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It’s one of those bookshops…

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…with no books most people have seen before, and with the most esoteric titles. It’s in metroland of course, where else would anyone buy books like these, and it’s almost next door to the £3-50 loaf bakery. Incidentally I am addicted to the bread from this place, and last week on my most recent visit to metroland I strolled over to take a little look round the district. Avoiding as best I could the oncoming stream of meedja people trying to make a film about the 70’s, I found another branch of the bakery and popped in to shell out … Continue reading It’s one of those bookshops…

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Pancake tosser…

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It’s not often you get a pancake tosser on the front of a magazine, but this one made it. I quite like the art director’s note  in the top right not to lose the pancakes at the top when placing. I’m assuming I did this for pancake day. I was always inspired by the wonderful invention and drawing of William Heath Robinson, where he imagined machines that could do all sorts of wonderful tasks. I think this drawing would benefit from some simple animation.Flying pancakes, lovely. Heath Robinson I’m having a week of postings to see what sort of response … Continue reading Pancake tosser…

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A fine piece of sign writing.

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This in a shop window just before Christmas. The vacancy can’t have been for long as the shop, which sold utter tat, has now closed. One of those places where you might buy a shirt in a box and find no arms on it when you open it on Christmas day, or even worse, someone else does. You would , of course return and expect an exchange or money back, but tough, that outlet has now gone. I’m no expert at English, and grammar is not my strong point, but you can see from this that whoever did it was … Continue reading A fine piece of sign writing.