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A legendary 20th-century illustrator, Heath Robinson is known best for his intricate drawings of weird and wonderful contraptions✍️
You can see many of his works displayed at @hrobinsonmuseum and in our art book, 'Very Heath Robinson'📖
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🍂🍻 A little autumn pub trip, with a side of London history! Fancy a pint with a past? 🍺
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Dear Diary…
We’ve been using our book ‘Doors of London’ as a guide for our jaunts and have started documenting them in a new blog series.
Read our first Door Diary, ‘Drinking with Mr D’Arcy’, and learn about a sheepish mascot.
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Have you ever wondered why American folk songs frequently feature trains? Check out our Instagram to find out more: instagram.com/p/DdtccJEjaw9/…
#johnnycash #locomotive #folkmusic #steamlocomotive #folklore
Dive into the graphic romance of the American dream with our specialist railroad book ‘Logomotive’. In our visual celebration of an era of bygone travel, we trace the archives of vintage US iconography, from locomotives and rolling stock, to architecture and advertisements.
We are happy to note that the Editors of ‘The New Criterion’ found our book on the aesthetics of the railroads to be a ‘cheerful journey down much missed tracks’.
Many thanks to Harrogate based graphic designer Andrew Backhouse for his specialist review of our railroad design book, ‘Logomotive’. Spot the original logo of your local heritage railway on slide two. 👀🚂
The architecture book #doorsoflondon by @CMHarries and @HouseHistorian has arrived @drjohnsonshouse, we are delighted to see. We gave them Top Door in The City of London chapter and they have given us centre stage in their gift shop. Thank you!
Plan your pub crawl with ‘Doors of London’.
Follow us as we work our way through the 20 historic pubs written up in the book. Today we visited The Ram Inn in Wandsworth🐐
A pint always tastes better when you know the backstory! 🍺
See more in ‘Doors of London’🚪
#londonpubs
We’re raising a glass to the locomotive Big Boy 4014 as it celebrates America 250. Why not make your own Big Boy cocktail? 🚂🍸
You’ll need:
- 50 ml brandy
- 25 ml Cointreau
- 20 ml Sirop-de-Citron
- Ice
Combine and shake like Big Boy! For more, see bit.ly/LogosUSA.
We’re following Big Boy 4014 as it steams west from Philadelphia to its home in Cheyenne. Here it is 20 miles outside Pittsburgh on Sunday 12th July, photographed for us by a friend. Why are we hooked? Read our blog Big Journey for a Big Boy, bit.ly/BigBoySP
#bigboy4014
Here’s a simplified itinerary of Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 on the final leg of its America 250 tour. Cast your eye down the list of stopping points it to find possible viewing locations.
#bigboy4014 #up4014 #America250 #Nostalgia
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We are happy to note that the Editors of ‘The New Criterion’ found our book on the aesthetics of the railroads to be ‘a cheerful journey down much missed tracks’.
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To celebrate America 250 and Union Pacific Big Boy 4014’s coast-to-coast journey, we have created a commemorative book-and-card set that tells the story of the railroads.
#bigboy4014 #up4014 #America250 #unionpacific #railroadhistory #Nostalgia
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Big Journey for a Big Boy: what’s that all about?
#trains #railway #america250thanniversary
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Here is a selection of logos from our beautiful book, 'Logomotive: Railroad Graphics and the American Dream'. Do you spot your railroad? 🚂🛤️
To celebrate, #HeathRobinson 's birthday this week, we are offering this humorous art book for 25% off, plus a set of 6 free cards illustrated by the master of the absurd ⚙️ This offer lasts one week only, ending 5th June 🎈
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Join our Editor as he visits @drjohnsonshouse, one of the most fascinating locations featured in our book ‘Doors of London’ by @CMHarries and @HouseHistorian 🚪
Read more about what’s behind this door here: sheldrakepress.co.uk/blog/lo…
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At this table in this room, Samuel Johnson wrote the first comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language. Join our Editor as he time travels back to the editorial world of Fleet Street in the 1750s. @drjohnsonshouse @CMHarries
sheldrakepress.co.uk/blog/lo… – at City of London, London
Congratulations, Mel, for bringing house histories to a wider audience. We love a good house history. We’ll raise a glass to you! 🎉
Really chuffed that my talk for @LewHeritage went really well tonight!! I’ve also heard that my talk at the Deepings Literary Festival on 1 May has also sold out!! 😄 I might celebrate with a glass of something when I get home 😁 #househistories #househistory