October 4th, 2007

Amateur Radio QSL card from Riga, USSR.
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October 1st, 2007
I’ve just got back from working in Portugal. There wasn’t much time for sightseeing but, where I could, I photographed the tiles (Azulejo) that adorn the exteriors of many buildings. Azulejo was introduced to Portugal, via Spain, by the Moors in the 15th century. This tradition has continued and I was pleased to find modern tiles around the area of Tavira in the Algarve.






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September 14th, 2007
The paper mill looked as though it hadn’t been touched since the last bell went. I had never appreciated how much work went into making paper, this was a huge operation. I really enjoyed the areas that gave you a glimpse of the people that worked there such as offices, lockers, mess rooms and canteens.













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August 19th, 2007
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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.
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July 15th, 2007

Atlas Continental Candle Lamps
Part of Colour Week
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July 14th, 2007

Pano-Vue Slide of Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus at Primeval World, Disneyland
Part of Colour Week
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July 13th, 2007

Penguin book covers
Part of Colour Week
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July 12th, 2007

‘The Junior True Book of Cloth’ first published 1960, reprinted 1969. By Esther Nighbert illustrations by Chauncey Maltman
Part of Colour Week
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