Monthly Archives: April 2011

Ham-fish-ted

By crownfolio | Published: April 8, 2011

We didn’t just buy this for the pun potential, honestly. Although that was quite a big part of why we did.  It is, of course, another lovely Daphne Padden for P&O, from the S S Empire Fowey in 1959. Along with it came this, which is the menu for what looks like the children’s party [...]

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life : henrion : rabbit

By crownfolio | Published: April 6, 2011

I called up this book out of our library’s reserve stores the other day (you can easily enough find it on Amazon if your library isn’t so obliging). It’s from 1972, so I wasn’t hoping for too much from it, but actually I was surprised.  There’s a short introductory essay, but then the bulk of [...]

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Ceci n’est pas un crease

By crownfolio | Published: April 4, 2011

Everyone has spent their weekend listing posters on eBay, it seems.  Well, everyone except me.  But there is a something for almost every taste out there this morning. Quite a bit of it is, however, somewhat battered.  Like this Tom Purvis poster, for example. This series has been mentioned on here before, as an example [...]

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Woof Woof

By crownfolio | Published: April 1, 2011

So, why, you may be wondering, am I bothering you with 1950s children’s ephemera today?  Evocative and delightful, to be sure, but what’s the reason for its being here? Here’s a clue. The roundabout and its flying fairground horses have turned up before on here.  And in each case they are the work of Barbara [...]

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