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‘Old Ford Road’ by Harold Steggles, from 1932, and courtesy of the ever-interesting @eastlondongroup Twitter.

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Audley End House, Edward Bawden, 1973

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Here’s Norman Janes’ appealing 1930s’ woodcut of Liverpool Street station.

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Hobby Horses

Artwork by Rowland Emett

Guinness Christmas book for doctors

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Street scenes of Bradford and Leeds by artist Stuart Walton

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The joy of buses

Ian Allen’s ABC bus spotters guides.

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A British Railways delivery truck shuffles its way around London in 1962. Source: https://flic.kr/p/91V99E.

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Silhouettes & Shadows David Bowie Brixton’ Photofusion (off Electric Avenue) is hosting a wonderful exhibition of Bowie photographs, from his early days at Beckenham Arts Lab and onwards. This is by Terry Pastor, taken from a 1971 photoshoot for the Hunky Dory album cover. The exhibition is free, just ring the bell for admission. #davidbowie #hunkydory #albumartwork #terrypastor #brixton #photofusion #silhouettesandshadows

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The Limestone Village S.R.Badmin The genius of Badmin, shown here in his autolithographed Puffin Picture Book, Village and Town, published in 1941, almost a child’s version of Kenneth Clark’s Recording Britain project. How Badmin managed to capture such detail by drawing on dull grey lithographic plates is quite astonishing and showcases his skills as an engraver. One of my heroes. #villageandtown #limestonevillage #badmin #srbadmin #autolithography #puffinpicturebook @penguincollsoc

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John Piper Sea, beach & the Albatross Taken from Piper’s 1933 collage of Seaford Head and held by the Towner Gallery. I was drawn to the little advert for Albatross Books within the collage, the publishing house that in part inspired Allen Lane to start his Penguin Books in 1935. Not only did Lane borrow the bird like name but he also adopted the colour coding for different genres that Albatross had initiated. Later Piper and Penguin were to have a close connection with Piper illustrating a King Penguin, and his work featured in their Modern Painters series. #johnpiper @penguinukbooks #albatrossbooks #abstractiononthebeach #penguinbooks @penguincollsoc #seaford #townergallery

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Solid State AM Transistor BP-156, 1970. Sharp Corp. Japan. Made in Malaysia. Via V&A

By the early 1960s, the term ‘transistor’, a component which transformed radio technology, had become a popular term for the portable radio.

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John Meade (about whom I know nothing) designed this appealing cover for the 1966 edition of Nicholas Wollaston’s highly entertaining English journey, undertaken during the winter of 1963-64.

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Edward Bawden’s Titfield Thunderbolt Christmas card design, 1952 (via kotomi-jewelry)

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Brick House Alice Pattullo a 3D lithographed tribute to the times Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious spent at Brick House during the early 1930s. Designed and illustrated by Alice Pattullo. Can be cut out and played with, or framed as a print. Available at #thetownhouse in Fournier Street, or via link in my profile. #alicepattullo #ericravilious#edwardbawden #brickhouse #designfortoday

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Addendum slip from a copy of John Betjeman’s Pictorial History Of English Architecture (via AlanQuays)

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Peter Mitchell worked as a truck driver in Leeds in the 1970s, photographing the city during his rounds. These fascinating portraits of factories and small shop owners in Yorkshire and London are found on his website Strangely Familiar