Cards by Fiddler’s Green and Shaberay

The trouble is that, although are a great many things that I would like to do, I don’t have a great deal of spare time at the moment. In addition to this, as soon as I make a plan, it seems to me that Fate decides that there are other things that I need to do, elsewhere, immediately, right now and urgently.

So, just in case Fate is reading this, I am absolutely not planning to do anything here. I just happened to have some things scanned and this is as good a place to store them as anywhere else…

The Cards:

Fiddler’s Green (postcards) – all 6 1/8 x 4 3/8 inches

pdf – full size images

The backs of the cards differ:

Antique Shop – Fiddler’s Green Construction Cards (printed by PERCY GILKES Printers, Banbury 4928)

Witches Hovel / Working Narrow BOTH – Boat Fiddler’s Green, 2 Parsons Street, Banbury, Oxon – Fun Construction Cards (printed by PERCY GILKES Printers, Banbury, BOTH 4928)

I always thought of these cards were about as British as could be, but a quick look at the internet produced an on-line Fiddler’s Green paper model making site

The site looks intensely American to me and I admire their Awesome New England Model Village a great deal.

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Shaberay (birthday card) – The Cards with a Difference – Bedford, England. No 0028 – folded size, just over 8 x 5 inches

I don’t know anything about Shaberay, beyond what is printed on the card, and I have been unable to find out anything about the company on-line. There are a few more examples of their cards on Eric’s Vintage Card site.

pdf – full size card (house only)

pdf – dolls’ house size card (interior and exterior of card)

To make a dolls’ house sized card please use the pdf above:
First, score along line A, then cut out the card.
Fold the paper in two, along the score line, and glue it together.
Let it dry and then score and fold it along the original crease line;  then trim as you feel is necessary.

A (short) explanation:

Very briefly, I am rather busy at the moment and it takes a fair amount of time to produce a blog post that includes photos, scans, pdfs, text etc.

One of the reasons for writing this post was to estimate how much time it takes me to do certain things.

(Yes, it would shorten the blog writing process considerably if I did not digress and comment and try to explain everything  🙂 )

Bearing in mind that I do not spend much time in front of a computer, I would like to use that time wisely and try to upload things here which are useful and of interest to you – which brings me to:

The Poll:

The poll below is anonymous to use. It will end, automatically, in one week.

It is there because I am trying to get a feel for what sort of printable items you, the reader, would like to make (either with or without explanations and instructions).

One reason for doing this is because I am planning to delete the contents of the printables page at the end of this week, in order to make way for some things that I have tried out and I know work well.

This just a plan and as such it may never happen.  🙂