New for the start of 2020 a comprehensive works on the official railway postcards of the Midland Railway has bee put on line by the Midland Railway Study Centre.
Their introductory press release is attached here;
MR Postcards Press release and the site can be accessed through this link: http://www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/postcards
A popular map card used for correspondence purposes
A couple of the harder to find postcards:
The railway has a massive shop at the base of the railway as well as a smaller site within the summit facility. A number of postcards are available from the “Origins” series.
These are refs P259, P263, P508, P263, P373, P426, P417, P418, P434, P471, P472, P473, P474, P506 & P510
It’s hard to believe that when I visited Matlock the temperature was in the region of 30 degrees C, given that I’m writing this with snow on the ground outside. How the UK’s weather changes over just a few months. whilst visiting this line is always a pleasure, however I do wonder if I’ll live long enough for a trip all the way through to Buxton.
One of the features of this line is the bookshop in the Station building at Matlock. They do also stock other items of interest to travellers and a few postcards are available.
Another place for persons of a certain age to visit and find a host of childhood memories – Airfix, Scalextric and the home of model railway production for so many years.
Plenty of toys and model to see plus an informative hour long video. Postcard collectors are not disappointed either with four Hornby postcards in the shop.
The National Railway Museum’s postcards offerings have been expended by a set of seven wooden postcards by the wooden postcard company. Available from the NRM’s shop at York. Accurate as at February 2015.
To view these unusual postcards click this link:
