focus on 'Toy' car and the times
Entry:
First of all, the idea of Object Retrieval is great. It could be a little embarrassing before giving precise information of the object, but we could find the value of the object personally.
Sous le signe de Saturne
Your name:
Dr Craig Moyes
Entry:
Lead poisoning is commonly known in French (and occasionally in English) as "saturnisme". Why Saturn?
passing through
Your name:
Duncan
Entry:
I have been passing through UCL for five years. A PhD can take some time you see. Almost completed now and you come across a routemaster in the quad. Not seen that before.
What's in a bus - A night and a day reading
Entry:
The whole idea seems amazing ! A real 1965 red routemaster anchored within the quad, a temporary home for this weared led toy car!
Engendered cars
Entry:
Toys can provide an insight into questions about gender. Certain objects are deemed to be as being "masculine" or "feminine".
Culture
Your name:
gillian
Entry:
This car relates psychologically and historically as a memorial because it reminds me of driving around listening to incredible sounds of American music and feeling the wind and as if life held pro
cars as objects of desire
Your name:
Lindsay Holmes
Entry:
Cars have always been objects of desire for me and my father, often unrealised in reality. In the early 1960s my father bought a red zephyr mark II.
The Oral Stage
Entry:
[I believe this material can be used under the Fair Dealing "research for non-commercial use" exemption]
From Gertrude Stein to Jeremy Bentham
Entry:
In 'Tender Buttons' (1914) Gertrude Stein has a section entitled 'Objects'.
Some Songs Published in 1963
Entry:
"18 Yellow Roses" "Abilene" "All My Loving" "Another Saturday Night" "As Usual" "Call Me Irresponsible" "Charade" "Da Do Ron Ron" "Detroit City" "Distant Drums" "Dominique" "Don't Talk To Him" "Don
