1960 Ford Sunliner Convertible
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
Source: http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/about_gosh/gosh_history/story/index.html
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The Miniature
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
My list of toy cars;
A blue Bentley whose front wheels steared when pressure was applied to the bumper above them.