A treasure trove of historic Lake District postcards has been uncovered.
It was discovered by Nigel Wilkinson, the managing director of Windermere Lake Cruises, as he sorted through the belongings of his father Ralph.
The postcards, which were neatly filed in an album, date from the early 1900s up to the 1980s.
Some are by the celebrated postcard publisher George Perry Abraham, who was based in Keswick, and a number contain messages to friends from holiday makers in the Lake District.
“I knew nothing about this collection until I came across it while sorting out dad’s possessions,” Nigel said. “He has a failing memory and has moved into a care village with my mum.
“We have quite an extensive collection of postcards in the Windermere Lake Cruises’ archive but there are many in my dad’s collection we have never seen before.
“It’s a wonderful, nostalgic window into Windermere’s past.”
Ralph, 87, has a lifelong love of the Cumbrian lakes and fells and wrote Touring Cumbria and The Lake District: A Motorist’s Guide, which was published in 1985.
He lived in Grange-over-Sands for the last 20 years before moving into a care village.
During his working career he was bursar of the College of Ripon and York St Johns – now York St John University.
