Chester for your Viewing / myLot

South Africa

July 29, 2016 10:57am CST

I am going to give you a peek preview of the lovely postcard that arrived today from @Asylum . . . and hopefully the time it lies in wait of your viewing, will give it justice. Strangely Nostalgia was my theme for today and no sooner did i post a few quotes on days gone by, that this wonderful picture of Chester in 1910 arrives at my doorstep. Barry, I can imagine how beautiful the Tudor Buildings in Chester must still look today, and hopefully I shall lay my own eyes on them soon. Thank you for the thoughts and postcard from your day out meandering the UK Countryside. Just love it when the Queen pays me a visit as well! I am playing Lawn Bowls championships this week-end, so I may be a little scarce . . but dont any of you be scarce - leave your calling card for my return visit. July is at its end . . . August is at hand.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12598)

• Ireland

29 Jul 16

@inlemay A lovely city indeed. Here's an old one of Belfast.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

29 Jul 16

Ha - you didn't catch me out this time - I've been to Chester many times

. Good luck with the bowls.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jul 16

Did you take the original photograph?

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jul 16

@jaboUK I seem to have that effect on most people.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

30 Jul 16

@Asylum I don't know whether to laugh or bop you on the head! The laughter wins as the other is impossible

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

29 Jul 16

I remember thinking that it would be the appropriate postcard to send you and I am pleased to discover that I was right. I walked along that very street and much of it has not changed.

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John King

@ison_1 (1240)

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1 Aug 16

How did the bowls go? Did you manage to channel your inner b*tch?

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John King

@ison_1 (1240)

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1 Aug 16

@Inlemay Oh dear, sorry to read that, it must have been very difficult :(

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John King

@ison_1 (1240)

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1 Aug 16

@Inlemay I think you did well to play - hugs.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

1 Aug 16

@ison_1 I had no control over myself on Saturday - just a crying baby but I did win one and loose two - yesterday I won the last game - and the guy who eventually won the tournament. I was the only one that beat him. Alas I am my own weak-link, but my mind had no control over my emotions

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Alice Henry

@IreneVincent (15962)

• United States

29 Jul 16

I want so badly to get in on this "postcard exchange" on myLot. I have a dozen people now, helping to find me some picture post cards. My daughter suggested yesterday for me to go to a Visitor Center, so I am going to do that today. Hopefully, I will be able to find some postcards. I never thought that they would be that difficult to find.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

29 Jul 16

Postcards can be extremely elusive these days. This is undoubtedly due to the changing technology which is reshaping everyday life. At one time it was a natural part of any holiday to send a few postcards to friends and family, whereas nowadays people either send emails with attached photographs or post them on social media sites such as Facebook. This has destroyed the demand for postcards, resulting in many establishments considering it no longer worthwhile to stock them. They can be quite abundant in holiday resorts, as I discovered recently in Malta and Majorca. However, in many towns and cities they are seriously difficult to locate.

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Alice Henry

@IreneVincent (15962)

• United States

30 Jul 16

@Asylum I'll keep looking for post cards

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