By MJ Malleck// Today’s postcard is not written on or sent. A souvenir then. It says, “Land’s End”. It was published in London but printed in the Republic of Ireland. Land’s End is the southernmost tip of England, located in the county of Cornwall. It’s about 1,400 km (870 miles) from the northernmost point of Great Britain. A popular feat is to travel between these two points (from Land’s End to John o’Groats). In Cornish, Land’s End is Pedn-an-Laaz. The postcard features the famous granite cliffs of Land’s End. Two types of granite are found, one coarse with large crystals and one finer with smaller crystals. In the top photograph you can also see the Longship Lighthouse in the distance, about a mile from the mainland on a reef. Our travellers likely ate at The First & Last Inn, which was built in the 1600s one mile from the coast and was a headquarters for smugglers and wreckers. Donkeys with lanterns were walked up and down the cliff-tops to fool ships into coming too clo...
Sharing postcards from the '60s and forward, bought at a garage sale, in Ontario Canada.