Category Archives: Contributors

Southern Comfort…

Posted on 02/05/2011 by

From June 25th 2009 ‘Southern Comfort’  This lovely old Mississippi River Boat drew past ‘The Broadland Folk’ on it’s regular sailings from Horning on The Norfolk Broads in the East of England, along the River Bure, and returned in the … Continue reading →

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Mitchell and Kenyon… Bradford Yorkshire 1902

Posted on 04/01/2011 by

A Tram Ride from Forster Square, Bradford, Yorkshire, England in 1902. One of the many films of Mitchell and Kenyon available from The British Film Institute.

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A Tram Ride from Forster Square in 1902…

Posted on 20/11/2010 by

A Tram Ride from Forster Square, Bradford, Yorkshire, England in 1902. One of the many films of Mitchell and Kenyon available from The British Film Institute.

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Whipsnade Tree Cathedral…

Posted on 02/10/2010 by

A collection of trees and hedges planted in the design of a full size medieval cathedral. Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is a 9.5 acre (38,000 m²) garden near the town of Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. It is planted in the approximate form … Continue reading →

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Television Heaven, The British Film Institute, and The Famous Five…

Posted on 17/09/2010 by

Well, it’s as if I have stepped back into my happy youth. I still have many of the 21 books of The Famous Five by Enid Blyton in my private collection collecting dust, just waiting for Adrian and Anya to turn the … Continue reading →

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Good News from the British Library

Posted on 24/08/2010 by

 British Library initiative to offer free access to bibliographic records – 24 Aug 2010 The British Library has announced that it will make its collections of bibliographic records available for free to researchers and other libraries, at www.bl.uk/bibliographic/datafree.html. The UK … Continue reading →

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Interesting Quotes from The Past…

Posted on 22/08/2010 by

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Richard Lovelace 1618-58 English poet. Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw 1856-1959 Irish dramatist. We shall pay any price, bear any … Continue reading →

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Interesting Quotes from The Past…

Posted on 15/08/2010 by

Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz 1894-1985 American writer. Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to … Continue reading →

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Notes from My Father’s Diary…

Posted on 25/06/2010 by

Television in The Home. July 1953. Aerial requirements. The aerial is usually of the dipole type, with a reflector and a special matching feeder cable to connect the aerial to the receiver. Usually a receiver is designed for a feeder … Continue reading →

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Eastman Kodak Company… Images from 1950

Posted on 11/06/2010 by

The Eastman Kodak Company has turned over its huge archive of Panoramic Colorama Images estabished from 1950, to The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York. The collection consists of some 565 negatives and prints … Continue reading →

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