Post Card Saturday!

And it's still Saturday! Again! I'm on a roll... haha!

Today's postcard must come from the UK, because the card itself says it it is only to be posted in the United Kingdom, lol. There are lots of interesting things about this card, and one very glaring absence. 

There is no date. Or well, there was at some point, but when someone cannibalized the card for the stamp, it tore off the postmark that was clearly right over top of the stamp. There's no date on the card itself from the sender, though given the address, the feel, the look - it seems pretty old. 

But as you see the front up top, here is the full back (with no stamp and the postmark torn off with it).

Take a closer look at the address. This seems the height of confidence in your postal carrier. It literally is addressed to someone at "Ladies School". I swear the other part of it says "booktowne" but it's not capitalized that makes me wonder if it's supposed to be "bookstore". Regardless, that's a pretty vague address for someone who might not know better, haha!

Now for the message. If you hadn't noticed, there's some writing on the front. I have several cards that *only* have writing on the front, I guess for when you were just supposed to address the back. But the front says:
"Do you like this view?Thanks for your p.c.c. It fills a space very nicely." 

I have no idea what a "p.c.c." is, but apparently it is a good space filler - hah!

And the message on the back:

Dear S.
I suppose you are working hard for the Intermediate now. It will not be long till the Summer holidays now. With best love from Ethel.

So one of those girls' schools, clearly. Not sure the time period, of course. If you look along the side of the message where the printing is, that's where it tells you that it is only to be posted in the UK. 

Another mass of questions. I really, really need to do some serious research into postcards and their history, I think. Perhaps a lot of these questions would be cleared up like that, lol. Though some of them, the personal things, we'll never know. Still, it's all in fun, right? And I totally love the history, the personal bits, all of it. That's the main point, I figure.

Thanks, and Enjoy!

:)