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HelterSkelter1 Sat 08-Nov-25 03:28:18

I wrote a letter last week and used up the final sheet of a 5 or more year old pad of writing paper. I thought I would buy a new pad yesterday. Plenty of envelopes in both
Tesco and Waitrose but no writing paper.

Gone are the days of a stationery set for birthday or christmas. And I havent seen Basildon Bond or the deckle edge paper...what was the brand name of that....for years.

I shall look in our local card shop tomorrow and then resort to a search on line.

I wish I had treasured those gifts in the past along with a box of embroidered hankies and a proper pen and bottle of Quink. I shall go back to sleep now and dream of writing letters.

AmberGran Sat 08-Nov-25 20:12:20

Tesco apparently stock Paperchase stationery, although I never bought any so I don't know what that is 😁

I still write and receive letters. Some are just 'how are you' letters and some are 10 pagers, discussing all sorts of topics. Our postman gets a kick out of delivering them, he says he never sees a real letter anymore.

Redrobin51 Sat 08-Nov-25 21:17:35

I'm also someone who writes letters. I bought my last writing paper from our local post office. I've also bought some beautiful writing paper with matching envelopes from Amazon.

Cabbie21 Sat 08-Nov-25 21:38:10

I still have lots of writing paper but I rarely write letters. If I do, they might be typed on my laptop on A4 paper as I find it hard to hold a pen for very long. Just occasionally I write a letter but more often it is a scribbled line or two in a birthday card.
My cousin wrote to me twice recently as he doesn’t do email or texts. It was quaint, as it was purely transactional, giving information which could easily have been texted.
I do have a few letters from my mum and two special people, no longer with us, and lots from my husband written before we married.