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BORING POSTCARDS

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.

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INTERESTING POSTCARDS!! 41 Replies

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 AND/OR BORING? 15 Replies

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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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 8, 2021 at 9:47am

My great grandfather was born in Poznan, Poland!

'been there on the way to Warsaw in 2002...

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on November 8, 2021 at 9:15am

Grodzisk Wielkopolski( (niem. Grätz) and local area, about 30 kilometers west from Poznań (Posen), in the western part of Poland.  Postcard form the end of 1980.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on November 2, 2021 at 12:43pm

State Agricultural Farm of PGR Żydowo - Czerniejewo, about 30 kilometers from Poznań (Posen), in the western part of Poland.  Postcard form the end of 1980.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on October 31, 2021 at 4:18pm

A VERY MIXED BUNCH FROM FRANCE AND TUNISIA

1. Big Bull from Laguiole (Aveyron) France,

Laguiole is famous for its knives. The Big Bronze Bull by Georges Guyot was installed on the place du Foirail in 1947.

2.  Le Lac at Verneuil-sur-Seine (Yvelines), France

3. The beach at the Ile du Contenin at Carteret (Manche), France

Boring, but the ruins of the old church at the bottom are interesting

4. Lots of Pots from Jerba, Tunisia

5. One Man and His Blanket and Lots of Sheep, La Corniche des Cevennes, France

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on October 25, 2021 at 12:18pm

State Agricultural Farm of PGR Trzcianka, 100 kilometers north  from Poznań (Posen), in the western part of Poland. 

Postcard from about 1975 year.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on October 23, 2021 at 3:54pm

THREE NOT VERY INTERESTING BUILDINGS

1. A Hotel in Toulouse, France, built byAntoine Dumay in 1590

2. La Chambre d'Amour, Anglet, France

This shows the lighthouse and 'La Chambre...' which is a vacation center for families. Loosely translating 'La Chambre d'Amour' as 'The Room of Love, the center is probably not as innocent as it looks but is a center for family orgies.

Bradford, I can spot a 2CV  a couple of Renault 4s, a Peugot 205, and a 2CV Mehari. What else can you identify?

3. Khourigba, Morocco

There's always a man -- never a woman -- at the front of on of these Arab postcards, always in traditional dress: I wonder why?

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on October 20, 2021 at 9:58am

State Agricultural Farm of PGR Konarzewo, 20 kilometers from Poznań (Posen), in the western part of Poland.  Postcard form the end of 1980.

State farms (PGR) were an organization operating on nationalized land during the communist era in Poland. Their organizational structure was modeled on the swochoses operating in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This model of operation was introduced by the authorities top-down in Poland after 1949, which was associated with the collectivization of agriculture and the fight against private ownership of farms. These farms survived until 1991, when Poland switched from a socialist socialist economy to a liberal capitalist economy model.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on October 19, 2021 at 9:48am

State Agricultural Farm of PGR Popowo Kościelne, 50 kilometers north  from Poznań (Posen), in the western part of Poland. 

Postcard from about 1975 year.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on October 18, 2021 at 10:20am

State Agricultural Farm of PGR Sokołowo, 50 kilometers from Poznań (Posen), in the western part of Poland. During the communist era, some of the land was nationalized and state-owned farms functioned on it. 

Postcard from 1975, and the photos show the following shots: a battery of grain silos, a housing estate - a social house, "Bachus" cafe, "Rzepicha" company shop in the city of Września.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on October 14, 2021 at 6:10pm
Lviv (Lwów), Mickiewicz's column, now a city in Ukraine. 
Postcard sent in 1927.
From my family archive.




 

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