Seaside Postcards
Title
Seaside Postcards
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.1/737161
Description
A collection of seaside postcards from a bound album of an unidentified person.
Includes humourous postcards published by H. B. Ltd., London and Bamforth & Co., Holmfirth. Artists included are Gould, Donald McGill, Henley, Carter, and Reg Maurice.
These postcards became widespread in the early 1930s. They were often bawdy in nature, with frequent use of innuendo, double entendres, and stereotypical characters.
In the early 1950s, the British government decided to ban many of these postcards. The more liberal 1960s saw a revival of these the saucy postcards which came to be considered as an art form.
Collection Items
"You haven't walked through the streets with that in your hand?" "No, you fool, I came on the tram!"
!["You haven't walked through the streets with that in your hand?" "No, you fool, I came on the tram!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/ef7212645fd8e5255a9eb2bf69c15f90.jpg ""You haven't walked through the streets with that in your hand?" "No, you fool, I came on the tram!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
!["Gosh, here comes old ICY-FINGERS!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/9a12fb02e8e113b5f0ef2a050360fb72.jpg ""Gosh, here comes old ICY-FINGERS!"")
Pardon me madam, you've dropped you brassiere!
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Oh, painter, I want you to touch up the place where my husband put his hand last night!
!["Oh, painter, I want you to touch up the place where my husband put his hand last night!](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/d7138d5780b7b69132306e4e7b752f8b.jpg ""Oh, painter, I want you to touch up the place where my husband put his hand last night!")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"I want to back the favourite, please. My sweetheart gave me a pound, to do it both ways!"
!["I want to back the favourite, please. My sweetheart gave me a pound, to do it both ways!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/dea7366259ee9fba193f631287094683.jpg ""I want to back the favourite, please. My sweetheart gave me a pound, to do it both ways!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"No more charabanc trips for me - every minute I thought I'd be hurled into maternity!"
!["No more charabanc trips for me - every minute I thought I'd be hurled into maternity!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/ed6711fe693e174be54c2e12b7643042.jpg ""No more charabanc trips for me - every minute I thought I'd be hurled into maternity!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"You know, Miss Haybag, like all explorers it is my ambition to penetrate parts where no man has been before!"
!["You know, Miss Haybag, like all explorers it is my ambition to penetrate parts where no man has been before!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/5c6af69b08d8b87352047142f90e5bd6.jpg ""You know, Miss Haybag, like all explorers it is my ambition to penetrate parts where no man has been before!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"You know all about stuffing birds, Mister?" "I certainly do, Son!" "Well then, you know where you can stuff this one!!"
!["You know all about stuffing birds, Mister?" "I certainly do, Son!" "Well then, you know where you can stuff this one!!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/d3d777d3ea416b1073ca5c654dcc3f99.jpg ""You know all about stuffing birds, Mister?" "I certainly do, Son!" "Well then, you know where you can stuff this one!!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Look at his tentacles hanging down!" "Aint they a funny shape - an' eight of 'em too!"
!["Look at his tentacles hanging down!" "Aint they a funny shape - an' eight of 'em too!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/f8902cb64a6c525f61d3c359c53aebdd.jpg ""Look at his tentacles hanging down!" "Aint they a funny shape - an' eight of 'em too!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
!["Now, which of you is going to be Mother?"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/c6c7862ce233283d63fcc58d50ce8de3.jpg ""Now, which of you is going to be Mother?"")
"Many a battle has been fought under this grand old flag!"
!["Many a battle has been fought under this grand old flag!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/69cdf9f7be009252dbd02c82ea449d8c.jpg ""Many a battle has been fought under this grand old flag!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
His wife must be at home. He keeps on saying 'Yes, George!'
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
Mummy, did you find baby under the gooseberry bush? Yes dear. Well, he's got a thorn sticking in him
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"What on earth do I pay you £10 a week for?" "I can't conceive!"
