I recently wrote a letter in the good old manner — using pen and paper — and dropped it in a letter box at the post office.

The kind of September…..” For me, the month of September is one that brings back memories of that beautiful song Try to Remember, the work of American lyricist Tom Jones and composer Harvey Schmidt.

We don’t often put pen to paper. I’m old enough to remember ‘real’ letters. Some were on very thin paper that folded up into an envelope – they were called aerogrammes. And friends who lived not far ...

The gum used on ready-stamped stationery items is a blend of polyvinyl acetate and dextrin with the exception of aerogrammes, where the gum is a blend of polyvinyl acetate and polyvinyl alcohol." ...

DC Reads is back, and this year, it is bigger, better and more D.C. than ever. In partnership with the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, we are inviting the community to read and discuss three different titles ...

Letters are collected from the boxes at 08:00 and 16:00. Special services are also available, such as local and international registration, advice on delivery, express delivery, aerogrammes and ...

Includes letters memos telegrams and aerogrammes received; carbon copies of typed letters and memos sent; handwritten notes; processed papers of great variety (agenda, reports circulars etc); ...

Poet, journalist, writer. Lived in both New Zealand and Great Britain. Noted for his autobiography as well as his poetry. See Pink Triangle, no 56 for the Mackay incident in 1920.