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Souvenirs: Penny Black Pin Badge, Bath Postal Museum, Bath, 28/04/15.

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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badges, bath, Bath Postal Museum, Green Street Bath, John Palmer, letters, mail, Museums, Northgate Street Bath, Penny Black, Penny Black pin badge, postage stamps, poster, Ralph Allen, Souvenirs, Stamps, Thomas Moore Musgrave

Bath.
You will find the Bath Postal Museum, if you find it at all, below stairs at the Post Office on the corner of Northgate Street and Green Street. I have mentioned this fact first because, when my sister and I arrived, I made a casual remark about having to make an effort to find the museum to one of the volunteers on duty and her reply gave me the impression that I wasn’t the first person to say that.

Three historic Bath residents revolutionised the British postal service through some significant firsts:

  • Ralph Allen (born. 1693), a Cornish man who moved to Bath to take up the position of Postmaster at the age of 19, came up with the radical idea that sending all letters via London, which was what happened when the postal service was in its infancy, was a waste of time and effort. The museum guide describes the services Allen invented as the cross and bye posts, which allowed letters to travel between addresses on more direct routes.
  • John Palmer, who was a native “Bathonian“, to quote from the museum guide, made the postal service even quicker by arranging the first ever mail coach run in 1784.
  • Thomas More Musgrove, who became Postmaster of Bath in 1833, is thought to have been the first person to affix a stamp to a letter, The Penny Black, on the 2nd May 1840, making him the first ever person to use a postage stamp (4 days before they were officially issued).
Did you know?

Did you know?

The museum’s hands on displays included a stamp perforating machine [yes, believe it or not, there was a time when you had to perforate your own postage stamps] and the “Potholes and Pitfalls” mail coach board game, both of which my sister and I thoroughly enjoyed. Other interesting exhibits included a wall of post boxes and stamp machines, an educational film about the history of written communications (narrated by the late Richard Briers) and an interesting audio display about different post horns.

If you’re in the area, do call in at the Bath Postal Museum at 27 Northgate Street  or have a look at the museum’s website: http://www.bathpostalmuseum.co.uk/.

Photo Archive: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on a Rocking Horse, Poster for The Royal Childhood Exhibition, Waterloo Underground Station, London, 24/08/14.

26 Tuesday May 2015

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British Monarchy, Buckingham Palace, colourised photograph, London, London Underground, poster, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, rocking horse, Royal Childhood exhibition, Royal Family, The King's Speech, The King's Speech film

London.
I didn’t think of it at the time, but on seeing this photograph again today, it reminded me of the 2010 film “The King’s Speech“, in which a whole stable of toy horses can be seen in the background of more than one scene. I didn’t go and see the Royal Childhood exhibition, but it looks like the rocking horse in this colourised photograph featured in the exhibition.

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Photo Archive: Poster, Leeds, c.2005.

24 Friday Apr 2015

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black and white, blue eyes, fringe, Leeds, portrait, poster, shadows, Street Art

Leeds.

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Photo Archive: “Ex-Easter Island Head”, Liverpool. 2011.

02 Thursday Apr 2015

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band names, Bicycle Thieves, Bicycle Thieves 1948 film, Dire Wolfe, Easter Island Head, Ex-Easter Island Head, illustration, Inside Pages, Liverpool, Moai, Music, poster, The Bido Lito Magazine launch, The Cubical, Toxteth Rebel Alliance, Vittorio De Sica

Liverpool.
I must confessed, I haven’t heard any of the bands listed above! It was the use of the Easter Island Head or Moai that caught my attention initially, as these monolithic sculptures have fascinated me for a number of years, but there are some great band names on there to. Bicycle Thieves [surely a reference to the 1948 Vittorio De Sica film of the same name?], The Cubical, Dire Wolfe and Toxteth Rebel Alliance to name only four. Perhaps I should look up some of these bands and have a listen…

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Photo Archive: “Mixed Bag at The Masque”, Liverpool, 2011.

01 Wednesday Apr 2015

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alcoholic beverages, illustration, Ink Bar Liverpool., Klaus, Liverpool, Mixed Bag at the Masque, music venues, night life, poster, Street Art

Liverpool.

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Photo Archive: “Inspired By Warhol”, Ferens Art Gallery, Little Queen Street, Hull, 2012.

31 Tuesday Mar 2015

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Andy Warhol, Art, Art Galleries., bubble car, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, Hull City of Culture 2017, Museums and Galleries, poster

Hull.

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Photo Archive: “POP TARDIS” Poster, opposite The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, 2014.

02 Monday Mar 2015

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Doctor Who, Music, Police Box, Pop Tardis, poster, Sheffield, Sheffield Student Union, Tardis, University of Sheffield

50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s rooms - it must be bigger on the inside than it is on the outside!

50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s rooms – it must be bigger on the inside than it is on the outside!

“Never Was So Much Owed By So Many To So Few”, RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Hangar, RAF Coningsby, 26/02/15.

26 Thursday Feb 2015

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Battle of Britain, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Never was so much owed by so many to so few, poster, Quotes, RAF, RAF Coningsby, Royal Air Force, Second World War, The Few, Winston Churchill, World War Two

RAF Coningsby.

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Photo Archive: “Three Girls Called Jo”, Bath, c.2007.

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

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3 Girls named Jo, bath, Green Park Tavern Bath, Jazz, notice board, poster, Soul

I never attended this Jazz and Soul Night at “The Green Park Tavern” in Bath, but I’ve often thought about it; I suppose it represents all the things that might have been. After all, it is not very often you find a photograph that reminds you of something you decided not to do!

I wonder if 3 Girls Named Jo are still performing at “The Green Park Tavern“?

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