An exhibition of postcards by the sea were banned by local councils in the early 1950s opens in Margate this week.
I Wish I could see My Little Willy named by a postcard of Bob wilkin, above, infuriated the authorities in the prudish war years. The show is held in the Pie factory Gallery, front of former Margate of the Court where the editors of the day would have been processed.
Throughout the country, the authorities confiscated and destroyed thousands of postcards "spicy" as they feared that the morale of the nation were in decline after the second world war.
The free exhibition, which opens on 23 July and runs until 2 August is celebrated along with the British Cartoon Archive, which has been scanning the postcards and put them online, along with their associated obscene publications index cards, as seen above.
Nick hiley of the drawing file animated British, based at the University of Kent at Canterbury nearby, said Bloghorn:
"We are organizing the exhibition with the confidence of Dreamland in Margate. It will give a talk at the courthouse where the cards - which have a wonderful picture of witness on wheels which I hope will give lessons were convicted of. "
The old Court is now visiting the Margate Museum. The talk is at 2 pm on July 30. The organizers hope to continue with a premiere of the work of Radio 4's get the joke by Neil brand (BBC pending permission). Tells the story of the trial of Donald mcgill, acknowledged master of the saucy postcard, in 1953.
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