Greeting Cards by Dinnages Publishing

We have now published a total of twenty-two designs with more to be released on a regular basis with additional themes.

New cards are usually released at Amberley Museum in September of each year and at other events that may have a particular connection to the designs. Our first 5×7 greeting cards were first published in 2019 with a white border, however changing our preferred printer, all cards now have a better finish being borderless. Blank inside so they can be for any occasion or just to keep, with the reverse of the image itself has a detailed description of the scene. In poly pockets as we need to keep them dry in wet weather at all times, using bio-degradable material.

Reference, card type, content, period, (First print date) *Print runs

Historic Bus images:
HB001 – B&W Scene  – Lewes Bus Station – Opened 26th March 1954 (2019) *Third
HB002 – B&W Scene – Bognor, Southdown Bus Station – Circa 1960’s (2021) *Second
HB003 – B&W Scene – Beachy Head, Southdown Leyland PD3 – 1973 (2022) *Second
HB004 = Eastbourne Pevensey Road Depot – Southdown HCD 982 – © Dinnages Publishing
HB005 = Eastbourne Railway Station 1963 – Corporation Leyland JK9983 – © Jack Turley/Dinnages
HB006 = Cosham Railway Station 1960 – Southdown Leyland PD2 – © Dave Taylor/Dinnages

Historic Rail images:
HR001 = Lewes Railway Station 1950 – 2NOL with active Isfield to Uckfield line – © Jack Turley/Dinnages
Taken by Jack Turley this view of Lewes had been used by Adam Trimmingham in his Looking Back series in The Argus.
HR002 = Steyning Railway Station 1963 – On the Shoreham to Horsham line. – © Brian Boddy/Dinnages 

Historic Colour images:
HC001 – Colour Scene – MPM494, Old Steine – Circa 1962-66 (2019) *Second
HC002 – Colour Scene – HAP985, Palmeira Square – 3rd July 1993 (2021) *Second
HC003 – Colour Scene – NCD550M, Portslade Old Village – 1977 (2022) *Second
Taken by Ernest Charman, along with many others had been used by Adam Trimmingham in his Looking Back series in The Argus.

Commissioned coloured line art by individual artists:
LA001 – Line-Art – Ticket to Ride, Drawlings of eight ticket machines (2019) *Third
LA002 – Line-Art – Trolleybuses 1939-1961 (2021) *Second
LA003 – Line-Art – Brighton Mercedes Citaro ‘Bendy Bus’ 2010-2022 (July 2022)

A particular favorite line of cards, the Winter Snow Scene:
XGC01 – Snow Scene – Brighton Leyland Bus, New Years Day 1962 (6×4 1990)
XGC02 – Snow scene – London Buses in the snow at Wisley (2021) *Third
XGC03 – Snow scene – Brighton, 09026 Shunter & BR 377430 (2021) *Third

Contemporary Colour, modern views of vehicles in preservation:
A donation by means of the first batch of these cards were given to the bus owners while the overall proceeds of these card sales goes to support the ongoing preservation.

CC001 – Leyland National 34 PCD 80R seen here on a free bus service in Haywards Heath 2016.
© Photo Richard Maryan – Card design © Dinnages Publishing (2023)
CC002 – Leyland National 34 PCD 80R seen here near Dungeness, Kent. 2016
© Photo; Paul Llewellyn – Card design © Dinnages Publishing (2023) *Third reprint
CC003 – Former LT T23 WYV23T & RM2009 9CLT at East Grinstead 21st April 2024
© Photo; Gordon Dinnage – Card design © Dinnages Publishing (2024) * Second reprint
CC004 – Former B&H  T819 RFG BHA Parade 6th May 2001
© Photo; Gordon Dinnage – Card design © Dinnages Publishing (2024)

Real life shots taken of the Natural World:
NW001 – Natural World – Short Ear Owl in flight, Skomer Island 13th June 2018 (2019)
NW002 – Natural World – Atlantic Puffins, Skomer Island 13th June 2018 (2021)
© Both Photos; Gordon Dinnage – Card design © Dinnages Publishing

To start this series we released four on the 22nd of September 2019, starting off our long awaited series of 7″ x 5″ greeting cards, based on our photographic library.

These designs will be covering a variety of themes using images from historic B&W and colour photographic images of Road & Rail transport, along with Line-Art coloured drawings and selected images of the Natural World. A new format will be classed as Modern Colour, based on current views and anything post 1990.

Landscape in layout, blank inside for customers own comments, on the reverse of the image describes the image by caption, topic, period, reference number and source of the image.

All cards are copyright of Dinnages Publishing while respecting the original photographer or artist for the cover, while the cards will be highly promoted as “Designed & Printed in Great Britain”.

We offer these in singles at £2.50 plus our set UK £1.95 P&P per order. Mixed multiple orders can be ordered, or bought from our stall, also available on third-party platforms or our retailers at £2.50

There are more cards in each theme to be added in addition more themese to be created.

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