We have always issued a list of dealers and a clear floor plan at all our events but in May 2002 (Event 48) we decided to expand this into a full professional programme with the addition of informative articles, adverts and superb illustrations. This was an immediate success, has now grown to 16 pages at Woking (12 pages at our other shows). These are a class act and are unique on the postcard fair circuit in the UK! (Articles have ranged from amazing pictures of the original Photocrom postcard factory at Tunbridge Wells to childrens artists, model yachts, a history of the Postcard Club of Great Britain, Thames locks, advertising postcards, the Brighton stagecoach run, comic military cards -and much more!)
Listed below you will find details of the articles and features to date. If you would like to read any particular article, please drop us a line at the above address, tell us your name and address, the issue(s) required, and enclose 50p per issue to cover costs. (Stamps will do fine!) (If we no longer have a spare copy we will send you a photo-copy of the article or feature instead.). NB. Unless otherwise stated, all articles and features are by Michael Goldsmith - and all articles, features and pictures used are copyright of SPPF and/or Michael Goldsmith.
| Advertising Postcards For Under £10 |
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Twickenham Jan 2004 |
56 |
| Artist Feena Carey - Exhibition |
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Woking May 2002 |
48 |
| Bracknell Mar 2003 - Photo Feature |
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Woking May 2003 |
53 |
| Bracknell Town -“Highwaymen at the Gate” |
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Bracknell Mar 2003 |
52 |
| Children’s Artists - Our Top 10. |
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Bracknell Mar 2005 |
62 |
| Crawley’s Past -some historic postcards. |
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Crawley Nov 2003 |
55 |
| Dealing -(Short humourous article) |
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Bracknell Mar 2004 |
57 |
| Ephemera to be found at postcard fairs, by Amoret Tanner ( “Changing Times”.) |
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Woking Sept 2004 |
59 |
| “Fun With Flax” (Postcard coverage of an amazingly medieval process!) |
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Twickenham Jan 2006 |
66 |
| The History of Holiday Camps |
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Bracknell Mar 2007 |
71 |
| “How Much Are Postcards Worth?” (Our own list of own current postcard values) |
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Woking Sept 2005 |
64 |
| Jotter-Middlesex Artist,”
major article with photos and information never previously
published. By Mary & Kevin Brown |
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Twickenham Jan 2005 |
61 |
| Military Comic Postcards |
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Bracknell Mar 2006 |
67 |
| Military in Surrey, Sussex & Hants, 1905-1922 - “On The Home Front” |
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Woking Sept 2004 |
59 |
| Model Yacht Postcards,” by Trevor Smith |
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Twickenham Oct 2005 |
65 |
| Modern Postcards |
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Woking May 2004 |
58 |
| Moving Timber,” by Tim Winter |
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Woking May 2004 |
58 |
| Photocrom’s Edwardian Postcard Factory at Tunbridge Wells. (Amazing photo feature!) |
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Woking May 2003 |
53 |
| Political, Suffragette and Election Postcards - “So You Are Hoping To Become A Member of Parliament?” |
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Woking May 2005 |
63 |
| Postcard Dealer’s Prayer, The |
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Woking Sept 2002 |
49 |
| Postcard Terms |
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Woking May 2002 |
48 |
| Railway Postcards |
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Woking Sept 2006 |
69 |
| 'Rural England' - The Postcards (major article on Francis Clifford Money, publisher extraordinaire, of cards featuring Sussex, Surrey & Yorkshire) |
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Woking May 2006 |
68 |
| Secret Writing. (Recently discovered on a Kirchner postcard!) |
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Woking Sept 2005 |
64 |
| Social History on Postcards. - “As The Years Roll By”. |
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Crawley Nov 2004 |
60 |
| Surrey and Sussex - “Some Famous Events” on postcards. |
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Woking Sept 2003 |
54 |
| Thames Locks -”Messing About On The Thames” |
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Bracknell Mar 2004 |
57 |
| The Internet - “Where’s The Revolution?” |
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Woking May 2003 |
53 |
| “The Postcard Club of Great Britain - A Short History,” by Drene Brennan. (Major article with much information never previously published, including a postcard fair on a paddle steamer!) |
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Woking May 2005 |
63 |
| Twickenham Charter Day |
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Twickenham Jan 2007 |
70 |
| Vanderbilt Stagecoach Run - “London to Brighton 1912” |
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Woking Sept 2003 |
54 |
| Wealden Triumph at Picture Postcard Show |
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Woking Sept 2003 |
54 |
| Woking May 2002 - Photo Feature |
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Woking Sept 2002 |
49 |
| Woking May 2005 - Photo Feature |
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Woking Sept 2005 |
64 |
Twickenham Charter Day
The History of Holiday Camps
Adverts in our programmes are welcome from postcard and non-postcard sources, and from dealers, fair organisers, auctioneers, book and magazine publishers, clubs or collectors. (Though we naturally reserve the right to reject anything that we think is unsuitable)
Our current rates (per A5 page) are;
Full Page £56
1/2 page £35
1/4 page £23
Rear Cover full page colour £110
Rear Cover half page colour £68
10% discount on 3 adverts booked at same time.
OUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT 65% OF THOSE WHO ATTEND OUR FAIRS BUY NO POSTCARD OR CIGARETTE CARD MAGAZINE AT ALL - SO AS A MEANS OF REACHING UP TO 1000 PEOPLE AT A TIME, ADVERTISING IN OUR PROGRAMMES IS TERRIFIC VALUE!
FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE PHONE US ON 020 8892 5712.
