BORING POSTCARDS

OH, I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE/ OH, I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEA

Boring postcard of the Beach and Promenade at De Haan in the Netherlands (circa 1980?)

ANOTHER THREE FROM MIKEL UNTZILLA:THANKS,MIKEL!

1. Pont Bessiére, Lausanne and the Alpes2.  Gate at Changdeog Palace, Seoul, South Korea

It looks a bit like my favourite Chinese restaurant in the Netherlands!

3. Callosa de Esarabia (Fuentes del Algar) Costa Blanca, Spain

Splashing!

Berlin (West), Zentralverein der Taubstummen, postcard about 1980 year.

One of my most boring post card.

postcard send to me by my grandmother in october 1977 year.

General Electric Pavilion, New York World's Fair 1964 - 1965. "Peace thorough Understanding."

We are still waiting for a mighty bang of nuclear fusion?

Postcard send in 1993 year.  in the description: "Picturesque Lgińskie Lake, on the waterway of a group of lakes in the Wschowa region".

BOULEVARD IN ALGER, WITH MOSQUE AND BUS

Postcard send in 1993 from the place Lucień.

On the postcard there are photos of state-owned farm and horse farm in Łąck village, near Płock, in the central part of Poland.

PATIENTS PATIENTLY WAITING BEFORE THE POOLS AT LOURDES, FRANCE

LES BEAUX SITES LANDAIS

The entrance to the Camp at Biscarosse-Plage, France, where Christine sent this card to her friend Mireille in Dijon in 1988, and telling her that she was having an 'agriable vacance'.

WINE PRESS, CHATEL-SUR-MOSELLE, FRANCE

'Pressoir bourguignon' in the arsenal at the Fortress of the Comtes de Vaudémont. The Fortress was built between the 11th-15 centuries, and the barrels seem to be almost that old. Not a bottle of wine in sight though..

The Postcard was sent in July 1985 by Solange to her family. She had a lot to say, but I can't read her writing, except that she says she will phone tomorrow evening (assuming the Postcard reaches her Chére Maman in time)

FRENCH BRIDGES (of sorts) BUT NO BRIDGET BARDOT

Le Pont St-Pierre,Montluçon, France on a Postcard sent in October 1963

Power station, dam, bridge, boats, etc, at the André Blondel Center on the Rhone, at Donzére-Mondragon, Drome

Postcard send in 1993 year from a Sopot (Zoppot), near Gdańsk (Danzig), on the Baltic seaside. Such a postcard can be sent from anywhere in the world. "Lovely sunset."

A boring image to be sure... but the article that accompanies it certainly isn't: Answer on Postcard: Footprints in Time and Space

WEDDING CEREMONY, CASABLANCA, MOROCCO

I can't work out who is marrying whom, or even how many marriages are taking place, but, and after periods of long reflection, I have come to the conclusion that all the brides are dressed in white, all the bridegrooms are also dressed in white, and the people dressed in other colours provide the cabaret.

A postcards from the Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw. Released around 1975

BATTLE AXES.....CONTINUING RAPHAEL'S MILITARY THEME....AND, AS THIS IS A GREEK POSTCARD, WE CAN EAGERLY AWAIT KATERINA'S COMMENTS

These are "Golden double axes from the sacred cave of Arkalochori (LM 1 period)" from the Museum of Herakleoin which contains a number of double-headed gold axes that were found in a cave in 1600.

The Postcard was not sent, but the reverse side is date stamped 01. 6. 92 at 12.01 -- presumably when it was bought.

(What were you doing at that precise moment?!)

Over to you Katerina....

One more postage in a climate related to military weapons: Israel heavy tanks. Postcard form 1960s.

Postcards from Szklarska Poręba, a tourist town in the Karkonosze Mountains (Riesengebirge in the Sudety - Suddeten - mountain range), located on the border between Poland and the Czech Republic. Postcards issued around 1985.

ANY GUESSES AS TO WHAT THIS INCREDIBLY EXCITING POSTCARD IS ALL ABOUT??

