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PO boxes inside the Stillwater General Store, Stillwater NJ
Happy to report: this image won a blue ribbon in it's division at the '11 Coconino County Fair!
I usually have my XA with me on my walks.
Kodak MAX 800 film - Olympus XA rangefinder. Scanned with the Canon 9950F flatbed.
KodakGT800_200808_9950F_13_XA
A little chokin trinket box I've had and treasured for many years.
Chokin is the art of etching pure copper and inlaying (gilding) with silver and gold.
The background is a texture by Lenabem-Anna J.
116 pictures in 2016 (84) knick knack or trinket
I spotted this letter box the other day but its got a round hole ?
My Letter Box expert will know Marj ;-)
The covering of a deep sided Drop Back Box with convex book spine which will serve the purpose for storing 9 Folded Vellum Deeds dating from 1686 - 1695.
Commission for private client.
Created for the Our Daily Challenge topic:
IN A BOX is the topic for Friday, October 2, 2020
* In my circa 1830's - 40's box:
Misc. pocket watches
19th century pottery marbles
Special Forces pin
IATSE union pin
Antique comedy and tragedy ring
Navajo ring
Ruby ring
One of the 142 former Police Boxes in Edinburgh.
Most, if not all have been sold off and have new uses as coffee bars or tour guide stations.
The Police Box Network dates from 1932 and this is evidenced by the fact that most have sinks installed with the date embedded in them. Most were designed by City Architect Ebenezer MacRae and manufactured by Carron Ironworks of Falkirk. The boxes used to have sirens on top and were used by officers to phone into the station, report and get further instructions. The aforementioned sink in each box served as an urinal, washing facility and a tap to provide refreshment.
A heavily modified image of Deganwy signal box, I wanted to give the picture the feel of a poster/drawing - I think it worked ok.
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North London Line at Old Oak in the late 1980's.
First time I have really looked at this scan of an Ektachrome 120 roll film slide. Cropped to bring out the detail of what I now see is the defunct signal box.
Pentax 6 X 7 with Kodak Ektachrome 64. 120 Roll Film
Original Design: Tomoko Fuse
Link: youtu.be/Xt3D9AnnftM
Made with two dollar bills, one for lid and one for box.
Finally a break to do what I enjoy! Modified to work with dollar bill. This is a first try. would like to get the black lines with in the star to be symmetrical.
Nice box as gift for any occasion.
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Xyla seemed to like this box, so I cut off three of the flaps and put the "bed" from the cat carrier in it. She was leery at first, but she seems to like it.
A southbound train enters Petersfield, passing the Grade II listed signal box which is threatened with demolition by Network Rail in the course of their modernisation work.
The box is a London & South Western Railway Type 3a construction built around 1885 and still contains some original signalling equipment.
Hampshire, UK. December 2020. © David Hill
A new use for a phone box at Greenwich Naval College in London. Business looks slow here but he did have some customers later. It seems vapes are now an essential item on your day out.
You might spot a theme in today’s posts…
In this piece of the world, this is called a box canyon. Most everywhere else, a box canyon has a definite steep end, once you get trapped in there, there's no escaping the sheriff. This one's more like a box with both ends open.
Regional differences, I guess...
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Summer 2014 2nd leg: "Getting High"
July 13: an early visit to Piedra Falls, warming up in Piedra River canyon, getting wet in Pagosa Springs.
I thought I was taking a picture of a phone box but when I looked inside it had a cash machine!
Borough Market, London.
These boxes from Edwardian times and containing tableware - fancy fish cutlery and servers, cake forks etc, etc. - have been passed down from my wife's grandparents. They have survived being blitzed in WW2 in West Kensington, London and a variety of moves around Southern England. They have been safely tucked away with us for over 30 years and we are considering their future as they are hopelessly out of fashion. In the meanwhile they languish in an untidy little stack.
Also associated with the 1940 West Kensington time is an eye-witness letter from my wife's aunt when she was fourteen years old in 1940 written during and immediately after a bombing raid. A very powerful document indeed that still affects us both whenever we read it.
This is another box variation.
The lid is made with a hexagonal star cross module.
And the base is made with the hexagon cross module.
Folder: Dirk Eisner
box end idea: Brigitte Wehrle
6 units base, 6 units lid
duocolor wrapping paper
A few long term rail contacts on Flickr will know that for many years my dad has been looking for an image of this signal box. It was the first place he worked and no matter where he looked or who I spoke with we couldn't find a photo of the box. Everything changed this week. Not just one picture but two came to light. This one was purchased by dad and shows the box and an unknown entourage at some point prior to the Great War.
The box was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1893 and closed by British Railways in 1970. I will let dad supply a few additional notes.
Signalmen were: Clifford Dickinson, Arthur Burton and Bill Humphreys, working three shifts in turn, 6.0 am to 2.0 pm, 2.0 pm to 10.0 pm and 10.0 pm to 6.0 am, days, afternoons and nights, Monday to Saturday, starting a new shift every Monday. The branch line to Castleford and Methley did not operate on Sunday. Train register lads: John Firth and Keith Matthews, working days and afternoon shift alternate weeks.
The box controlled the up and down main and goods lines to and from London to Leeds, the branch line to and from Methley, the East and West line to Robin Hood, the Lofthouse colliery sidings lines and the goods yard at Outwood. Quite busy at times.
I have a recollection of a then, circa 1954, experimental diesel unit testing on the Methley to Leeds line, it deliberately stopped on the steepest part of the 1 in 49 uphill gradient near the junction with the main line, then set off again with no problems. Steam engines often needed a ‘banker’ engine at the rear to assist them up the incline. My signalman friend remarked, “Well John that’s thefuture, we won’t need steam engines when these take over”.
Train register lads duties were: recording, the exact time of all bell contacts relating to the passage of each train in the registers, (eight entries per train). There were different bell codes for each type of train, a light engine was 2-3 rings, an express passenger train 4 bells, etc. Other duties were receiving and transmitting Morse code telegraph messages, telephoning Leeds Central Control with times of VIP trains, etc. Non clerical duties included keeping the box clean and levers polished, washing the many windows, emptying the chemical toilet and burying it behind the box. Plus the unofficial task of operating the box whilst the signalman had his breakfast or tea. Happy days.
Group shot!
The Kumabolo N faces are rather faded/light compared to my usaggie ones. I think it's because they're darker in general. But it still photographs really nicely so I'm not complaining.