A stay at a British holiday resort always involved a look at the postcard racks outside the shops that lined the seafront.

Before the advent of the internet people had to rely on that quaint old fashioned idea, snail mail, to send their greetings to family, friends and possibly fiends. Halloween was no exception and each year a multitude of messages would be sent. Take a trip down memory lane and see how Halloween was celebrated through the fine art of the post card.