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stairpost
27-04-2019, 10:45
At the risk of sounding like a complete trainspotter in front of the cool kids, is anyone else collecting the 50p designs?
No, I just don't have the time - I'm too busy spotting Eddie Stobart lorries on the motorway and jotting down their reg numbers. :lol:
They have a tuck shop at work, I was complaining that they were charging ten bob for a pack of crisps, no-one knew what ten bob was.:rolleyes:
No, I'm not collecting them although a mate advised me that there is a 50p coin that is worth 2 grand but I can't recall what design he said to look out for.
Probably the one made from solid gold.
Kew gardens is worth a fair bit... think peter rabbit is too
Firebottle
27-04-2019, 11:19
No, I just don't have the time - I'm too busy spotting Eddie Stobart lorries on the motorway and jotting down their reg numbers. :lol:
Better to look out for the cab name, all female.
Better to look out for the cab name, all female.
Yes I know - but my reply was meant to be taken in the same way as 'trainspotting'. :)
stairpost
27-04-2019, 13:13
Kew gardens is pretty much the hardest to find of the individual designs as far as I'm aware, and can be pricey. But the 2009/10/11 sheild design were uncirculated and they are worth finding. The problem is that once you find out about these things a 50p is never the same again, you can't spend one or receive one in your change without checking what it is, it's addictive.
I have a book thingy in which I keep mine, in issue date order, and as I type that I realise how sad it looks :lol:
No, I just don't have the time - I'm too busy spotting Eddie Stobart lorries on the motorway and jotting down their reg numbers. :lol:
:lolsign:
Sorry Rich but it made me laugh!
At the risk of sounding like a complete trainspotter in front of the cool kids, is anyone else collecting the 50p designs?
I wasn't aware that there was anything new or specific to collect, so what gives?:)
Marco.
stairpost
27-04-2019, 13:47
:lolsign:
Sorry Rich but it made me laugh!
I understand fully, I can't admit such a hobby in public and not expect a comment or two of the good natured variety. In fact so far in think I got off lightly :)
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 13:55
At the risk of sounding like a complete trainspotter in front of the cool kids, is anyone else collecting the 50p designs?
I've been collecting 50ps for years, and my collection numbers over a thousand. I put it on Ebay for £450 or best offer, but no takers. I must be the world's shittest salesman :(
stairpost
27-04-2019, 14:00
I wasn't aware that there was anything new or specific to collect, so what gives?:)
Marco.
Nothing hugely exciting in reality. About a year ago I happened to have a few bags of 50ps for the coffee machine at work and I spotted the different designs, not being particularly observant I had never really taken much notice before. Curiosity got the better of me and after a bit of googling I discovered that every year since around 1992 the royal mint has been releasing designs that celebrate or commemorate events, persons of note and even much loved children's characters. Since then I've been on a mission to collect them all, purely for fun as I have no interest in trading in them or selling anything rare I might find, I just enjoy having something to look out for. I was wondering if any other forum members might be as sad as me and have some good old-fashioned swaps :)
stairpost
27-04-2019, 14:07
I've been collecting 50ps for years, and my collection numbers over a thousand. I put it on Ebay for £450 or best offer, but no takers. I must be the world's shittest salesman :(
Are you still looking to get rid of them? I be interested in anything you have that I need. Olympic editions in particular.
Nothing hugely exciting in reality. About a year ago I happened to have a few bags of 50ps for the coffee machine at work and I spotted the different designs, not being particularly observant I had never really taken much notice before. Curiosity got the better of me and after a bit of googling I discovered that every year since around 1992 the royal mint has been releasing designs that celebrate or commemorate events, persons of note and even much loved children's characters. Since then I've been on a mission to collect them all, purely for fun as I have no interest in trading in them or selling anything rare I might find, I just enjoy having something to look out for. I was wondering if any other forum members might be as sad as me and have some good old-fashioned swaps :)
Ah I see... The bit in bold sums up my position, and so had no idea about what you've subsequently discovered. Well, I was collecting and swapping football stickers until recently, so I think I've matched your 'sadness' and raised it considerably!:eek::D
Marco.
stairpost
27-04-2019, 14:13
Ah I see... The bit in bold sums up my position, and so had no idea about what you've subsequently discovered. Well, I was collecting and swapping football stickers until recently, so I think I've matched your 'sadness' and raised it considerably!:eek::D
Marco.
I take great comfort in that, I'm in good company :)
I’ve got a fair sized coin collection but it’s been a while since I’ve bought anything. This is interesting, not particularly valuable but fascinating to think of all the hands it’s been through.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190427/2aa7c8f93750e856119a2721a1a5058e.jpg
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 14:21
Nah, it was just a wind up! Sorry about that...
