Double-decker bus racing from 1982. I absolutely love that it’s sponsored by Acorn Computers a year after they launched the BBC Micro!
Double-Decker Bus Racing… Sponsored by Acorn Computers
Tag: Ephemera
Yorkersgate Christmas Postbox Topper
Sadly rather late, but here is another entry in the ongoing TopperBlog series. This topper could be found on Malton’s Yorkersgate in the run up to Christmas 2025. t was a pretty thing though, alas, my photographs appear to have blown out the red – I’ll have to try and figure out why.
Trains of the Future, Trains of the Past
Here’s something to take the edge off that liminal space between Christmas and New Year; two nicely illustrated articles from Adam Rowe’s always fun 70s Sci-Fi Art.
First we have Trains of the Future…
…and then Trains of the Past.
It’s a Festive Postbox Topper for Malton!
As we are merely days away from Christmas it seems entirely appropriate to drop some images of a fantastic Santa-themed topper in Malton.
Unlike most of the other toppers from Malton I have posted, this one can be found at the south end of The Shambles, just outside of Cosy Cottage Soap.
Remembrance Toppers and Other Remembrance Knitwear in Malton
TopperBlog returns with a set of Remembrance Toppers and other knitwear. I’m not posting any images from the memorial itself as I’m sure there are far better pictures from the service on Sunday already online.
There’s been a lot of work put into these commemorations and, sadly, I’m not entirely sure I’ve managed to find them all.
The Marketplace Post Box
‘Lest We Forget’ by the Post Office. The boots and the helmet had really stood up to the effects of the weather.
BSE, A 90s Chronology of Events
And here’s another interesting chunk of Archivery via Period Sites in Period Browsers that doesn’t appear to be online anywhere else – A mid 1990s chronology of the BSE outbreak in the UK as published by the MAFF.
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This blog’s slow descent into postbox topper fandom continues – this time with a nice ‘Harvest’ themed topper in Malton.
F. R. Stubbs, Ironmonger
While I’ve mentioned F. R. Stubbs before, I don’t think I’ve actually posted the Stubbs ghost sign that sits on the corner of Merchantgate and Walmgate.
The Beadlean Library
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.
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.
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