This wonderful postcard, published by Murray King Studio, was postmarked in Penzance, Cornwall, on December 12, 1970, two days before I was born. (Also, Penzance is the town in which Ruth Manning-Sanders was residing when she died in 1988.)
The illustrated postcard is full of pirates, pirate ships, treasure chests, swords, bad mustaches, secrets, buried gold, rum, legends and more. What more could you want for an adventure? A parrot, perhaps? Also, you'll need a shovel to dig for those chests.
Here are some links (some perhaps more dubious than others) to read more about Cornwall and its treasures:
- Simply Sea Views: "Cornwall's Buried & Sunken Treasure Map" [This page had difficulty loading for me. Be persistent.]
- The Sun: "GOING FOR GOLD: The hidden treasure worth up to £8 million that could be found in shipwrecks just off the coast of Cornwall"
- CornwallLive: "Treasure hunting pair unearthed nearly 2000 Roman coins in a field in Cornwall"
- The Telegraph: "Hoard of treasure 'found on wreck off Cornwall'"
- THunting.com: "Lost treasure of Gunwalloe Beach"
- Independent: "Dark Ages royal palace discovered in Cornwall – in area closely linked to the legend of King Arthur"
- Wikipedia: "List of shipwrecks of Cornwall"
- Wanderlust: "10 bizarre folklores from Cornwall"
Meanwhile, for posterity, here's the message that was written on the back of this 1970 postcard:
Saturday 1 p.m.Any guesses on what sport Alan is referring to? My best guess would be rugby.
Having a pretty quiet tour down here. Beat Camborne 14-8 on Thursday. Playing Redruth today and Penzance Monday. Weather pretty good. Will phone up on Tuesday but it will be about six p.m. when I get back to Oxford.
Alan.
Finally, here's the stamp and stamp cancellation from the back of the card.
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