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Belgium – Procession of the Holy Blood

July 10, 2010

Watching the Tour de France reminded me of some of my Belgium prints..soon to be available…Here’s one from the 1930′s…..a tradition which continues up to this day, so I believe. “On the first Monday after the 2nd of May, Bruges celebrates the ” Procession of the Holy Blood.” The houses are decorated with flags and [...]

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The Right Hon RA Cross MP – Later Viscount

July 9, 2010

(From a contemporary newspaper report).. London:  Jan 8 1914 Viscount  Cross, who was  one  of  the  most  prominent Conservative  statesmen  in  England thirty years ago, died here to-day.  He held at various times the Secretaryship of State for the Home Department, the Secretaryship of State for India, and the post of Lord Privy Seal. He [...]

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Hunting Ostriches and Wild Horses in Paraguay – 1840

July 8, 2010

Here is a short , but interesting Article from The Penny magazine 1841 Hunting Ostriches and Wild Horses in Paraguay We had taken three brace of birds, when, an ostrich starting before us, Candioti, Junior, gave the war-whoop of pursuit to his Gaucho followers, and to me the well-known intimation of ” Vamos, Senor Don [...]

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The Skipper June 9 1934 Vintage Comic

July 7, 2010

Splendid fun for the 1930′s boy! Cost 2d.  Quite costly, considering I paid 3d. for my Beano and Dandy in 1959.. Here’s a sample of World News for Boys.. Australia. Buffalo-shooting wasn’t nearly thrilling enough for Jack Gaden and O. Jennings, of Darwin, North Australia. There wasn’t sufficient danger in it for their tastes, so [...]

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A GYPSY ENCAMPMENT IN ESSEX 1896

July 6, 2010

A GIPSY ENCAMPMENT IN ESSEX. “A strange people, still living apart and keeping apart, the gipsies are, in England, as in other parts of Europe, a wandering tribe. School-boards, local authorities, the endless regulations by which civilisation seeks to protect itself, have made times hard and life difficult for the gipsies. Nevertheless, the little homes [...]

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Beware the Fake Prints on Ebay!

July 5, 2010

Con artists sold fake Banksy prints on eBay in £50k fraud.. Kingston Crown Court heard that the pair of ‘old fashioned conmen’ pocketed £57,000 in the scam until their disgruntled customers contacted police. Read more:  Conmen Lee Parker and Grant Champkins Howard sold fake Banksy prints on eBay All the Prints we sell on Pictorial [...]

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“In the Good Old Times” – Vintage Cartoons

July 1, 2010

Some great illustrations in the “Boys Own Paper” from 1908 by a very talented H.J. Walker. I would like to know more about this artist. Do you have any information? Related article: The BOP

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Stray Lines from An Anglers Pocketbook – Hugh Thomson

June 30, 2010

STRAY LINES FROM AN ANGLER’S POCKET-BOOK. (Written about 1875) ” Non fit nisi improvisum ;” or as the French render it, ” Rien n’arrive fors l’imprevu.” He who first formulated this aphorism was surely a disciple of the rod. The longer our devotion to the “gentle art” the stronger our faith in the infallible uncertainty [...]

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The Freno and the Bocado – Uruguayan Equestrian

June 29, 2010

THE FRENO AND THE BOCADO – illustrated by  E Castells Capurro 1959 Though both are put in the horse’s mouth, the freno and the bocado are different in design. The freno is a metal bit used with tamed horses, and the bocado is a leather bit used with untamed horses. The freno consists of a [...]

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The Dwight D Eisenhower Pulling The Scarborough Express

June 28, 2010

After beginning service in 1937 in England, this steam engine classic has a home in the United States at present, in the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The locomotive is displayed with two British passenger carriages once used as part of Eisenhower’s Command Train. These have been restored to the condition they were [...]

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