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West Yorkshire saucy postcard centenary relaunch

A series of world-famous saucy seaside postcard images is being relaunched to mark their 100th anniversary.

Businessman Ian Wallace, of West Yorkshire, bought the firm Bamforth & Co nine years ago and now owns the rights to about 50,000 of the images.

But he has waited until the centenary to sign a licensing agreement, which will take place later with the Jane Evans Licensing Consultancy.

James Bamforth began his business in Holmfirth in 1870.

Bamforth was a portrait photographer who later specialised in lantern slides.

However, in 1910 he published the first of the saucy postcards....
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