Trade Cards
One of the things that turned up online, when I was researching John Moseley for one of my previous posts, was his trade card. Trade cards were small cards, similar to visiting cards, that businesses...
View ArticleSlideshow 1 – Goodbye to W.H.Clark
(Please click on the picture to go to the slideshow). W H Clark originally opened as H.M.Presland & Sons in 1797. It became W H Clark in the 1890s and has traded as Daniel Lewis & Sons Ltd –...
View ArticleHelp with a name?
Can anyone please help me find out what this glorious-looking tool shop is on the right hand side of this picture? The picture was originally posted by @joeflanagan1 on Twitter. He posts some really...
View ArticleAn excerpt from ‘Shoreditch Tales’
Lucas Furniture Co.Ltd in Dunloe Street, 1959 I’d rather graft than do nothing In the 19th and most of the 20th Centuries, Shoreditch was an industrial centre: printing, box-making, clothes, footwear...
View ArticlePlane time capsule
SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES I loved this post over on MVFlaim’s blog about his Kruse & Bahlmann plane restoration. Take a read and discover the extra surprise he got when he worked on the plane.
View ArticleEast End Canal Heritage
In the relatively short time I’ve lived in Hackney myself, I’ve seen a radical shift in the use of the canals in the area. For one, more and more people are living on them, with the costs of a barge...
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