Jyväskylä Finalnd
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
A postcrossing Postcard from Sirpa, a travel agent who works in Jyväskylä
Thanks Sirpa!!
Year: 2008
A good impression
A good impression
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
It looks like Dad made a great impression on the interviewer.
“Recommendation: A”
“Medical Arranged”
“Excellent fellow (Scotch origin) with wife and children to match. Suitable for A/P under C/N. Conditions explained”.
The First Step
The First Step
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
The greatest journey starts with a step.
This is the form that Mum and Dad completed in order to apply to come to Australia in February 1963. They were 22 years old at the time. I wasn’t even a year old, and Mum was pregnant with my sister, Karen.
Click on the thumbnails below to see any of the 32 pages in the application.
If you were a Ten Pound Pom, you can order your own set of documents. Just go to the Australian National Archives (http://naa.gov.au/) and follow "record search" links.
Possum Visitor
Possum Visitor
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
This little visitor decided to visit us at night and scavenge left over food from our deck.
We’ve sometimes caught them grabbing pieces of birthday cake when no one was looking.
Those eyes look almost like LED’s don’t they?
US-241375
US-241375
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
A Postcrossing Postcard from Kara in Jacksonville Florida.
Manatees are an endangered species that were hunted almost to extinction and are now protected. There are only 1,000 of them in the wild.
Thanks Kara!
QE2 Postcard from Rob Lightbody
Postcard sent to me from Qe2
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
A postcard I received Rob Lightbody while he was on his QE2 Mediterranean cruise in August 08.
I’ll never get to cruise on QE2 myself, so someone sending a card to me while they were cruising on her is about as close as I’ll get.
Thanks Rob, for letting me vicariously share a bit of history with you.
Italy
IT-22568
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
A postcrossing postcard from Leonardo Bellotti in Italy.
Leonardo is a photographer who makes his own postcards as well.
Thanks Leonardo!
Drenthe
NL-96851
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
A postcrossing postcard from Silvia in Drenthe, in the east of Holland.
Thanks Silvia!