Destination set 3

This is the 3rd (last set) of business cards that I collected at the Destination Show. There were some organisations that were not tour oriented, such as charities, for instance. Laughing Out Loud is a laughter therapy group! Football For Fun give football coaching for children, and also donate footballs to African countries. On a more serious note, there is Teenage Cancer Trust. During lunch I met someone from Craft Central.

Destination set 2

This is a selection from the second set of business cards that I collected at the Destination Show:--

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Destination set 1

Today I went to Destination Holiday and Travel Show in London, a tour and travel show in London, and collected many business cards! There was a wonderful atmosphere at the place, full of tourists and adventurers! Here is a selection of set 1. There are two more sets, and soon on my website (to be announced). Click on image for larger view.

Welcome Pack from Canada

Another welcome pack from another IBCC member, Laura Dennis, IBCC #68, from Edmonton, Canada. Thank you! Here is a selection from the pack (click on image for larger view):--

Falmouth 2

Next day, another walkabout in Falmouth, there's plenty of shops there! Picked up a few more business cards there (click on image for larger view):--

From a Yachtman

And here are some nice business cards from my stepfather, a right proper yachtman. He is Commodore of "Blind at Sea". And yes, he has circumnavigated the globe. Thank you! (Click on image for larger view)

From a Yachtwoman

My mother with her husband had circumnavigated the globe in an ocean ketch, and here are some business cards from marinas. The cards from Abu Tig Marina and Port Ghlaib Marina are both from Egypt and has Roman script on one side and Arabic script on the other. Marina Zea is in Greece, and there is a green business card from a dry cleaner in Eritrea! Click on images for larger view.

Cartridge Line at Plymouth

At Cartridge Line in Plymouth, the manager very kindly gave me some business cards from her box. Thank you! Click on images for larger view.

Plymouth Walkabout

This afternoon I visited Plymouth, and collected some business cards on a walkabout there. Here is a nice selection (click on image for larger view).

Falmouth Walkabout

I was in Cornwall celebrating my 50th Birthday, and went on business card walkabout in Falmouth today. Here is a selection of business cards I collected (click on image for larger view). Unusually, Miller Countrywide has house shaped business card.

Celebrating my 50th Birthday!

Hello! Here is the first of several blogs, as I went away for a week to celebrate my 50th birthday! I am reasonably healthy, and hope to live to 100!

I ate with one brother at the Golden Dragon chinese restaurant in London, on the 25th January, then on the 27th January my actual birthday, at with my other brother at Gurkha, a nepalese restaurant in Falmouth, Cornwall.

Picked up their business cards! (Click on image for larger view)

Music Business Cards

My brother Joe Townsend a musician of the band Mukka, kindly contributed some cards, from the music business, towards my collection. Click on image for larger view.

More welcome from USA!

Today I received a welcome pack from John Barnocky, US Air Force retired and a member of the International Business Card Collectors. He sent me 12 different versions of his personal collector cards! Two of them are as below, along with a selection from USA (click on larger view):--

Streatham 3

More from Streatham! Thanks, Elaine!

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Haywards Heath Walkabout

I went on walkabouts in Haywards Heath today, and received a small number of business cards with a swap of my personal collectors business card (the one with the green dragon).

Here is a small selection of two of them. I am most impressed by the visual impact of the business card from my optician! The other (Pix) made a custom frame for one of my certificates, last year. Click on image for larger view:--

Elaine's Streatham walkabout

Elaine (see 03 January 2008) sent me some more business cards from South London (click on image for larger view):--

From Canada!

Another welcome pack this time from Ronald Marvin IBCC #273, Canada. Click on this selection for larger view:--

The Art of Tropical Living

Today I looked around a shop in Haywards Heath, called "The Art of Tropical Living", which is a gift shop of items from Bali. There were a small number of colourful business cards inside, which I collected. Here are four of them. Note that the "Happy Hands" card has a reflective picture which showed up dark after being scanned. In fact its light and shiny. Click on image for larger view:--

Beautiful business cards from Ohio USA

Today, I received yet another welcome pack from another Lizz Gonzalez, IBCC member #269. Many of these cards are works of art and especially appreciated was one with an unusual shape of a curved edges and no sharp corners (Sugarsmack).

Here is a selection of cards from today's welcome pack (click for larger view):--



Lizz has her own website http://home.comcast.net/~bizcardlady/

All the way from USA

Yet another welcome pack, from another member of International Business Card Collectors. He is Arthur W Heskett, a well established member of IBCC, membership number #23. Thank you!

Here is a selection of cards from the pack (click for larger view):--

From South London

A friend, Elaine Lavery, posted me some business cards. She is the co-author of "The Lady In Green", a limited edition book about Mary Hare, the founder of the school now known as Mary Hare Grammar School. Here is a selection (click for large view):--

Wooden Business Card

Usually business cards are made from 250-400 gsm silk artboard. This one I received in a welcome pack from a Polish business card collector, is made from wood! He is Boguslaw Macal, IBCC #341, and has his own website where a selection from his collection is displayed. He specialises in Victoria era business cards (1837-1901):--

www.bodekm.prv.pl



This is a composite of five business cards, part of the welcome pack (click for full size view):--