Some of these became so rude, they were actually banned at the time! This was the advent of the ‘saucy’ card, which usually had nothing to do with the resort, or even being on holiday. But the postcards they sent from their destinations began to change. In Britain after WW2, family holidays became more commonplace. These ‘cute’ cards continued to be popular until the 1930s. The Victorian era in Britain saw the practice quickly taken up by holidaymakers though, as rail travel broadened the horizons of ordinary people, and they were keen to tell their friends, family, or work colleagues just what a great time they were having, by sending them a suitable drawing of the resort. The first picture postcard officially recognised as such was sent in 1840, in London. I remember them with great fondness though, and I was still sending them regularly, as recently as 1990. That along with the cost of postage, and the chore of buying them, writing them, and buying stamps to post them. The modern advance of phone cameras, Facebook, Instagram, and many other social media platforms has more or less killed off the hand-written postcard. Are you old enough to remember when we sent picture postcards from our holidays? Nice scenes of the place where we were staying, photos of sunny beaches, or the traditional British ‘saucy joke’ cards?
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