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20th Century

A Ukrainian Enigma

10th October 2024 Going Postal 2443 Comments

I have an original photograph bought as part of a “bundle” from a militaria seller whose business model is to put together sets of documents, photographs and ephemera that appear to be vaguely related so [more…]

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A Few of My Favourite Things – Part 2

8th January 2024 Going Postal 1923 Comments

Part 1 of this series featured 3 glass pieces of art from my collection. In the second part I take a look at some other forms of art, the first of which is a print [more…]

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A Few of My Favourite Things – Part 1

1st January 2024 Going Postal 2694 Comments

It’s been a while since I last did an article about art and thought I would take a few pictures of some of my best and most treasured items. The first is our most recent [more…]

20th Century

A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise

3rd October 2023 SharpieType301 2291 Comments

A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise Well, Stone the crows! A sunny Saturday in September saw a bit of a surprise. Although we’d noticed the colourful banner advertising the event often enough as we wandered hither [more…]

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Exploring Lego Colours

27th July 2023 Going Postal 2968 Comments

There is quite enough gloom ‘n’ doom in the news nowadays so I thought I’d look instead at an obscure aspect of my hobby – Lego – and my interest, nay obsession, with the different [more…]

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Going for Gold – Part 11, 2023 Update

19th January 2023 Going Postal 3059 Comments

Since my last ‘Going for Gold’ article I have been asked, from time to time, for advice about the best type of gold to buy and where I would recommend buying it from.  I will [more…]

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A Postcard from the IFG Part One

5th October 2022 SharpieType301 2418 Comments

International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge, August 2022 Earlier this year, around May-June if I remember correctly since it was right in the midst of the chaos of our moving home, it was with some excitement [more…]

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More Artwork 2022, Part One

27th June 2022 Going Postal 2966 Comments

It’s been several months since my last artwork article and I thought I would respond to SB’s request for more articles by submitting an update on latest purchases etc.  Hope you enjoy it. You may [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; This Sporting Life

22nd March 2022 Colin Cross 3388 Comments

Life carries on much as normal, given the increasingly bizarre times we live in. The weather, thankfully, has picked up and jobs that have been on hold for a couple of weeks have risen to [more…]

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