!["What on earth do I pay you £10 a week for?" "I can't conceive!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/9946f4381ce930003866706fbc1cb764.jpg ""What on earth do I pay you £10 a week for?" "I can't conceive!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Bill's tattooed all over, you should see the bird of paradise 'e's got on 'is arm!" "I know, I seen 'er last night"
!["Bill's tattooed all over, you should see the bird of paradise 'e's got on 'is arm!" "I know, I seen 'er last night"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/5d25b6ba17dcaecb8a8c0da61dac156b.jpg ""Bill's tattooed all over, you should see the bird of paradise 'e's got on 'is arm!" "I know, I seen 'er last night"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
If you don't have it like a good child I'll give it to the gentleman over the other side!
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
!["Chocolates Cigarettes -- Matches Balloons."](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/86125011719f2f65a12802f8d71a3401.jpg ""Chocolates Cigarettes -- Matches Balloons."")
"Yes, I'll take the flat it you'll put me in a bath!"
!["Yes, I'll take the flat it you'll put me in a bath!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/361ba94ea311ed64ed3f025b8d7293d4.jpg ""Yes, I'll take the flat it you'll put me in a bath!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"I'd like to find the blighter who took my bathing suit!"
!["I'd like to find the blighter who took my bathing suit!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/fbb29b78b8567d568277d48d20b3766f.jpg ""I'd like to find the blighter who took my bathing suit!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"What do you think of 'er, Bill?" "Not much! Too top-heavy for my liking!"
!["What do you think of 'er, Bill?" "Not much! Too top-heavy for my liking!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/8075757842929801ab2360707b30be16.jpg ""What do you think of 'er, Bill?" "Not much! Too top-heavy for my liking!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
Tut, tut! He won't be ready for his tea for some time yet!
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
I don't know whether my ass is on me, or if I'm on my ass
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Will you be very long Sir, 'cos missus is waitin' for your sheet to lay the brekfuss!"
!["Will you be very long Sir, 'cos missus is waitin' for your sheet to lay the brekfuss!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/47ac21f8574da991279461afa79e9d46.jpg ""Will you be very long Sir, 'cos missus is waitin' for your sheet to lay the brekfuss!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Well, it's your own fault - you shouldn't let him bite your shoulder!"
!["Well, it's your own fault - you shouldn't let him bite your shoulder!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/b0e028757f45eba276a529dadcd1b403.jpg ""Well, it's your own fault - you shouldn't let him bite your shoulder!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"My darling - soon I must go, but believe me I shall leave you with an aching heart!"
!["My darling - soon I must go, but believe me I shall leave you with an aching heart!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/db2fe7a24123716352a17f1f46c508f9.jpg ""My darling - soon I must go, but believe me I shall leave you with an aching heart!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Here, what's all that noise going on downstairs?" "They're holding an Oddfellows' Ball, Sir." "Well, if he makes all that row about it, why the devil don't they let him have it back?"
!["Here, what's all that noise going on downstairs?" "They're holding an Oddfellows' Ball, Sir." "Well, if he makes all that row about it, why the devil don't they let him have it back?"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/81d514e810a4ec1e2251514eec712192.jpg ""Here, what's all that noise going on downstairs?" "They're holding an Oddfellows' Ball, Sir." "Well, if he makes all that row about it, why the devil don't they let him have it back?"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"I'd like a strong pair of corsets." "What bust?" "Nothing, they just wore out!"
!["I'd like a strong pair of corsets." "What bust?" "Nothing, they just wore out!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/70eb5b4cfdfcbc1aa1f0cb23df3e9200.jpg ""I'd like a strong pair of corsets." "What bust?" "Nothing, they just wore out!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"That's right little hen! Rather death than dishonour!!"
!["That's right little hen! Rather death than dishonour!!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/38911375c2fec87a93522ef2fc0051b1.jpg ""That's right little hen! Rather death than dishonour!!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
Yer want a door on that hut, Joe… yer don't look respectable!
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"But surely, Darling, you're not going to bed in that thing on our honeymoon?" "Well, Dearest, Mother told me that if I were a sensible girl I should take precautions!"
!["But surely, Darling, you're not going to bed in that thing on our honeymoon?" "Well, Dearest, Mother told me that if I were a sensible girl I should take precautions!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/84e0f39146137e8d67e96b655201c6a2.jpg ""But surely, Darling, you're not going to bed in that thing on our honeymoon?" "Well, Dearest, Mother told me that if I were a sensible girl I should take precautions!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"I want a birthday present for my husband, some nice little thing he would enjoy." "Miss Smith, forward."
