Phil Beard
Thursday, 31 March 2022

Pyramids, Arcades, Wheels and Elevators

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Portfolio presentations from the postcard collection.   The process of selecting and grouping by subject throws up intriguing contrasts betw...
Wednesday, 23 March 2022

Postcard of the Day No. 108, Ice Men of Oregon

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These are the four Ice Men of Crook County, Oregon who had the task of supplying the locals with  slabs of ice extracted from a hillside cav...
Sunday, 6 March 2022

Rendsburg Hochbrücke reopens

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By chance I discovered that that the Transporter bridge function of the Rendsburg Hochbrücke was fully restored to public operation last Fri...
Monday, 28 February 2022

Great Railway Stations No. 20, Newcastle Central Station

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Two abiding memories of this grand and impressive station.  First from a Saturday evening in 2015 when I wandered into the vastness of the C...
Thursday, 10 February 2022

Postcard of the Day No. 107, County Arcade Leeds

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This postcard view of the County Arcade in Leeds shows something of what was on sale in the first decade of the arcade’s existence (1900-191...
Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Deutsche Plakate (1888-1933)

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The sheer strength and visual power of German graphics always command attention and admiration.  Their confidence in asserting their message...
Thursday, 27 January 2022

Cornish Mining in the St. Just District

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In the 1890s the Great Western Railway operated a weekly train to Southampton calling at Redruth and Camborne to collect Cornish miners on t...
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Mostly water. Oxygen (65.0%) Carbon (18.5%) Hydrogen (9.5%) Nitrogen (3.2%) Calcium (1.5%) Phosphorus (1.0%) Potassium (0.4%) Sulphur (0.3%) Sodium (0.2% Chlorine (0.2%) Magnesium (0.1%) Iodine (0.1%) Iron (0.1%) Chromium (trace) Cobalt (trace) Copper (trace) Fluorine (trace) Manganese (trace) Molybdenum (trace) Selenium (trace) Tin (trace) Vanadium (trace) Zinc (trace)
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