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I've been collecting postcards for a few years, and tend to buy some whenever I visit somewhere new. I have more than the ones listed, but these ones are all related to my travels.

If you're not a fan of blood or general depictions of diseases, you might want to avoid the third one down.

An artistic map of Chester — arrow_left
From Chester, UK. Once the site of one of the most important forts in Roman Britain, Chester is a really interesting historic city.

A an old city street at night and a clock — arrow_left
The Eastgate Clock in Chester. It's the second most photographed clock in the world after Big Ben, in London.

Art from a medieval manuscript of a person defacating blood — arrow_drop_up
From Sick to Death, a museum in Chester. This museum looks at the history of medicine and disease and is full of lots of gross things like this. 10/10 would go again.

An old photograph of a seaside village — arrow_drop_up
From Westward Ho!, UK. Named after the book by Charles Kingsley of the same title, it's the only location in the British isles to have an exclamation mark in it's name.

An old photograph of four women and girls sitting on a pebble beach — arrow_drop_up
Another historical photograph of the pebble beach in Westward Ho!

A painting of a punt going down a river — arrow_left
From Cambridge, UK. The painting is of King's College as seen from the river Cam.

An old photograph of a ship trapped in ice — arrow_left
From the Polar Museum in Cambridge. The photograph is of the ship Endurance, during the Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton between 1914-1917.

A painting of the ship 'Discovery' — arrow_drop_up
From the Polar Museum in Cambridge. The painting is of the Discovery, that transported both Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott to Antarctica in 1901-1904.

A photograph of an anglo saxon cross — arrow_drop_up
From the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. The cross is a local artifact, found in an Anglo Saxon grave.

A medieval style trainline travel poster for Ely — arrow_left
From Ely Cathedral, UK. With a population of roughly only 20,000, Ely is the second smallest city in England. The Cathedral dates back to the 11th century.

A photograph of a stained glass window — arrow_left
From the Stained Glass Museum in Ely. The window in the photograph dates from the early 13th century.

Art of a coastal settlement named 'Qart Hadasht' — arrow_left
From Cartagena, Spain. The image is of the city as it once looked. Qart Hadasht is its old name, from when it was under Carthaginian rule.

A mid twentieth century street in 'Edinburgh' — arrow_left
From Edinburgh, UK - my all time favourite city (of the ones I've visited).

A nineteenth century scene of 'Charlotte Square, Edinburgh' — arrow_left
Charlotte Square in Edinburgh as it once looked.

A view of 'Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars' churchyard — arrow_left
Edinburgh Castle as viewed from Greyfriars Churchyard. This church is most well known for it's connection to the Greyfriars Bobby (a famously loyal dog).