Saucy Seaside Postcards - A Celebration of Great British Smut

We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell present the not-so-serious podcast unravelling fascinating and down-right bizarre historical events. This week; you ordered an innuendo, so we’re giving you one. Yes, it’s that stalwart of smut, the saucy seaside postcard. Join us as we enter a cartoon world of buxom ladies and henpecked men. But enough about us here’s a podcast about the history of this great British institution. Get all episodes a week early – when you support We Are History on Patreon: https://patreon.com/WeAreHistory “In a show about double entendre I really should’ve milked ‘seamen’ - oh no!” – Angela Barnes “All together: It was a different time!” – John O’Farrell “Y’know that bit in The Shining, when Jack Nicholson goes off when he’s disturbed writing? I think he’s right! He was disturbed!” – Angela Barnes Reading list: Please be warned both of these sources contain language and descriptions of their time, which may cause offence. Please Excuse Me While I Kick Fido - The World Of Donald McGill by Elfreda Buckland The Art of Donald McGill by George Orwell We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Audio production by Simon Williams and artwork by James Parrett. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production. https://twitter.com/wearehistorypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:58.1	Hello and welcome to We Are History. I'm John O'Farrell.
0:59.7	And I'm Angela Barnes.
1:05.9	And Angela has chosen today's topic, something highbrow, something intellectual, something you would have studied. I don't mind admitting it, John, I like a good bit of old-fashioned smut.
1:09.6	It's a very English humour, smut, broad, earthy, in the vein of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Hogarth, Dickens.
1:16.5	What's wrong with it?
1:17.2	Yeah, being sexually suggestive in a light-hearted and humorous and non-threatening way.
1:21.9	Exactly.
1:22.4	And that's why I have chosen today to do the history of the saucy seaside postcard.
1:28.2	Oh, yes.
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