Now we don’t get many picture postcards through the door anymore.
There would have been a time when through the holiday season we would receive a shed load, from destinations as enticing as Greece, and Spain through to a host of British seaside resorts and the odd cultural one of a cathedral, a stately home with more than a few of bridges, and museums.
Go back a few more decades and there would have been those which were sent to arrange a meet up, announce a return from a holiday, or just to apologise for not writing regularly.
Of course, back then there were frequent postal deliveries and collections, making it easy to send a card in the morning arranging to meet at midday or ask for something special for tea.
Today it would be a simple text or a message on Facebook or WhatsApp.
All of which is an introduction to the card from Sardinia which arrived yesterday.
And like so many cards it arrived a full week after Rosa, Simone and Virginia had arrived home.
The delay may have had something to do with the Milano Roserio CMP which is the postal centre devoted to forwarding and sorting mail, including international mail.
In the past the centre had a bad reputation for quickly processing mail*, but I suspect that the late delivery of our card is just that inevitable result of a busy holiday period.
That said it was still a pleasant surprise, and has an old-fashioned charm, made all the more interesting for the addition of a bar card, which as we all know separates it from all those that have arrived over the years.
Location, Sardinia, Milan, Manchester
Picture; Saluti da Golfo Aranci, 2019, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
*Caos Poste, a Roserio si cambia, la Republica, August, 2nd, 2008, https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/02/08/caos-poste-roserio-si-cambia.html
Go back a few more decades and there would have been those which were sent to arrange a meet up, announce a return from a holiday, or just to apologise for not writing regularly.
Today it would be a simple text or a message on Facebook or WhatsApp.
All of which is an introduction to the card from Sardinia which arrived yesterday.
And like so many cards it arrived a full week after Rosa, Simone and Virginia had arrived home.
In the past the centre had a bad reputation for quickly processing mail*, but I suspect that the late delivery of our card is just that inevitable result of a busy holiday period.
That said it was still a pleasant surprise, and has an old-fashioned charm, made all the more interesting for the addition of a bar card, which as we all know separates it from all those that have arrived over the years.
Location, Sardinia, Milan, Manchester
Picture; Saluti da Golfo Aranci, 2019, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
*Caos Poste, a Roserio si cambia, la Republica, August, 2nd, 2008, https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/02/08/caos-poste-roserio-si-cambia.html
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