By Tom Goodenough PUBLISHED: 10:55 EST, 12 July 2012 | UPDATED: 02:51 EST, 13 July 2012 Cheeky postcards were once part and parcel of any trip to the seaside. But in one British tourist resort, giant-sized versions of the risque cards are stirring up controversy. Traders in the town of Cleethorpes are calling for the larger-than-life, politically incorrect postcards to be taken down. Nostalgic: The signs were installed for the Cleethorpes in Bloom display but now look set to be taken down Controversy: Traders in Cleethorpes have reacted furiously to the unveiling of the postcards on the seafront
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The risque postcards, inspired by classic versions from the 1950s, were put up to celebrate Cleethorpes' floral display and impress judges
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Shopkeepers have slammed the designs, however, branding them 'obscene', 'sexist' and 'rude'
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Managing Director of Bamforth's, the company which sold 200million of the postcards, hit back and told complaining traders to 'get a life'
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