Delightful Smut

I was reading an old article recently about the "King of Saucy Postcards" Donald McGill. Apparently SIXTY of his postcards were due to be sold last year in the biggest auction of its kind in years. I don't know if they all were all sold as I couldn't find a follow up.

The first cards were issued in 1904. Sadly he died in 1962 with only £735 in the bank despite his illustrations selling 200m copies. His saucy cards were sold in coastal towns, were hugely popular during the first half of the 20th century.

He was once charged for breaking the Obscene Publications Act of 1857 and fined £50.00 as they found his double entrendes too risque.

I used to love looking at them when we went on UK holidays. Wished I'd kept the ones I had sent to me.

Here's a few for your enjoyment.

Not going to be around blogland much this week.

Have a good one.

Ronnie

xx

Saucy Postcards

I was out with a friend the other day and and we were talking about holidays, she asked if I had any of the old saucy postcards they used to sell (probably still do) in traditional British seaside resorts. I didn't think I had any but I certainly remember them, she told me the landlady at a B&B where her parents went every year told them she had just sold some of her old postcards to a collector.

I remember these cards from holidays as a child, they used to sell them in newsagents and souvenir shops and I used to love trying to read some but was often dragged away by my parents. I remember some were quite funny, a lot I didn't understand being young as they used to make use of innuendo and double entendres, often cartoon style, sometimes bawdy in nature. A lot of them traditionally featured stereotypical characters such as vicars, large ladies, put-upon husbands and young ladies with pointed breasts. I don't every remember seeing any spanking related ones though.

Apparently some of the original postcards can command high prices at auction. So if anyone has the original postcards, they may be worth something

There's an exhibition on at the Tate now called Rude Britannia.

Ronnie

xx