The postcard comes from Corsica and was sent to 'Papy' Norbert in Loupia, France, by Cécile and Ludovic on 23 August 2001. That much is clear. But the photo on the Postcard is not: it's watery, but what are those things in the water -- stones, crabs...? And why would anyone think this is a suitable subject for a Postcard?

Postcard from Israel, Tel Aviv, Dizengoff Square, oabokt half of 1960s.

SADLY, I CANNOT FOLLOW RAPHAEL'S EXAMPLE AND SHOW YOU THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS POSTCARD OF A YOUNG LADY TRYING TO PUSH OVER THE 900 TONNE ROCHER TREMBLANT (trans 'trembling rock') IN FRANCE

Do tell, Val? Why can' you show us the reverse side of this card?

Well, the young lady pushed and pushed, and the rock trembled and trembled so much that all 900 tons of it fell over and squashed her. The resulting mess (there is no other word for it, alas) is on the reverse side of the Postcard, but as some of the members of this Group are sensitive souls the shock of seeing it might cause them severe mental distres, and even cause them to leave the Group.

To compensate, here's another Giant French Rock*, this one from Le Dé in Tregastel that is so big that no-one has even attempted to tremble it over.

(* Are there any Giant French Rock and Rollers, Val?

None that I have come across, accept maybe, just maybe, Johnny Halliday in his early years. As for the rest, the musical world never really trembled rock-wise or roll-wise.)

Warsaw, the central point of the City, the intersection of Jerozolimskie Avenue and Marszałkowska Avenue. Postcard send about 1989 year.

It was the sixth and the first newly built church in the working-class district of Krakow - Nowa Huta. It was established on the initiative of Fr. Józef Gorzelany in the years 1967–1977 according to the design of the architect mgr. Eng. Wojciech Pietrzyk. The roof of the building resembles the church not only to the ark, but also to the Ronchamp chapel, designed by Le Corbusier.  The history of the church's foundation is related to the defense of the cross by the inhabitants of Nowa Huta in 1960, in the place where the church was originally to be erected. The communist authorities allowed the construction of the temple, but in a different place. On May 18, 1969, the Archbishop of Krakow, Card. Karol Wojtyła, laid the cornerstone from the Basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican and blessed by Pope Paul VI. (information by Wikipedia).

But it is surprising to me that, in opposition to the communist authorities and the socialist realism that they promoted in public architecture, the Polish Catholic Church focused on architectural solutions related to atheistic modernism. The language of modernist architecture has become a weapon of the Catholic Church in the fight against the communist power in Poland. Strange???

Postcard send to me about 1985 year.

THREE MORE FROM MIKEL UNTZILLA.... THANKS AGAIN, MIKEL!

1. Palm Trees from Elche, Costa Blanca

2. The Slope of Lok Ma Chau

Lok Ma Chau is a small piece of riverside land transferred to Hong Kong by Mainland China in 2017.

3.Salle Louis VX, Musée des Arts Décoratif, Paris, France

I wonder if you walked through Louis' Salles 1 to 14 before you arrived at this one?

Rydzyna, near Leszno in Poland, bar at "Kowolka" located in an old forge from the 17th century.

In the communist era, there were also postcards dedicated for children
 in Poland. 

What I was trying to draw on the other side 

was probably the beginning 
of the mail art.

But these two copies were never sent by post

 because I was trying to address them to myself.

Postcards form 1977 year.

Those are far from boring, they are interesting! Your first steps in asemic writing, and even a postmark is added!

Thank you for sharing

THERE'S NOT MUCH HAPPENING IN THIS STREET OR ON THIS POSTCARD, OF;;;

Bastion St, Mdina ("the Silent City", Malta

"Silent", because it used to be the capital of Malta, but when the capital was moved to Valetta*, Mdina became a 'virtual ghost town'

(* Valetta is not named after your correspondent Val)

Just one more postcard for kids, about 1977.

Thanks Raphael. I am curious how come you still have postcards going back 45 years? Val

Hello Val, 

I've sent you most of my boring postcards, but

am checking all my piles of cards and will

be contributing again, soon.

Mim

Dear Mim, you are one of the Group's most loyal supporters and contributors and are definitely NOT amongst the non-active members.

