The Fence has an interesting little article about Jeremy Beadle and his rather large collection of books – though, of course, like any article of this nature it’s not just about Beadle and his rather large collection of books.
The Beadlean Library
Tag: Ephemera
A Macintosh Independence Day
I’ve started to develop a fondness for these older computer adverts. This ‘Apple/Independence Day’ tie-in ad – from the dark days of 1996 when Apple was on the cusp of bankruptcy and Jobs was yet to return – feels comfortingly of that moment.
Continue reading “A Macintosh Independence Day”A VJ Day Topper in Malton
In spite of what I said previously, this blog’s descent into postbox topper groupie-ism appears to continue.
This time Malton sees a simple – yet effective – topper to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on the 15th of August.
A Post Box Topper in Beverley
I promise this blog isn’t about to become a postbox topper blog. I really do.
Having said that, here’s a rather nice teddy-bears’ picnic topper that I happened to pass in Beverley the other day.
Another Yarn-Bombed Postbox Topper in Malton
I stumbled across this rather nice ice cream van postbox topper a few days ago in Malton’s Market Place.
Nice Seagull, Shame about the Bin…
Another yarn-bombed post-box after the one I found in Malton – this time it can be found in the rather lovely Runswick Bay! It’s slightly smaller than the Malton topper, however the views more than make up for the reduction is size.
It’s just a shame that bin is there…
A Yarn-bombed Postbox in Malton
In Malton yesterday I happened to stumble across this rather fabulous Easter-themed yarn-bombed post box just outside of Malton Post Office. Anyway, here are some photographs of it before the April showers soak it through and wreck the yarn.
Continue reading “A Yarn-bombed Postbox in Malton”Northern Ireland’s Most Wanted: The Lost Television Dramas
Having recently re-watched ‘Missing Believed Wiped‘, I stumbled across a pair of nice articles covering the lost and wiped dramas of Northern Ireland – a region that, like the rest of the UK, lost a number of pieces to a poor archiving policy and the the claws of the bulk eraser.
Gamera vs. Zigra, 1971
The rather lovely (and incredibly kitschy!) poster for 1971’s Gamera vs. Zigra.
An Early Red Dwarf Trailer
And so I ended up on the VHistory blog where, hidden in one of the sites earlier posts, I came across an early trailer for the first series of Red Dwarf.