Jack Kirby
@jdk653
Associate Director of Collections Services at Science Museum Group, walker, fan: maps, culture, heritage, local distinctiveness. Gay, use hearing aids. Views own
Have you read Extinct: A Compendium of Obsolete Objects ed. Penner et al? I'd say there's a chapter in each object you've mentioned. Sympathise on time, though. If I had more time, I'd contribute this extant manhole cover and use it to talk about London, politics, and mass rapid transit.
We are seeking to appoint two independent members to our Collections Committee, for up to 4 years: One with significant experience in the management of historic collections in museums or heritage sites One with significant experience in the digital humanities. Closes 24 August: lnkd.in/e38mtWDf
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social St Marylebone Borough Council coat of arms on public housing at Chapel Street, NW1.
What's interesting about those signs is that they are in the Ministry of Works style for site interpretation signage, but erected by a local society. Here's one from Lordenshaws, near Rothbury, Northumberland, that I took last month.
The Old Wardour Castle sign has the distinction of being the only one I've found located more than a few hundred metres from the site. I wonder if, before brown signs, they were more common. There's also a generation of National Trust signs still out there.
There is little that makes me happier than discovering another one of these signs.
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Vestry of St Pancras plaque, Gloucester Gate Bridge, Camden
A partial explanation, from the pamphlet Public Art in Public Transport (Centro, 2005).
Not the first time that Barnsley has been the subject of improbable proposals. Yet Will Alsop's 'Tuscan' vision is credited with catalysing some regeneration. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (Model on display in Experience Barnsley museum)
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Agree. I went up Pendle Hill in Lancashire today (and then down the other side, very carefully).
That reminds me to report that the Loop board at Trent Park is looking a bit worse for wear.
Lots to be said for getting up early. This is where I was at 10.15(ish). Best wishes for an easier year ahead for you.
I was there on Sunday. Agree it is a good refurbishment and was gratifyingly busy during my visit.
During the pandemic I started noticing drain covers, the best of which tell a history of local governance. The earliest I have found is this one bearing the name Withington Local Board, which dates it to between 1876 and 1894.
I expect you know that @c20society.bsky.social has a campaign to list cooling towers. c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers. However to my mind the best, the pink-tinted cooling towers of Ironbridge B (seen here in 2012), have already gone.
+1 for the castle. Pilgrims Coffee is freshly roasted. Avoiding drowning on the causeway by knowing the tide times is wise. Hope there isn't a sea fret (or that it lifts).
@thebeautyoftransport.com @danielhwright.bsky.social A Beacon footbridge in the wild at Y Fenni / Abergavenny.
I feel we may have had this conversation previously, but orange is also used (admittedly rarely) to indicate hazardous goods prohibitions. As seen in your avatar, amongst other places.
@milleanick.bsky.social I ticked off another of the North Eastern Railway tiled maps at Scarborough yesterday.