1940 – 1949
The 1940s
War, V-mail and quiet returns
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From the curator
Take your time - every card in this room has its own hour.
Paper is rationed. Postcards get thinner, colours flatter, print runs shorter. Military postcards and Airgraphs criss-cross the world in astonishing numbers - a way to say ‘alive, well, thinking of you’ in the fewest possible words.
Censors read everything. Senders write around them: weather, food, small jokes, initials for places.
After 1945 the tone shifts to something almost shy. A card from Blackpool in 1948 can feel like an act of ordinary defiance.
On display
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Opening the cabinet...