What is true though, is back in the seventies I started collecting matchboxes, largely provided by a chain-smoking work colleague. Nothing special about them, I was after quantity not quality. My plan was to build myself a nice armchair by gluing them together. Then I met a nice girl who told me my idea was stupid and they all ended up in the bin.
But that was the seventies and my head worked different then. I blame the drugs. All sorted now! :)
stairpost
27-04-2019, 14:22
Nah, it was just a wind up! Sorry about that...
What is true though, is back in the seventies I started collecting matchboxes, largely provided by a chain-smoking work colleague. Nothing special about them, I was after quantity not quality. My plan was to build myself a nice armchair by gluing them together. Then I met a nice girl who told me my idea was stupid and they all ended up in the bin.
But that was the seventies and my head worked different then. I blame the drugs. All sorted now! :)
You slag :)
stairpost
27-04-2019, 14:28
I’ve got a fair sized coin collection but it’s been a while since I’ve bought anything. This is interesting, not particularly valuable but fascinating to think of all the hands it’s been through.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190427/2aa7c8f93750e856119a2721a1a5058e.jpg
That is nice, as you say it's fascinating to think of where it's been and what's it's been used to buy.
Too often, collections are measured by their monetary value (no pun intended) not by how interesting they actually are.
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 14:30
Ah I see... The bit in bold sums up my position, and so had no idea about what you've subsequently discovered. Well, I was collecting and swapping football stickers until recently, so I think I've matched your 'sadness' and raised it considerably!:eek::D
Marco.
I didn't know that footballs had stickers, but then I've never really paid much attention to footballs. Surely they wouldn't last very long, what with all the mud and the kicking, or do you put them in an album?
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 14:39
I think Mrs. P has a lot of 50ps - are there any particular designs you are looking for?
walpurgis
27-04-2019, 14:50
I reckon the rare ones have got to be worth......erm, at least 50P
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I didn't know that footballs had stickers, but then I've never really paid much attention to footballs. Surely they wouldn't last very long, what with all the mud and the kicking, or do you put them in an album?
Ha - very good! Back in the 70s, my head also worked differently: as that of a daft kid, rather than now, as that of a daft adult:D
Marco [forever a daftee, who refuses to grow up].
stairpost
27-04-2019, 15:24
I reckon the rare ones have got to be worth......erm, at least 50P
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Well, yep, that pretty much sums it up. They are just 50ps, the only value above that is how interesting I find them. The only reason they sell for more is that some people's hobby is the other definition of collecting money.
only thing I collected was pocketwatches, as i liked them. Think all the ones ive got are worth a lot less than they cost me. but that wasnt the point.... oh and records i suppose
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 15:52
Well, yep, that pretty much sums it up. They are just 50ps, the only value above that is how interesting I find them. The only reason they sell for more is that some people's hobby is the other definition of collecting money.
Not always the case - 'completists' may pay over the odds for ones they don't have, even if it doesn't have any real value. I once fancied collecting Frank Zappa's discography on vinyl, and if I'd found myself just one or two short of completion I would have been prepared to pay more just to complete my collection. In the end I gave up after about fifteen or so and started dating girls instead.
walpurgis
27-04-2019, 15:57
I quite like collecting £20 notes. Got quite a few now. :)
We put the £2 coins we get into a big jar - soon mounts up! When it's full, we usually treat ourselves to a nice meal out with the contents:)
Marco.
I collect LPs and CDs; but this is not the place to confess to such an embarassing hobby! :lol:
Seriously though, it is interesting what some people do collect as a hobby. Believe it or not, there are collectors of barbed wire, air sickness bags, ring-pull tabs of drink cans, as well as just about anything else. For my part I collect old 35mm film cameras: Zeiss, Ihagee Exacta, and the prime-focus lens to go with them.
I've never been into collecting coins, but I do have a lot of foreign banknotes kept as a memento of my travels. Used to collect stamps as child and I have three collections: my grandfather's, my mother's and my own. I had intended to amalagamate them into one - a future retirement project. Well I've been retired now for 12 years and have still to get around to it!
stairpost
27-04-2019, 16:14
Not always the case - 'completists' may pay over the odds for ones they don't have, even if it doesn't have any real value. I once fancied collecting Frank Zappa's discography on vinyl, and if I'd found myself just one or two short of completion I would have been prepared to pay more just to complete my collection. In the end I gave up after about fifteen or so and started dating girls instead.
That's exactly my point, someone pays over the odds because someone else wants to make a profit. I realise that it's the nature of a free economy, and I'm not about to get on a soap box to call for communism, but it strikes me as an interesting observation on society when an actual current, in circulation 50p can sell for £100.
I am both fortunate and disappointed to be fully aware that it's just the way the world is.
walpurgis
27-04-2019, 16:25
I collect LPs and CDs; but this is not the place to confess to such an embarassing hobby! :lol:
Shocking! :eek:
I collect belly-button fluff, and have enough now to knit a jumper.
