three guardsmen beneath the allegorical figure, Honour. The statue was made from the bronze cannons captured at the siege of Sevastopol.

Vintage postcard of the Crimean Memorial, Waterloo Place, London

I've not been able to find out anything about this next one - maybe someone out there knows?

Vintage postcard of statue at Mansion House, London

And finally, needing no introduction, is Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.

Vintage postcard Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London

As usual 100's more vintage postcards can be found on my web site

    

Sepia Saturday 219 - vintage postcards of domes

Once again, it's way too long since I've posted anything on my vintage postcards blog. My energies of late have been steered towards my In Search of Space blog, chronicling my various Urban Wanders around London, and other places, in search of ghost signs, abandonment, decay, etc. However, I found this week's Sepia Saturday theme irresistible, and relatively easy. From the image chosen this week I have selected domes.

Vintage postcard of St. Paul's Cathedral, London 

 Vintage postcard of St. Paul's Cathedral, London

Vintage postcard of the Greenwich Observatory, London

Vintage postcard of Smithfield Market, London

Vintage postcard of the National Gallery, London

As usual 100's more vintage postcards on my web site.

Sepia Saturday 215 - vintage postcards of Glasgow

I've been lacking in time and creativity lately so was pleased that this week's Sepia Saturday theme provided me with a straightforward prompt ... Glasgow. Here is a selection of vintage postcards, and if anyone is wondering where my time is being spent lately, check out my In Search of Space blog.

Vintage postcard of Glasgow Cathedral, c.1900's 

Vintage postcard of the University, Glasgow, c.1903

Vintage postcard of the Art Galleries, Glasgow

Vintage postcard Glasgow

Vintage postcard of the University, Glasgow

100's of vintage postcards on my web site

    

Sepia Saturday 212 - vintage postcard of snow in Jesmond Dene, Newcastle-on-Tyne

It's been a while since I've managed to find time to post to Sepia Saturday, so hopefully my post today will make up for my weeks of absence. We've not had any snow here in the south of the UK whatsoever this winter, but inspired by Alan's prompt of a skier, I have dug out a snow related vintage postcard.

Vintage postcard of Jesmond Dene, Newcastle-on-Tyne

However, as we have not had any snow, but almost every other season in the past 24 hours, I have also shared some vintage postcards of Jesmond Dene in different seasons.

Vintage postcard of the Stepping Stones, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle-on-Tyne

Vintage postcard of the Stepping Stones, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle-on-Tyne

As usual 100's of vintage postcards on my web site