A very specific genre of pubic structure - the "Police Box": In Derbyshire
Idle Oddities
An Odd Picture and a Caption. That is All.
Friday, 27 April 2012
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
The Ascot Race by an Anonymous Painter
A entrancing painting of the race at Ascot. No date given - from the clothing and carriages perhaps the late 18th century?
Source: The British Library
Monday, 12 March 2012
The Crystal Palace Meets The Ancient World
An artisan working on an Egyptian figure in the reconstituted Crystal Palace, moved from Hyde Park after the Great Exhibition of 1851. From "The Passion of Former Days"
Thursday, 9 February 2012
The Abandoned Strand Tube Station Entrance
The abandoned entrance to what was the Strand Station -- which appears to have been on the old Hampstead Line (now forming part of the Northern Line). Shown on this old Tube map.
Friday, 20 January 2012
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Extreme Compound Words - Finnish Edition
Finnish vies with any language for the length of its compound nouns. This is the "tourist service centre" - "lohjan matkailupalvelukeskus"
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