!["I want a birthday present for my husband, some nice little thing he would enjoy." "Miss Smith, forward."](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/956433ddf57e3b5643fd5797a6e2402f.jpg ""I want a birthday present for my husband, some nice little thing he would enjoy." "Miss Smith, forward."")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"I wonder if that's a male or female giraffe!" "Why worry, Clara? -- You're not a giraffe!"
!["I wonder if that's a male or female giraffe!" "Why worry, Clara? -- You're not a giraffe!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/a791ab9d01e6b4adbd368120af4eaf48.jpg ""I wonder if that's a male or female giraffe!" "Why worry, Clara? -- You're not a giraffe!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Where are your bowels, Johnny Smith?" "Don't know Sir, mother moves em every Wednesday!"
!["Where are your bowels, Johnny Smith?" "Don't know Sir, mother moves em every Wednesday!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/461fa645c10cb21447c8fe3bd715decb.jpg ""Where are your bowels, Johnny Smith?" "Don't know Sir, mother moves em every Wednesday!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
!["That's not Daddy, duck, that's a gentleman."](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/a75c8d906beb9157f98a5bef9f15131a.jpg ""That's not Daddy, duck, that's a gentleman."")
"That was a splendid sermon of yours on the foolish virgin - I'm rather afraid I'm one myself!"
!["That was a splendid sermon of yours on the foolish virgin - I'm rather afraid I'm one myself!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/73fd23d8bf846f581a737f09c1b9b195.jpg ""That was a splendid sermon of yours on the foolish virgin - I'm rather afraid I'm one myself!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"I'm afraid you'll have to be vaccinated in the basement, Madam!" "Not me! On my arm or nowhere!"
!["I'm afraid you'll have to be vaccinated in the basement, Madam!" "Not me! On my arm or nowhere!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/f951506c03c6ff6d922f9125dc363dad.jpg ""I'm afraid you'll have to be vaccinated in the basement, Madam!" "Not me! On my arm or nowhere!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"I bet you'll be glad to get 'ome to yer wife and kids, Bill." "But I ain't got any kids!" "'ow d'yer know? You ain't been 'ome for ten years!"
!["I bet you'll be glad to get 'ome to yer wife and kids, Bill." "But I ain't got any kids!" "'ow d'yer know? You ain't been 'ome for ten years!"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/19003e8ecadeb67ba3ab0a534e7887f5.jpg ""I bet you'll be glad to get 'ome to yer wife and kids, Bill." "But I ain't got any kids!" "'ow d'yer know? You ain't been 'ome for ten years!"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
How disgusting! Mrs. Smith having cast-off clothing of all kinds invites inspection
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
New lodger: "Are you sure these sheets are well aired?" Landlady: "Well they ought to be, considering I've slept between them myself for the last month."
![New lodger: "Are you sure these sheets are well aired?" Landlady: "Well they ought to be, considering I've slept between them myself for the last month."](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/44e4914e48f033a7fa247f0b0f358d22.jpg "New lodger: "Are you sure these sheets are well aired?" Landlady: "Well they ought to be, considering I've slept between them myself for the last month."")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
We can only get this up to closing time, but me can get this all night
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"What are your intentions towards my daughter, young man?" "Well, Sir, I hardly like telling you."
!["What are your intentions towards my daughter, young man?" "Well, Sir, I hardly like telling you."](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/ef5d19f56abec67219068fc5905a8c67.jpg ""What are your intentions towards my daughter, young man?" "Well, Sir, I hardly like telling you."")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Yus, the doctor says as'ow I wanted a 'opium' medicine as I'm a bit consecrated.'"
!["Yus, the doctor says as'ow I wanted a 'opium' medicine as I'm a bit consecrated.'"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/3b6bab1463bef17c4bb530d56ce1955d.jpg ""Yus, the doctor says as'ow I wanted a 'opium' medicine as I'm a bit consecrated.'"")
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
Sit down quick Queenie. Here comes the healthiest dog in the block
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
Will you come down, or shall I have to come up after you?
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person