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Peter Berthoud
Dec 5, 2021
A 90 Year Old Cricketing Mystery Solved - Owzthat!
Norman Cook of Manchester Patented and Trademarked Owzthat in 1932. How to Identify and Date Early Sets of Owzthat.
Peter Berthoud
May 19, 2014
The Real Story of A-Z Maps by Phyllis Pearsall
The legend of Phyllis Pearsall, founder of Geographers' A-Z Map Company, has become controversial in recent years. The debate about...
Peter Berthoud
Jul 16, 2012
Vintage Portraits of London Street Markets
In 1936 a Bauhaus master turned his attention to London Street Markets. László Moholy-Nagy provided 64 superb images for Mary Benedetta's...
Peter Berthoud
Jul 15, 2012
The London Horse
The British Museum have just opened a new, free, exhibition "The Horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot". The exhibition seeks to demonstrate...
Peter Berthoud
Jul 3, 2012
London Markets in the 1930s
In 1930 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries published a report on London Markets. The report described all the principal London...
Peter Berthoud
Apr 2, 2012
Down and Out in 1930s London
Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell's classic book on his experience of rough living, was published in 1933. These photos of...
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