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Friday, 27 March 2026

When is a W.H.Smith store not a W.H.Smith store?

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In 1792, Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna established a business as news vendors in London. The same year, their son William Henry Smith...

Thursday, 26 March 2026

Crawford and Black Bus Drawing

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You know, it has recently struck me how, when you get into a challenge you can become so single minded about it that you don’t realise that ...

Sunday, 22 March 2026

Challenge Update

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So let’s see where we are with the sketchbook challenge. I’ll start with the Nassau sketchbook. I’ve now made 38 pictures within it and I’m ...

Sunday, 15 March 2026

It's Tommy this and Tommy that

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Last week I wrote a post about how my Mary tin collection has now been augmented by a Queen Victoria (2 nd ) Boer War Chocolate tin. I said...

I Don't Get It

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I don’t get it In my last post I gave the damning verdict that the Crawford and Black sketchbook is ‘just about usable’. This rather unki...

Saturday, 14 March 2026

Sketchbook Challenge Update

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Okay, so let me tell you where I am with the sketchbook challenge. I finished filling my Leuchtturm 1917 sketching journal last Wednesday. ...

Sunday, 8 March 2026

The truth about my Mary Tins - a Tale of 6 Tins

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Well, the continuing saga of the Mary tins. . . well it continues. So, to recap, in 1914 Princess Mary, daughter of King George V and Queen...

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Londinius: BBC Mastermind Winner 2007
(Broadcast 2008) Married with 5 children,two grandsons and one granddaughter. Serial TV/Radio quiz contestant. Total quiz obssessive.

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