Marco.
hifinutt
27-04-2019, 17:33
i got rather excited the other day when i found i had a battle of hastings 50p but they are not worth much really . even if there are some lunatics about
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1118412/ebay-battle-of-hastings-50p-very-rare-coin
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 17:49
I collect belly-button fluff, and have enough now to knit a jumper.
Marco.
Me too, but I'm going collect for a bit longer, and make myself a willy warmer.
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 18:04
I collect LPs and CDs; but this is not the place to confess to such an embarassing hobby! :lol:
Seriously though, it is interesting what some people do collect as a hobby. Believe it or not, there are collectors of barbed wire, air sickness bags, ring-pull tabs of drink cans, as well as just about anything else. For my part I collect old 35mm film cameras: Zeiss, Ihagee Exacta, and the prime-focus lens to go with them.
I've never been into collecting coins, but I do have a lot of foreign banknotes kept as a memento of my travels. Used to collect stamps as child and I have three collections: my grandfather's, my mother's and my own. I had intended to amalagamate them into one - a future retirement project. Well I've been retired now for 12 years and have still to get around to it!
Noting the mention of your mother's stamp collection, it seems that you rarely hear of women collecting things. I wonder why this is? I know there are a few, collecting things like soft toys (or expensive shoes) but usually it's blokes.
Anita collects my wages, and it's an expensive hobby - she often has to sell off some of the collection to buy food and stuff :(
Oh and 'embarrassing' has two r's, Bary, just sayin' :D
walpurgis
27-04-2019, 18:18
Noting the mention of your mother's stamp collection, it seems that you rarely hear of women collecting things.
My wife collects ornaments and nick-nacks (whatever they are). There's always stuff in the way, nothing useful mind you.
I collect nothing, but accumulate lots of things.
southall-1998_mk2
27-04-2019, 18:18
For some who like collecting coins etc.
No connections by the way. Ian Lambert is a good chap to follow - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_2BeFdwAdp_yYoYi2xIQg
S.
Oh and 'embarrassing' has two r's, Bary, just sayin'
So it does. The computer I'm using doesn't have an automatic spell-checker :doh:
Apropos women collecting things - my partner likes to collect expensive handbags and shoes, as well as having a penchant for gold jewellery.
Mind you I can economise by using an old sock as a 'willy warmer'. ;)
Noting the mention of your mother's stamp collection, it seems that you rarely hear of women collecting things. I wonder why this is? I know there are a few, collecting things like soft toys (or expensive shoes) but usually it's blokes.
Lol - clearly you've only met similar types of (boringly stereotypical) women...:D Del collects LOADS of things (the house is full of antiques and bric-a-brac/collectables), and wouldn't be seen dead with a soft toy! She likes nice shoes, to an extent (and also designer clothes, mostly because she's so petite, which designer labels cater for), but much prefers her cats, garden and 'collectables'!;)
Marco.
Apropos women collecting things - my partner likes to collect expensive handbags and shoes, as well as having a penchant for gold jewellery.
You've got off lucky there, Del likes platinum, or antique silver from 'desirable makers'!:eek::eyebrows:
Most of it from the art deco period (her favourite). Outside of sliver jewellery (or platinum), she has a penchant for Lalique.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 18:44
In the light of recent posts, and after a re-think I have amended my view - women are just as bad!
Anita has a collection of 'Now' CDs and vinyl, and is about ten away from completion. I have considered offering to loan them to Heart Radio, as their collection of tunes is so piss poor. She also has a load of little wooden figurines (called 'Willow Tree'). My view is with stuff like that "less is more", but every Christmas and birthday more appear.
She has no sense of humour where these are concerned - last year while on holiday I bought a solar powered plastic hula girl which dances when the weather is nice, and I placed it on the shelf amidst her collection, and it lasted about as long as Charles and Di commemorative mug in Marco's kitchen cupboard. :eek:
This one’s in better condition, a George III ‘cartwheel’ tuppence from 1797
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190427/8f692c3cd5c747aee3580d2c1d1e1906.jpg
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You've got off lucky there, Del likes platinum, or antique silver from 'desirable makers'!:eek::eyebrows:
Most of it from the art deco period (her favourite). Outside of sliver jewellery (or platinum), she has a penchant for Lalique.
Marco.
Gold has no place in Art Deco design; so it has to be either silver or platinum.
Lalique - now you're talking. Very Art Deco. :)
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 18:56
You've got off lucky there, Del likes platinum, or antique silver from 'desirable makers'!:eek::eyebrows:
Most of it from the art deco period (her favourite). Outside of sliver jewellery (or platinum), she has a penchant for Lalique.
Marco.
Hate to burst your bubble mate, but women who like expensive shoes, designer labels, silver and platinum jewellery are NOT the opposite of 'stereotypical'! But there's nothing wrong with that if it can be afforded. The problem is when they spend beyond their means.
