This Group celebtrates Boring, ordinary, dull, commercial Postcards that feature aspects of our everyday life – such as streets, roads, houses -- and are, in a strange way, interesting because they are so uninteresting. Join in and share your Postcards of our Boring world.
Location: Sigean, France
Members: 39
Latest Activity: Apr 11
From time to time we have outbreaks of whether a Postcard is Boring, or not.“Yes it is”. “No it isn''t.”“All Postcards are Boring.” “All Postcards are interesting”.And so on, and so forth.So, LET'S TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENTAnnouncingINTERESTING…Continue
Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Francis Lammé Aug 17, 2022.
DULL OR BORING?I am a member of the British-based Dull Men's Club (DMC) – which also includes women, and, indeed, claims to…Continue
Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Gerald Jatzek Nov 27, 2021.
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I see now that my photography skills need improvement! I will do better in the future, PROMISE!
A majority of my post cards are ones I have saved up from family and friends and have only purchased a few in recent years, mostly for old post marks and interesting stamps!
PEACE Ray
FROM OUR NEW MEMBER -- RAY HALEY: WELCOME, RAY!
After joining IUOMA and eventually the "Boring Post Card Group" I began digging through my many collections that began in the mid 1950s. Somehow, I had come across a batch of things I hadn't seen until today February 14, 2022.
Post cards - boring, dull or otherwise; these cards opened a window to my life that goes back to March of 1943. The significance is that my Dad was in the US Army and was only 19. He would first set foot on French soil on his 20th birthday later that year. These post cards are words of wonder and encouragement from his much younger siblings too young to realize the dangers at any real level. They were 6 to 8 years old and many of these cards have no post mark because they were included in letters from my grandfather and Grandma Haley. Other letters I found include tales of policeman's balls, the rationing of sliced bread, and also rationing of gasoline.
I had learned of some of the rationing programs in history class in high school, now I know the impact it had on my family! Grandpa told my Dad about the recalling of all men with a Draft classification of 1-F. Most able bodied young men were 1-A but 1-F was the classification one was given after serving in the armed forces, this recall meant that military veterans were now to be called up to re-serve in WWII. Something I was unaware of.
I cannot thank Valentine Herman enough for accepting my friend request and opening this door. I would encourage all of you to really look at the post cards you hold in your collections. What piece of someone's history do you have and how might you share it - with this group and perhaps the original owner?
PEACE
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