St.Monans Sail Away Sunday to the fishing grounds from the harbour at St.Monans in the East Neuk of Fife; #oldpostcard #postcard #fishing #SailAwaySunday #AuldFifeKirk #stmonans #eastneuk #fishingboats

Postbox Saturday Old advertising postcard for Ripolin paint, artist Kilgour #postbox #royalmail #postboxSaturday #advertising #postcard #oldpostcard

Newport on Tay 1903, newest postcard view on sale of Kilnburn Place, looking down to the Tay from the junction at Victoria Street and Cupar Road. #fife #newportontay #postcard #oldpostcard

Leuchars RAF headquarters building, classic military war time building structure on the air station #fife #leuchars #raf #militarybuilding #architecture #postcard #oldpostcard

Pittenweem Balcaskie House #fife #pittenweem #eastneuk #postcard #oldpostcard

Thick Trunk Tuesday Traction engine driving a sawmill, cutting and milling timber; #sawmill #timber #tractionengine #ThickTrunkTuesday #workers #socialhistory #postcard #oldpostcard

Blacksmith Monday and back to work for this hard working village blacksmith; unidentified real photographic postcard #worker #blacksmith #smiddy #socialhistory #postcard #oldpostcard

P & O cruise ship Sail Away Sunday 1950, P &O Chusan, ocean liner, exterior and internal postcards #shipping #liner #cruise #socialhistory #SailAwaySunday #PandO #postcard #oldpostcard

Postbox Saturday Comic old postcard, artist illustrated about blue airmail postboxes #royalmail #post #postbox #postboxsaturday #postcard #oldpostcard

St.Monans Valentines postcard used in 1904, The Neuk, St.Monans, showing the harbour at that time filled with fishing boats. #stmonans #eastneuk #fife #fishing #socialhistory #postcard #oldpostcard

Construction Large squad of labourers working on hand digging drainage trenches, not a mechanical digger in sight. #construction #workers #socialhistory #drainage #sewers #workmen #engineering #handdigging #postcard #oldpostcard

Leuchars Early postcard of the former RAF station at Leuchars, now an army base, showing the newly constructed aircraft hangars, some still remaining today #fife #leuchars #balmullo #RAF #army #earlyaviation #postcard #oldpostcard

Road Workers A squad of a dozen workmen pull a tar boiler and patch a roadway with tar and chips, they would make a great contribution today filling all our potholes #construction #workers #workmen #socialhistory #roads #postcard #oldpostcard

Gardening Lawnmower Gardeners at work, mowing the lawn with the help of a horse pulling the mower. #garden #gardening #gardeners #lawn #lawnmower #grass #workinghorse #postcard #oldpostcard

Newport on Tay 1913, submarine from the navy base at Dundee, submarine lying off Newport on Tay, old postcard for Sail Away Sunday #fife #newportontay #dundee #rivertay #SailAwaySunday #navy #submarine #postcard #oldpostcard

Postbox Saturday Early comic artist postcard off a drunk and postbox #royalmail #postbox #comic #beer #drunk #postboxsaturday #postcard #oldpostcard

St.Andrews The sun is out for this 1950’s postcard of South Street, St.Andrews, no parking problems back then #fife #standrews #cars #postcard #oldpostcard

Gardeners Gardeners ready for a days work in the garden, postcard used in 1917 #gardeners #gardening #socialhistory #postcard #oldpostcard

Tayport As temperatures continue to rise time for a dook in the harbour at Tayport, using the ferry Dolphin as a diving platform #fife #tayport #rivertay #swimming #coldwaterswimming #postcard #oldpostcard

Gardening Gardening class at Laurelbank School, Glasgow #socialhistory #education #garden #gardening #glasgow #postcard #oldpostcard

Bricklayers Monday morning and it’s back to work for this squad of bricklayers on a new housing construction site #socialhistory #bricklayer #brickwork #workmen #construction #scaffold #postcard #oldpostcard

SS Adriatic White Star Line, Adriatic passing the Needles, old postcard for Sail Away Sunday, used in 1910. #sailawaysunday #whitestar #shipping #adriatic #postcard #oldpostcard

Postbox Saturday Artist Lawson Wood, novelty pull-out postcard, teddy bears, from Lochgilphead, used in 1950; #postboxsaturday #lawsonwood #teddybear #lochgilphead #postbox #royalmail #postcard #oldpostcard

