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A bollard in the shape of wheat-sheaf to stop cars going through a pedestrian access. It is beneath an arch showing the outline of a flying swan signed Swanfield
Link to British Cartoon Archive at the University of Kent. It is a Giles cartoon from the Daily Express. May 29, 1962. It shows Morris Men dancing in the pouring rain and one is singing “The merry month of Maying. With a fa, la, la and a fa, la, la. And in three weeks’ time the nights start drawing in”
The photo shows the remains of a communal Roman lavatory
Diagram from a 1960’s textbook on plumbing showing all the cold water taps (apart from the kitchen sink) being fed from an open cistern in the attic space
Ronald Searle cartoon showing sports day with two St Trinian’s schoolgirls injecting the arm of a girl from a competing school. A St Trinian’s teacher is admonishing them by saying “Fair play St Trinian’s, use a clean needle”
Infra-red image of a house
A photo of Brum - a vintage car that appears in a children’s TV series
Cover of Compec 79 show guide