Archive for the 'Found/Ephemera' Category
Merry Christmas
Monday, December 24th, 2007

Polish matchbox labels from the 1960’s
Found Type North Wales
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007




Happy Birthday East Kilbride
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

My Grandparent’s moved their family to East Kilbride when my Grandfather got a job in the new town. They stayed there after retirement and I have happy memories of visiting them throughout the 1980s. Since becoming interested in architecture and design of the 50s and 60s the town has again caught my attention and more than ever I think it’s a very special place.
Thank you Anne at I like for letting us know that this month is East Kilbride’s 60th birthday.
50 years of Sputnik
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Amateur Radio QSL card from Riga, USSR.
- BBC News - Russia marks 50 years of Sputnik
- Ward-O-Matic’s Space Alphabet
Abram Games - Roof Over Britain
Sunday, August 12th, 2007
Work by Abram Games fetches high prices these days, so it was nice surprise to find this affordable booklet in a second hand shop over the weekend. Roof Over Britain tells the official story of Britain’s Anti-Aircraft Defences 1939-1942. It was published in 1943 while Corporal Games worked for the Public Relations Department of the War Office. Games is perhaps know best for the Festival of Britain emblem in 1951.
Sunday - Pink
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Saturday - Red
Saturday, July 14th, 2007Friday - Orange
Friday, July 13th, 2007Thursday - Brown
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
‘The Junior True Book of Cloth’ first published 1960, reprinted 1969. By Esther Nighbert illustrations by Chauncey Maltman










