Viking Telescopes of Devon
Sometimes vandalism (or in this case, just as likely decay) has a minor positive benefit and it’s only now that I can finally see for […]
History
Other people we like (22 of 69)
At the risk of sounding like a Peter Kaye impersonator, hands up who remembers The Secret Life of Machines, a fairly early on Channel 4 […]
Oh no it isn’t!
It’s a bit late for pantomine (although, in years past the more successful ones would only stop by being kicked out for summer seasons to […]
Website Updates
First off, our web hosts are at last and after many delays and false starts upgrading their server on the 16th February 2022 [all done […]
The Knowledge Base
We’ve recently (as you can see a tiny bit of here in the form of a late 1960s LocWil flyer) got hold of a bumper […]
Fancy a hot dog?
This is indeed a hot dog vending machine – installed later at Grand Central Station, Manhatten, New York, USA. There must have been at least […]
The ‘Ever Open Shop’ at the Automat
Introducing an opportunity to own [Sorry, SOLD!] a great example of a class of machines that appeared with great fanfare, but pretty much disappeared just […]
Poppets – a history (and a machine…)
Paynes Poppets are currently made by Valeo Confectionary, but originated in 1937 by the (still present, in name only) Payne’s fine confectionery, at that time […]