St.Monans 1945 Message on postcard back sent in August 1945, telling friends her husband due home tomorrow from the war, where he has been on service in Italy #VEDay #fife #stmonans #eastneuk #postcard #oldpostcard

St.Andrews South Street postcard used in 1903, huge contrast to today’s traffic congested bottleneck street. #standrews #fife #postcard #oldpostcard

St.Monans East Shore, St.Monans #fife #eastneuk #stmonans #fishingboats #postcard #oldpostcard

Dundee Angus Hotel, now demolished, replaced with another shopping centre #dundee #nethergate #overgate #architecture #postcard #oldpostcard

Tayport On the golf links at Tayport, golf clubhouse. #fife #tayport #golf #postcard #oldpostcard

Newport on Tay Dundee HMTS Mars and her brig Francis Mollison berthed on the Tay at Woodhaven, Dundee skyline filled with chimneys in the distance #newportontay #woodhaven #dundee #rivertay #sailawaysunday #postcard #oldpostcard

Postbox Saturday Novelty pull-out postcard, souvenir from Pudsey #postboxsaturday #royalmail #postman #postbox #pudsey #postcard #oldpostcard

Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe Yorkshire Gardeners cutting the grass, wisteria covers the house, Suttonbank, in village near Thirsk #gardening #gardeners #lawnmower #suttonunderwhitestonecliffe #thirsk #postcard #oldpostcard

St.Andrews The great weather and sunshine continues, so it’s a trip to the beach, West Sands, St. Andrews 125 years ago, donkey rides, and dressed not to expose any skin to the sun! #fife #standrews #beach #donkey #chariotsoffire #postcard #oldpostcard

St.Andrews The sun is out today, let’s visit the Step Rock swimming pool at St.Andrews, postcard from 1949, sadly pool long gone #fife #standrews #swimmming #outdoorpool #coldwaterswimming #postcard #oldpostcard

Gardening Group of men gather at a greenhouse, sadly message from sender from York, notes the young lad marked with ‘X’, killed in action WW1, this was best photo of him before leaving for the front. #gardening #greenhouse #socialhistory #york #postcard #oldpostcard

St.Andrews St.Andrews from an aeroplane, unused old postcard #fife #standrews #arialview #postcard #oldpostcard

Queen Mary Postcard used in 1936, Queen Mary at New York for #sailawaysunday #shipping #queenmary #postcard #oldpostcard

Postbox Saturday Artist postcard for today’s #postboxsaturday #royalmail #post #postbox #postcard #oldpostcard

Pittenweem Viewforth Place, Pittenweem old postcard #fife #eastneuk #pittenweem #postcard #oldpostcard

St.Andrews Charley has arrived at the Grand Hotel for a three week stay in 1904. #fife #standrews #golf #randa #grandhotel #postcard #oldpostcard

Ironmongery - Brass Door Knockers Postcards cover every imaginable subject, today two advertising cards for door knockers priced from 1/3 from the London foundry #ironmongery #brass #doorknockers #foundry #advertising #postcard #oldpostcard

Dundee Green’s Playhouse Coronation postcard 1937 showing behind the scenes electrical installations for the cinema #dundee #cinema #picturehouse #electrical #postcard #oldpostcard

Scilly Isles, harvesting daffodils, narcissus for the flower market, three old postcards from 1905 to 20’s #daffodil #narcissus #farming #gardening #postcard #oldpostcard

Happy Easter to all my followers #easter #postcard #oldpostcard

Sail Away Sunday Sail away on the Victoria and Albert #sailawaysunday #shipping #royalty #postcard #oldpostcard

Postbox Saturday Postcard sending birthday greetings in 1916 #postboxsaturday #royalmail #postbox #postcard #oldpostcard

Garden Old advertising postcard for Webbs seeds #garden #gardening #seeds #plants #advertising #postcard #oldpostcard

Anstruther The Stepping Stones at Anstruther, a horse and cart collects seaweed from the beach #fife #anstruther #anster #eastneuk #postcard #oldpostcard

Lawn Mower Not a postcard today but an American advertising trade card for the ‘Boss of All’ the Royal Lawn Mower by the Thomas Manufacturing Co., Ohio #garden #gardening #grass #lawnmower #lawn

Crail Crail Golf Club House Postcard used in 1911 #fife #eastneuk #crail #golf #golfers #golfclub #postcard #oldpostcard

Thick Trunk Tuesday Old postcard of workers cutting down a tree #thicktrunktuesday #postcard #oldpostcard