1. Dear Grannie A’m haein a braw time at the beach. We haed a vanilla cone wi strawberry juice frae the ice-cream van. A got tae sweem in ma claes. Yella Sands is guid fur findin shells. A’v got buckies an lempit shells. Whiles ye kin catch sicht o flat fish whan the tide is oot. Love Rosie Auntie Maggie Ye wad like the wee toun we’re in wi aw its broon fishin boats wi their bricht yella sails. They gae oot tae sea luikin fur partans an labsters. The watters aff the coast are sae clear. Hope oor dug is behavin himsel. Love Sandy To Maggie Brown 13 Miller Street Stroonheuch ST14 5RH Auntie Maggie 7 Blek Street Donhowe DO 5 1LK

2. Dear Granda We’re bidin fur anither wick at the ferm tae gie Auntie Freda a haun. We hae tae get up at the crack o dawn as aw the beests mak a racket whan cockaleerie craws. He gies it laldie! Thon bubblyjock gaes me the creeps, bit A lik the clockin hens. Wad ye feed the goldfish the morn fur me? Ye wad like watchin the muckle combine-harvester gaitherin the coarn. Aw the best Billy Mr. Elder 45 Greenhowe Milton ML 5 3YZ Scrieve yer ain postcard frae yer holidays. Decide wha ye’r scrievin tae an whar they bide. Draw a picter on the ither side. Ye kin mak a post box tae post it in.