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From Flickr: “National Benzole touring service – touring map section 4; North Wales, c1960” by mikeyashworth

Petrol and oil companies had a long history of issuing either complimentary or retail maps to guide the motorist and although many covers were pedestrian in design some rose to the challenge of making a map eye catching and desirable. This series of ‘touring maps, six in total, issued by Read More →

From Flickr: “Farringdon Station, Cowcross St, London ; 1922 reconstruction for the Metropolitan Railway, architect Charles Clark” by mikeyashworth

I have many memories of this station as this facade, Listed now, forms part of the huge and on-going reconstruction to make this Underground station one of the key interchanges between the Tube, Thameslink and Crossrail (Elizabeth line). I spent over a decade managing elements of this place. This photo, Read More →

From Flickr: “Scottish Motor Traction SMT Flying School advert, c1932” by mikeyashworth

It is a remarkable thought that the Scottish Motor Traction group, who had extensive interests in Scotland’s road transport industry, also ran its own airline during the 1930s. As well as providing air services and air taxis you could learn to fly by the SMT! This advert shows the aerodrome Read More →

From Flickr: “Scottish Motor Traction SMT Flying School advert, c1932” by mikeyashworth

It is a remarkable thought that the Scottish Motor Traction group, who had extensive interests in Scotland’s road transport industry, also ran its own airline during the 1930s. As well as providing air services and air taxis you could learn to fly by the SMT! This advert shows the aerodrome Read More →

From Flickr: “Scottish Motor Traction SMT Flying School advert, c1932” by mikeyashworth

It is a remarkable thought that the Scottish Motor Traction group, who had extensive interests in Scotland’s road transport industry, also ran its own airline during the 1930s. As well as providing air services and air taxis you could learn to fly by the SMT! This advert shows the aerodrome Read More →

From Flickr: “Scottish Motor Traction SMT Flying School advert, c1932” by mikeyashworth

It is a remarkable thought that the Scottish Motor Traction group, who had extensive interests in Scotland’s road transport industry, also ran its own airline during the 1930s. As well as providing air services and air taxis you could learn to fly by the SMT! This advert shows the aerodrome Read More →

From Flickr: “Scottish Motor Traction SMT Flying School advert, c1932” by mikeyashworth

It is a remarkable thought that the Scottish Motor Traction group, who had extensive interests in Scotland’s road transport industry, also ran its own airline during the 1930s. As well as providing air services and air taxis you could learn to fly by the SMT! This advert shows the aerodrome Read More →

From Flickr: “Rochdale Past & Present, 1876; cover showing Rochdale Town Hall” by mikeyashworth

I sat and proudly listened to the BBC tonight as the chimes and bells of my hometown’s town hall were broadcast to replace the stilled bells of the Palace of Westminster (aka Big Ben). Rochdale’s Town Hall is one of the UK’s great Victorian Gothic Revival buildings. Opened in 1871 Read More →