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Random postings of stuff on an ad-hoc basis. All book covers scanned from my personal collection. All non-archive photographs taken by me. "All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension."
Washford, Somerset. 12220. London North Western Railway 6w Covered Carriage Truck. Wolverton, 1922. To department use as Pooley Weighing Machine Contractors Staff & Tool van DM 395273. Scrapped on site, 05.2019. Photos: 17.03.2006 (1); 12.2015 (2). #Washford #Somerset #grounded #departmental
Clifford D. Simak, Cemetery World, Magnum, 1977-80 editions. Vernor Vinge, Across Realtime, Millennium/Orion, 1993-94 editions, Covers: Chris Moore. #CliffordSimak #VernorVinge #ChrisMoore
Melissa A. Benson. Mesa Pegasus. Magic The Gathering Fifth Edition. #MelissaBenson #MagicTheGathering #pegasus
General Lying-in Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London. Early-mid C19. One of the first maternity hospitals. Proposed by Dr. John Leake. Opened 1767, closed 1971. Photo: 28.02.2026. #London #hospital #maternity #JohnLeake
Clifford D. Simak, Cemetery World, Magnum, 1977. Cover: Chris Moore. Desert Warfare on Arrakis from Steven Eisler, Space Wars Worlds and Weapons; New Mars from Steven Caldwell, Dangerous Frontiers. #CliffordSimak #ChrisMoore #PostApocalypse #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters
Mark Poole. Mesa Falcon. Magic The Gathering: Homelands. "Pretty Falcon, friend to Soraya. Will you send her my greetings?" Gemma, Willow Priestess. #MarkPoole #MagicTheGathering #Homelands #falcon
Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly, London. King and Queen. 1990 by Lynn Chadwick. Photo: 28.02.2026. #London #sculpture #LynnChadwick
Natural History Museum, London. Fence topper (1); Fossilized tree trunk from Craigleith Quarry, Scotland, Carboniferous. 330 million years old (2); life size bronze Diplodocus skeleton (3). Photo: 21.02.2026. #London #museum #NaturalHistory #skeleton #dinosaur
Clifford D. Simak, Cemetery World, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1975. Cover: Dave Sumner. #CliffordSimak #SidgwickJackson #DaveSumner #cyborg #PostApocalypse #InterstellarTravel
Steve Luke. Merfolk Seer. Magic The Gathering: Mirage. The sea leaves no room for tears. Zhalfirin adage #SteveLuke #MagicTheGathering #Mirage #merfolk
Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly, London. Mechanical clock. 1964 by Berkeley Sutcliffe. Photo: 28.02.2026. #London #clock #BerkeleySutcliffe
Natural History Museum, London. 1873-81 designed by Alfred Waterhouse. Built by George Baker and Sons of Lambeth. Terracotta and carved stone manufactured by Gibbs and Canning, Tamworth, Staffordshire. Photo: 21.02.2026. #London #museum #NaturalHistory #AlfredWaterhouse #GeorgeBaker
Shirebrook, Derbyshire. 58031. Container type BC. Eastleigh, lot 3072, 1957. Assumed scrapped. Photo: 06.05.1989.
Clifford D. Simak, Catface, Mandarin, 1991. Cover: Fred Gambino. First published in the USA as Mastodonia, 1978. #CliffordSimak #FredGambino #TimeTravel
Steve Luke. Merfolk Raiders. Magic The Gathering: Mirage. "Turn your back for a second and they just vanish As if they weren't shifty enough before." Rhirhok, goblin archer. #SteveLuke #MagicTheGathering #Mirage #merfolk #raider
Marylebone Flyover, London. c1967 by Hubert Bennett. Photo: 21.02.2026. #London #HubertBennett #bridge
Severn Valley Railway, Shropshire. B 55730B. 5t Conflat container type B. Swindon, lot 2888, 1956. Photo: 05.10.2002. #Loughborough #railway #grounded
Clifford D. Simak, Catface, Magnum, 1980. Cover: Chris Moore. First published in the USA as Mastodonia, 1978. #CliffordSimak #ChrisMoore #TimeTravel
Jeff A. Menges. Merfolk of the Pearl Trident. Magic The Gathering Fourth Edition. #JeffMenges #MagicTheGathering
Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly, London. 1926-29 by Edmund Wimperis, William Simpson and Leonard Guthrie. Neo-Georgian. #London #clock #EdmundWimperis #WilliamSimpson #LeonardGuthrie
Davies Street, London. John Bolding & Sons Grosvenor Works. 1889-90 by John Thomas Wimperis. Founded 1822. Terracotta facing. Free Jacobean-Flemish Renaissance style. Much florid ornament in moulded terracotta. Photos: 21.02.2026. #London #JohnBolding #JohnWimperis
Loughborough, Great Central Railway. BD 50343B. Conflat container type BD. St. Rollox. lot 3131, 1958. Photo: 09.08.2006. #Loughborough #railway #grounded
Clifford D. Simak, Brother and Other Stories, Methuen, 1988. Cover: Chris Moore. Edited by Francis Lyall. Collection of stories written 1953-77. #CliffordSimak #FrancisLyall #ChrisMoore
