Nathan Simms

@nathansimms.bsky.social

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Socialism. Books. Gaming. Gay. Antiques and collectables.

The Fire version of the wonderful Nintendo Game & Watch. A handheld game where you provide trampolines to bounce people jumping out of a burning building, until they reach the ambulance. A very early Nintendo product.
Linda la Hughes and Tom Farrell from the English sitcom 'Gimme Gimme Gimme'. Linda has huge white specs, wild red hair, a cheeky grin, and is wiggling two little bottles of milk at breast-height. Tom is behind her, looking elsewhere, disgusted.
A poster advertising the Centenary Exhibition of William Morris at the V&A. The image is a wild stylised pattern of flowers and leaves.
Linda la Hughes, a character from the sit com 'Gimme Gimme Gimme'. Linda has untidy died red hair and big white eyeglasses.
A woman with long dark hair and wearing a white gown stands in the centre of the foyer to an apartment building. The building interior's design is pink, white and black, in art deco style geometric patterns.
A book published in the very late 19th Century called 'Manners for Men'. The cover shows a drawing of a Victorian couple in formal attire.
A new Stalin diorama at a subway station in Moscow. It is Socialist Realism par excellence.
A ceramic lidded tankard, made in Staffordshire about 1950s. The pottery lid has a wonderful floral decoration. The decoration is brown.
An antique English serving plate. with a Chinese-inspired scene of a Pagoda by a stream. There is a bamboo pattern around the edge of the plate. The plate has gilded handles at each side.
A 1970s Crown Lynn side, with dark brown background and a stylised black flowers and leaves pattern.
A gorgeous pair of amber and silver cufflinks, made in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg. Each cufflink has fiery yellow amber in the centre, and darker amber to each side for symmetrical contrast.
Bob Jones gives the fingers to anti-tour protesters. He has stepped out of a Rolls Royce, has a cigarillo in his mouth, and a sneer on his face.
A smiling dog wearing a ludicrous wolf costume.
A Reliant Robin, a small British car which was noted for having only three wheels.
Bilbo Baggins from Lord of the Rings, transformed into a monster by Frodo's refusal to give him the one ring.
Marge Simpson proudly sits in front of a loom, on which she has very quickly produced an embroidered sign which reads: "Hi Bart, I Am Weaving On A Loom!".
The character Linda La Hughes from the sitcom 'Gimme Gimme Gimme'. Linda is dressed all in pink, including a pink motorcycle helmet.
A book called 'Low Visibility A Cartoon History 1945-53'.
An young indigenous Australian man drinks a beer at a pub in 1960s provincial Australia.