With origins dating back to 1899 Park Royal Vehicles were a long established manufacturer of bus and coach bodies and with their proximity to AEC, the builder’s of ‘London’s Buses’, they held a formidable place in the provision of buses for London Transport. This was further cemented when, in 1949, Read More →
What a colourful advert from 1950 for the Blackpool based coachbuilder H V Buringham. Formed in 1928/30 Burlingham gained a reputation for quality and although they produced for many operators they were often most associated with local operators Blackpool Corporation and Ribble Motor Services (down the road in Preston) for Read More →
One of the finest little items I’ve found in a while this – just something very bold about this 1964 booklet for the GPO designed by the London Typographical Designers Ltd, who my have been formed just post-WW2 and who appeard to cease business c1970. The title typeface is, I Read More →
One of the finest little items I’ve found in a while this – just something very bold about this 1964 booklet for the GPO designed by the London Typographical Designers Ltd, who my have been formed just post-WW2 and who appeard to cease business c1970. The title typeface is, I Read More →
One of the finest little items I’ve found in a while this – just something very bold about this 1964 booklet for the GPO designed by the London Typographical Designers Ltd, who my have been formed just post-WW2 and who appeard to cease business c1970. The title typeface is, I Read More →
One of the finest little items I’ve found in a while this – just something very bold about this 1964 booklet for the GPO designed by the London Typographical Designers Ltd, who my have been formed just post-WW2 and who appeard to cease business c1970. The title typeface is, I Read More →
One of the finest little items I’ve found in a while this – just something very bold about this 1964 booklet for the GPO designed by the London Typographical Designers Ltd, who my have been formed just post-WW2 and who appeard to cease business c1970. The title typeface is, I Read More →
Ah! A book of childhood delights! One of the beautiful Penguin Books "Puffin Picture Books", this on the then strongly ‘boys’ pursuit of trains. First published during wartime austerity in 1941 this is a later reprint. The authors include W J Bassett-Lowke whose family had long involvement in model railway Read More →
I have no doubt that the civic leaders of the Black Country town (now city) of Wolverhampton thought that using a new fangled aerial photograph of the town centre was very clever in 1932. And there’s no denying that the image, from a historical perspective, is fascinating. The area shown Read More →
I have no doubt that the civic leaders of the Black Country town (now city) of Wolverhampton thought that using a new fangled aerial photograph of the town centre was very clever in 1932. And there’s no denying that the image, from a historical perspective, is fascinating. The area shown Read More →
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