The End Of An Era.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4913880/Last-post-seaside-card-firm-killed-selfies.html

[mikey4444]

I like those Donald Gill postcards, which I still see around ::::

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=donald+gill+postcards&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB707GB707&;source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja0Yruw73WAhVKJcAKHaQGDN4Q_AUICigB&biw=1152&bih=734

[Old_Geezer]

The saucy ones were good fun. Trouble is most were browsed at the shop, but you sent your relatives a photo one of a nice local view.

[Old_Geezer]

One might have thought that 5 or 6 million a year was still a decent profit making industry.

[-Talbot-]

For generations, sending a postcard home has been a quintessential part of the great British seaside holiday.
But now that great tradition is coming to an end



It never started as far as I am concerned.

[Sqad]

Yes...the end of an era....the saucy postcard.
My favourite was of a woman thigh deep in the sea, facing the sands where her boyfriend/husband was standing hesitating whether to join her.
The caption:

" Come on, the further you get in, the nicer it feels"

LOL...LOL

Now we get the bloody sefie.

[anotheoldgit]

-Talbot-

/// It never started as far as I am concerned. ///

Tight-Ass. :0)

[mikey4444]

Morning Sqad !

My favourite was the very fat man, in a bathing costume, with a small boy behind him, and he says "Has anyone seen my little Willy ! "

[Sqad]

LOL^^

[wolf63]

We sell some postcards in our Oxfam shop and most of the cards that we get have not been sent.

The seaside type cards are usually funny/amusing but they would probably be censored today - which is sad.

[mikey4444]

Wolfie....I was looking at some of these type of postcards only the other day, and censored they were not.

[anotheoldgit]

mikey4444

/// Wolfie....I was looking at some of these type of postcards only the other day, and censored they were not. ///

No mikey, they were actually banned .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003783/Donald-McGill-obscene-seaside-postcards-banned-50-years-ago-sale-1st-time.html

[hc4361]

I've seen them for sale in UK seaside resorts this year - if they were truly banned the DM wouldn't be able to print pictures of them.

[anotheoldgit]

hc4361

They were banned from sale 50 years ago, they are now going up for sale.

Please try and keep up.

[Islay]

Yes dirty old men will have to look elsewhere for their titilation!

[Old_Geezer]

I doubt anyone ever used them for titillation.
They were humourous.