Bad Postcards

Date
23 March 2012

Remember at school how you used to tease the girl/boy you fancied in a weird pre-adolescenet manifestation of your admiration for them? Well that’s kind of what’s going on with the bonkers, brilliant and at times beautiful Bad Postcards, my new favourite Tumblr (although it should be said this changes on a bi-weekly basis). The site pokes fun at some of the strangest, dullest, most unimaginative postcards from the 1950s, 60s and 70s but it does so out of love, for a bygone era and an upbeat spirit that led people to commit to card the strangest of sights. Waxworks, animals and farming equipment are particularly joyous staples.

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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