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Just My Typewriter

April 27, 2016December 16, 2013 by Michael Carnell

I like typewriters. I don’t know why, but I do. It could be the sound they make when someone is feverishly typing away. I used to hear my mother typing late into the night when I was young – often on my father’s dissertation for his Ph.D.. Or, it could be the romanticism for the … Read more

Categories General Tags collecting, collections, hoarding, typewriters

James May on Toy Trains

September 29, 2014December 6, 2009 by Michael Carnell

Top Gear’s James May presented a program about his Top Toys, and this is the segment on the number 1 toy – the train set. We also get a glimpse of Pete Waterman’s O Gauge layout. This all too brief video gives a nice introduction to the Hornby and Triang model railways of the UK … Read more

Categories Trains, Model RR, Hobbies Tags collections, Hornby, James May, Top Gear, Triang

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