What can we learn from old postcards?


The Great Britain Philatelic Society explains:

"The postcard – an open card that could be used to send a short message, at a concessionary postal rate – was first introduced in Austria-Hungary in 1869. The British Post Office adopted the idea the following year.

Initially the only permissible cards were the pre-stamped postal stationery sold by the Post Office, but stamped to order postal stationery cards were allowed from 1872, and ordinary cards franked with adhesives from 1st September 1894 provided that they were of similar dimensions to the official cards ...

"Postcards as a special class of inland mail were subsumed into the two-tier post system from 16th September 1968."

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Help with dating postcard images


Postage rates for postcards 1870 to 1968 ((Great Britain Philatelic Socoety)


Frith 1886 to 1940


Judge's (includes approximate dates of serial numbers up to 1970)


Valentine's - type in the serial number to find out the date published (part of an enthusiast's "Historic Coventry" website). Photographic archive now held by the University of St Andrews.

  • company founded in 1851
  • 1960 association with John Waddington and Co. Ltd of Leeds, leading to
  • 1963 Waddingtons take over Valentines
  • July 1966 last monochrome view registered
  • 1967 closed down publishing of monochrome post-card views
  • 1970 postcard publication ceased (colour transparencies were sold to other publishers)
  • 1980 Waddingtons sold Valentines to Hallmark Cards Inc. of the USA

 

Funding possibilities

Crowdfund

Elms

By Strutt & Parker, sponsor of the Future of the Elm Tree conference on restoring elm to the landscape, held at Kew Gardens on 28 June 2022.

Yews

"As 1999 drew to a close, 7000 seedlings were given away in 40 services up and down the country, many of which took place in cathedrals (News, 17 December 1999)."
"Twenty years after the distribution of 7000 ‘Millennium Yews’, efforts are under way to track their upward progress"

The Tree Register

"The Tree Register is a charity registered as the The Tree Register of the British Isles, whilst often referred to as The Tree Register of Britain and Ireland, or simply by its acronym TROBI.

"The Register is a unique database of over 200,000 of our most notable trees, recording our wonderful tree heritage and home to the definitive list of champion trees. 

"CHAMPION TREES are the tallest and fattest of their type and the database of 69,000+ champion trees is available online to members.

"The Tree Register has no paid staff and is run solely by volunteers. The membership scheme is a valuable source of income to support the website and costs incurred curating and updating the Register."

Judicial review

"Saunders Law is a central London law firm, practising from offices on the Victoria Embankment."

Botanic Gardens Conservation International

"Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is a membership organisation, representing botanic gardens in more than 100 countries around the world. It is an independent UK charity established in 1987 to link the botanic gardens of the world in a global network for plant conservation."

"BGCI's State of the World's Trees documents the conservation status of the world's nearly 60,000 tree species"

Air Pollution

"A report by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP)."

"COMEAP reviewed nearly 70 studies in human populations (epidemiological studies) which looked at possible links between air pollution and a decline in mental ability and dementia in older people. They also considered studies which investigated how air pollution might affect the brain.

From this review, it can be concluded that it is likely that air pollution does contribute to these effects. The most likely way this occurs is through effects on the circulation. It is known that air pollutants, particularly small particles, can affect the heart and blood vessels, including to the brain.

COMEAP has not made recommendations on how to estimate the effects of air pollution on dementia. They think that more research will be needed before this can be done with confidence.

Recommendations have been made for further research which COMEAP believes would help develop the evidence on this important topic."

People

Sharon Durdant-Hollamby

"The Tree Lady"

Sharon Hosegood Associates

Past President of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and a Chartered Arboriculturist. Host of Tree Lady Talks podcast.

People

Tristan Gooley

The Natural Navigator

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People

Includes charity Rainforest Saver


"I co-founded the Amazon Mycorenewal Project to bring mycoremediation (the use of fungi to remediate contaminated soil) to Ecuador and made the short documentary Solution to the Pollution."

TDAG webinar 24-Sep-24 links

"Tool Assessor

Tool Assessor is a free service that provides summary information about ways that show the value of the natural environment in society. This includes, for example, the role of natural features in reducing flood risk, improving health and storing carbon."
Tool Assessor - Ecosystems Knowledge Network


ciriabest


Measuring biodiversity net gain – Publication of Biodiversity Metric 4.0 – Natural England (blog.gov.uk)

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Research for Community Tree Nursery funding:
Tree Production Capital Grant - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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Dark Matter Labs:
Dark Matter Labs

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Treeconomics Webinar 3: the 3-30-300 rule

Webinar 3: the ‘3-30-300 rule’ - Treeconomics

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Valuing Cardiff's Urban Trees (Treeconomics):

Document Title (forestresearch.gov.uk)


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South East Queensland tree tags project:

Plant ID Tags - Land for Wildlife (lfwseq.org.au)

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UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Citizen Science apps and projects: Citizen science apps and projects | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk)

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