Flora Day, Helston

Step back to the morning of 8th May in Helston, Cornwall, where the town has been dressing its doors with bluebells and gorse since before anyone can remember. This A6 art postcard reimagines a postcard sent home from that moment: a unique watercolour and ink illustration, vintage postmarked 8th May, capturing the Furry Dance winding through the flower-strung streets of Helston on the morning of Flora Day, one of the oldest and most quietly extraordinary folk celebrations in England.

Part of the Postcards Home series; a growing collection of original illustrated postcards, each rooted in a real place and a real moment in history, with a classic postcard reverse printed in black, ready to write and send.