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1960 Ford Sunliner Convertible

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V..E..R..Y . . R..A..R..E .1960 FORD SUNLINER CONVERTIBLE.ONLY YEAR OF THIS UNIQUE STYLE. OFFERED HORIZONTAL REAR FINS AND DUAL HEADLIGHTS.

History of Great Ormond Street Hospital

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Source: http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/about_gosh/gosh_history/story/index.html

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The Miniature

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While thinking about the notion of toys as miniature versions of objects from the adult world I came across this curious relation between our object and the etymology of the word ‘miniature’ which

Nineteen Sixty Three

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Simon Bowes
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This post concerns, for the most part, the year '1963', written on a blue post-it as something we Provocateurs might follow up in due course, and I have come around to it.

Childhood memory

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Meshell Ariss
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The object took me back to when I was around 4 to 5yrs old, it reminded me of a toy my Father brought me, a matchbox transporter with 6 cars onboard.

Boy X

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I am giving the boy the name Boy X in an attempt to redress the racism he suffered at the hands of the British medical profession in being defined as “of non-European extraction”.

Lead detroit

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Kesson Magid
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I was reminded of the chapter in Bill Bryson's book, A Short History of Nearly Everything, http://www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson/bb_title/display.pperl?is...

The Importance of Being Earnest

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Jack Ashby
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Alan Moncrieff - Professor at GOSH who was the doctor involved in the child's case.
Algernon Moncrieff - Lady Bracknell's nephew in The Importance of Being Earnest.

My first family car

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My Dad's first car was black as night with big chrome stripes down the side and a step so high I had trouble climbing in. I think it was called an Anglia!

Toy vehicles

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My list of toy cars;

A blue Bentley whose front wheels steared when pressure was applied to the bumper above them.

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