The DPP's central index of postcards.
The Conservative Government’s anti-obscenity campaign, which began in 1951, was co-ordinated by Sir Theobald Mathew, the Director of Public Prosecutions [DPP]. Mathew disliked his role as guardian of public morality, and his attempt to impose some level of consistency on the local police obscenity prosecutions created the archive now held by the BCA.