Christmas special: Postcard Stockings galore! - Picture Postcard ...

‘The Sky at Night’ presented
by amateur astronomer Patrick Moore
was the longest running television series with the same
presenter. This postcard was one of a series produced by
the BBC in 1997 to commemorate 75 years of the Beeb.
A German
postcard
depicting a
vintage
television
reflecting
the interior
of a room
and a
h e a r t
drawn on
a dusty
screen. I
think it is
an advertising
card for a product called
SWIFFER. Perhaps a cleaning material?
(above)
Paul Ordner, a French illustrator,
has designed several
cards on a TV theme. Here
the viewer is furious with
his set because his horse
has lost!
(right) Another Couch Potato
this time by artist Elizabeth
Titcomb. No 161 in Pat
Holton’s production it features
a remote control and
small aerial and I do love
the contented cat curled up
on the sofa.
‘(right) Camberwick Green’
and ‘Trumpton’ were great
favourites in our house.
This particular series of
cards was produced for the
BBC by Dixons. The card
shows the Mayor sitting for
his portrait - the series introduced
children to the many
characters who contribute
to the running of a town.
Great favourites were the
Firemen whose names were
recited every time they
came sliding down the pole.
I always enjoyed
watching the wrestling on television even
if we all knew it was staged for entertainment.
This card shows the fashionable spindly legs on
both television and armchair from the 1960s.
I have no idea how the expression ‘Couch Potato’ originated
but this example printed in Korea and distributed by
Great Mountain West of Utah is a fun design cut out
in the shape of a potato.
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