Antique & Vintage Postcards

Perched above a leafy, winding road in Old Colwyn on the North Wales coast, this evocative sepia real-photo-style postcard from May 1921 shows a handsome Edwardian villa with a glass conservatory glinting among dense trees — a view that still carries the unhurried elegance of a pre-war Welsh seaside resort; on the back, a writer calling himself a guest at "Newlyn House, Colwyn Bay" dashes off a breezy note to someone named J.S. in Manchester, reporting "a week of fine weather, a very enjoyable time," hoping his friend also "managed a few games of golf" and cheerfully signing off that he'll be "back in town probably Tuesday."