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Humorous Birmingham Postcards

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#1 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Last Car from Birmingham
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#2 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Acocks Green
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#3 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Beauty Spots
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#4 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Leaving Birmingham Exhibition
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#5 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Seen on Hagley Road.
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#6 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Kings Heath
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#7 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Bournville
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#8 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Handsworth
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#9 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Puppies
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#10 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Patter of little feet.
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#11 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Last Car to Erdington
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#12 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Peachey
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#13 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - One Mile to Birmingham
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#14 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - My hands are so full.
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#15 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Waiting for the mails.
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#16 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - On the Park Benches at Warwick Road.
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#17 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Just a Line from Harborne
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#18 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Grand National
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#19 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Charm
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#20 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Arrived Safely
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#21 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Sunday Evening in New St.
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#22 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - A Little Fresh "air".
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#23 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Lucky Pig
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#24 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - A Warm Place
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#25 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Lucky Shoe
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#26 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - You can always tell a Birmingham Girl.
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#27 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - A big catch at the Arcade
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#28 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Gertie
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#29 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - ,Just me and my girl.
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#30 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Bliss is like this.
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A good selection of the non pictorial cards available at the start of the post card craze, continuing after WW1, but then replaced by the Bamforth comic cards and in the case of the one with the horseshoe on, this fronted many a packet of pull out views. The same cards as above have been issued for many locations and any of the cards by Cynicus who was a Scottish satirist can be found from Penzance to Carlisle. In the days when a postcard with 1/2d stamp on would reach its destination next day, those who were away would regularly send the I'm leaving cards to neighbours and relations to show they were on their way home. The other interesting thing is that Cynicus cards not named cost between £1.50 and £5.00, but with a location on, the sky can be the limit, particularly if it is for a small village.
Bob
 
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#31 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - 2 Hands in front and 1 behind.
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#32 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Nechells
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#33 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - It is no Crime to Kiss in Birmingham
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#34 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Small Heath
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#36 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Picking Up.
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#37 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Don't crow about it.
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#38 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - From a Jolly old Sole.
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#39 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Trouble
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#40 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards- Pack your trunk and come to Birmingham
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#41 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Home by Rail
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#42 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Sparkhill
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#43 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Sparkhill
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#44 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Sparkhill
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#45 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Handsworth
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#46 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Under the Table
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#47 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - The Saucy Shrimp
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#48 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Look and see what "Teddy" Bears.
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#49 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Hagley Road.
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#50 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - We are "going the pace" at Birmingham.
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I think the shrimp with the ladies head is a bit weird, sort of put me off the prawn cocktail before the carvery today I might go for the soup ;)
 
#51 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Come Home - Not Likely.
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#52 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - "Birmingham Style"
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#53 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - There's always a place for you a Perry Barr - WW1 Postcard.
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#54 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - 18th December 1901 - Lloyd George escapes from Mob at Birmingham Town Hall disguised as Policeman.
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#55 - Humorous Birmingham Postcards - Nechells
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