Oh my! Who could have said that milonga codes and tango etiquette had such depth to them?

This is the year 1937. Arthur is a fervent tango dancer who decides to make the trip of his life from his native England to Buenos Aires.

As he says: ‘My days! Tango in Buenos Aires… even better than French Cancan in Paris and Waltz in Vienna!’

So there he goes, leaving his best milonguero friends behind in the Smoke…  Arthur soon finds out there’s much more to tango than he had imagined – this is the Golden Age of tango, after all, as it will later be called. He decides to write to his friend back home to share his precious discoveries. Blame the Argentine mail service; blame the English mail service but the postcards never reached their destination… Until now, that is. Lost in the mail for over 80 years!

We’ve come across them by chance and have published these lost postcards and have posted digital versions on our web site. The sweetest way to learn about “codigos” in milongas! The art of the cabeceo… How to be a gentleman… The intricacies of the line of dance… Oh, and corners, how to manage corners too!