From: bridegam@pacbell.net   
      
   ROBBIE0SORIBNOS wrote:   
      
   > In London yesterday for my birthday convivials (that all went swimmingly,   
   > with a piggy-back ride down the Mall at 3am to finish up) we discovered an   
   > exhibition of the Art of Donald McGill at the Cartoon Art Trust, which   
   > resides in a vile National Theatre type piazza of monumental grey ugliness   
   > (they ought to crucify the architect for a couple of hours in the middle of   
   > it) in Bernard Street near Russell Square tube. It is a rather lovely show   
   > and very funny. I learned a lot about the history of the postcard and about   
   > long-ago organisations such as the Blackpool Postcard Censorship Board (you   
   > fink I'm winding you up?) and facts like McGill's postcards were selling at   
   > the rate of two million-odd a week in high season during the later inter-war   
   > years up until the fifties. It also contains notes from various legal   
   > brouhahas about his work and McGill's repsonses which are deadpan hilarious.   
   >   
   > ROBBIE   
      
   Good to know McGill is still appreciated.   
      
   Robbie -- I've been trying to write to you privately but it looks like my   
   emails aren't getting through. Tried again s'morning, hope it reaches you.   
      
   /M   
      
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