To most people, these old postcards are just yellowed pieces of cardboard salvaged from a dusty antique stall. But to me, they are tiny windows into the lives of those who came before us, portals to an era far removed from our own. The beautiful handwriting on the backs of these small pieces of history was carefully penned more than a century ago and sent to addresses that may no longer exist. Whether it was a trainee dressmaker writing to her mentor during a leave of absenc