SAUCY SCENES

In the early 1930s, cartoon-style saucy postcards became widespread in the UK.
They were often bawdy in nature, making use of innuendo and double entendres. Traditionally they featured stereotypical characters such as naughty vicars, large ladies, busty bathing belles and henpecked husbands.

The best-known saucy seaside postcards were created by a publishing company called Bamforths of Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England.

The most renowned postcard artist was Donald McGill, who created over 12,000 postcards from 1904 till his death in 1962.

To view his museum website, please click here.