I really appreciate your efforts -- keep going! Bestest, Val

Postcard fom Międzyrzec Podlaski, small town in east part of Poland. Send in 1989.

NOT VERY EXCITING FRENCH HOLIDAY CENTERS

Bungalows at the social services holiday camp at Savines le Lac ('altitude 800m')

You can climb up to the top of the Grand Morgon mountain, climb back down, go for a swim in the lake, and try to remember which of these indentical bungalows is the one you're staying in.

Holiday Center 'Renouveau' at Aux Karellis' in the Savoie

You can ski, have snowball fights, make a snowperson and....

Postcard from Świnoujście ( Swinemünde).

Polish a resort on the western part of the Polish coast.

Postcard send in 1984 year.

AUSTRALIA, SPAIN AND FRANCE FROM MIKEL UNTZILLA

Sovereign Hill Gold Mining Township, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

From left to top right: i) Red Hill Gully Panning Creek; ii) Poppet Head at dusk; iii) Main Street

Calpe, Costa Blanca, Spain

Olè! A typically Boring tourist holiday Postcard

Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris, France (not Paris, Texas

You can earn extra Boring Postcard Group Brownie Points by correctlky identifying the cars

Two postcards from Świnoujście ( Swinemünde). Polish a resort on the western part of the Polish coast. Produced about 1985 year.

Negeb, mountains in Israel. Postcard from the middle of 1960.

New city hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Postcad from the mid 1960 s.

Raphael I wondered if this was the same building?

It's not! It's the Beijing International Hotel in the People's Republic of China (address no 9 Jianguo ennet Dajie, Beijing, China. tel: +? 5126686: telex + 211121 BIH CN) Maybe the architect was the same.

Val,

I think a replica was simply built in China and the architect was not the same, because logically why build similar buildings twice. The postcard is from the 1960s, so the building in China is certainly later, and could have been inspired by the one in Canada.

Digging deeper into my collection - I found a card that I hadn't sent off to Val via post. It's the Memorial Unit, Grace-New Haven Community Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. I find this satisfyingly boring. 

Just one more postcard for children - with persons from popular Polish fairy tale for children "Miś Uszatek" (about little bear). Postcard about 1979 year.

THREE BORING HOTEL POSTCARDS FROM FRANCE

1. Hotel Provençal, Villefranche-Sur-Mer (1984)

2. L'Hotel Thérond, St Germain-de-Calberte (1973)

This must be one of the very few postcards of those days that didn't include a Citroen 2CV

3.Hotel Monsigny (2 stars), near the station in Nice

Postcard from the village Manieczki, located about 30 kilometres south of Poznan (Posen). Museum in a historic manor house dedicated to Józef Wybicki, the creator of the Polish anthem. The museum in the time of socialism in Poland was created by Combinat State Farms in Manieczki (Kombinat Państwowych Gospodarstw Rolnych - PGR). Postcard from the late of 1980s.

I wonder if it is a boring postcard or an iconic view?  Postcard from the mid 1960s.

Haifa, Israel, view from mt. Carmel. Postcard from the od of the 1960s.

Crimea ((Półwysep Krymski, ukraiński Крим, rosyjski Крым, krymskotatarski Qırım, Къырым) ),
 a rock in the Black Sea. 
Postcard about half 1930s.

THREE MORE FROM MIKAEL UNTZILLA --thanks!

1. Costa Brava, Spain

2. Place de la Concorde, Paris (France, not Texas)

3. Town Hall, Fribourg, Germany

SOMETHING DIFFERENT... A BORING POSTCARD AND A MANHOLE COVER

From Mother Brando --thanks Renée!

STONES AND ROCKS, BUT NO ROLLS, AND, ALAS, NO CHARLIE

11 Sunset on the Dolomites: Tafana di Roszes, 3225m

2.Clouds on the Dolomites:: Croda da Lago, 2687m

3. Yet more Dolomites! Sunset at the Drei Zinnen, 3003

4. Montserrat, 'A partial view of the Monastery' -- and lots of rocks

5. Les Gorges de Tarn (France), Tunnel at Pougnadoires