BORING POSTCARDS

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Comment by Gwendolynium on February 22, 2022 at 4:08am

I especially like the boring road intersection.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 21, 2022 at 5:33pm

ONE FROM BELGIUM...WITH A  LITTLE STORY.

Here is a Boring Postcard of the Kliniek St-Blasius in Dendermonde.

It is also a Boring Postcard of the Clinique St-Blaise in Termonde.

It is the same clinic in the same town, in the same country -- Belgium.

Belgium has 2-and-a-bit official languages. The two are Flemish (spoken in Flanders), which is very close to Dutch; and French (spoken in Walloon) , which is very close to French, although the French look down on Walloon French as they look down on Swiss French, Canadian French, etc.

(The 'and-a-bit language' is German which is spoken in a tiny bit of Belgium that borders, er, Germany).

Many of the towns have 2 names that are very different, which can cause problems when you are driving around, and you have a map that doesn't have both (or all) sets of names.

These are the same towns:

Mons and Bergen

Mechelen and Malines

Antwerpen and Anvers

Elsene and Ixelles.

And, of course Brussels and Bruxelles.

So, at last, here is the postcard...

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on February 21, 2022 at 9:06am

Sosonowiec - town in south part odf Poland, road crossing. Postcard from 1980.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 17, 2022 at 11:04am

From Ray, ...."Other letters I found include tales of policeman's balls, the rationing of sliced bread, and also rationing of gasoline."

Bad joke from Val, "Why do policemen have bigger balls than firefighters?"

"They sell more tickets."

Ha ha, Sorry about that. Now back to the Boring Postcards:

The 'Posterholungsheim' in Haartstorf, Germany'

Comment by Ray Haley on February 17, 2022 at 6:38am

Comment by Ray Haley on February 15, 2022 at 3:03pm

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

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 15, 2022 at 2:31pm

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

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 15, 2022 at 2:22pm

AT LAST IMANAGED TO BUY SOME MORE POSTCARDS AT A BOOK FARE LAST WEEKEND!

Here are 5 of them -- all French beach  postcards, all sent to the Saurin family in Vierzon, France, between 1957 & 1972. (More to come)

Can  you identify the cars, Bradford?

Comment by Gwendolynium on February 11, 2022 at 6:21pm

Another epically boring postcard from my childhood "collection." But it does have a Beautiful Cocktail lounge and Radio in every room!

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on February 10, 2022 at 10:52am

Next cars from CCCP.

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