Lol - you're missing the point, daftee! I'm talking about collecting things, which aside from clothes and shoes, you said was generally the domain of males.
I've said that Del collects loads things, such as I've mentioned (and plenty more), and indeed is much more passionate about that (and her cats, garden or arty things) than she is about 'collecting' clothes or shoes, which is stereotypically a female thing, and somewhat shallow:)
Marco.
Gold has no place in Art Deco design; so it has to be either silver or platinum.
Lalique - now you're talking. Very Art Deco. :)
Indeed, on all counts. Gold also doesn't suit someone with such pale skin. Her favourite perfume is Chanel No5, which is from the Art Deco era, and we collect Clarice Cliff pottery, among other things. She also loves stuff from the original London Liberty store, but that's more Art Nouveau.
Marco.
She has no sense of humour where these are concerned - last year while on holiday I bought a solar powered plastic hula girl which dances when the weather is nice, and I placed it on the shelf amidst her collection, and it lasted about as long as Charles and Di commemorative mug in Marco's kitchen cupboard. :eek:
Haha.... Actually, Diana I had a lot of time for, as she was caring and human, unlike most of the 'old guard' Royals, and coldly assassinated by 'the establishment' because she (or rather whom she was intent on marrying) simply didn't fit in.
Plus she was cruelly treated as a 'baby machine' by Charles, whom I loathe, along with those creatures he calls 'parents', and who form the existence of a grossly outdated and vulgar institution... Don't get me started on that one though, and on all the corrupt self-serving bastards who tried to cover up her murder as an 'accident'!!:steam:
Marco.
Indeed, on all counts. Gold also doesn't suit someone with such pale skin. Her favourite perfume is Chanel No5, which is from the Art Deco era, and we collect Clarice Cliff pottery, among other things. She also loves stuff from the original London Liberty store, but that's more Art Nouveau.
Marco.
Happy likes Chanel No.5, but her usual parfam is 'J'adore' by Dior. But this is largely beside the point, as the perfume used will depend on interaction with the skin; something that varies woman to woman.
Liberty is still going strong and is a fascinating shop to visit (and 'window shop'). It's a delightful mixture of Art Nouveau, a little Art Deco, some Arts and Crafts, and Arabesque. Expensive, but the goods are top quality.
I collect nothing, but accumulate lots of things.
:exactly:
Nice one, Barry. Arts and Crafts is another of our favourite periods/movements, especially some of the furniture created during that era. Gothic/gothic revival is also another of our interests, and yes the Liberty store is gorgeous. We always visit there, when in London. There used to also be a store in Glasgow, but not sure if it still exists.
Del's like me, in the sense that she values quality over quantity (get down, Piggurs, not in *that* sense:eyebrows:), and so would rather have a few nice pieces of genuine quality, which will last, than tons of cheaper things, to change often - and that applies to clothes, shoes, furniture, all sorts!:)
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
27-04-2019, 19:49
Indeed, on all counts. Gold also doesn't suit someone with such pale skin. Her favourite perfume is Chanel No5, which is from the Art Deco era, and we collect Clarice Cliff pottery, among other things. She also loves stuff from the original London Liberty store, but that's more Art Nouveau.
Marco.
Bet you haven't got the NatWest pigs though, we have! (somewhere).
Clarice Cliff is nice, but ask yourself this: If there existed a turntable which performed and looked just as good as your Techie, but for a fifth of the price, would you buy it? Course you would. Because it would be demonstrably good. There will exist plenty of pottery that may look as good as CC but at a fraction of the cost, and indeed there may well be Cliff copies that only an expert eye could spot, so why would they not do? I mean they don't have to do anything, just look a certain way. And that's the thing: because they don't have to perform, the only thing that really sets them apart is the name and the price. Because it has to be the expensive stuff, and that's a shame as it's just providing a good living for those who would profit from our need to have 'the real thing'. :(
Finally this 1937 uncirculated set (including the maundy money, both types of threepence & English & Scottish shillings)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190427/f8604a1e483c4714fd939276f843e1f0.jpg
Ah, now that is where we diverge in our tastes. I loath with a passion the Gothic Revival style, especially those Victorian monstrosities, and curse the name of Pugin and Gilbert Scott.
Still À chaqun à son goût.
Bet you haven't got the NatWest pigs though, we have! (somewhere).
Ha - that's *so* funny... Yes, we have, about three whole 'families' of the buggers!:D Del's mum had a thing for them, and used to pick them up from car boot sales, so built up a collection. They used to be worth a reasonable amount, but sadly the market has changed, and they're now worth next to hee-haw.
Clarice Cliff is nice, but ask yourself this: If there existed a turntable which performed and looked just as good as your Techie, but for a fifth of the price, would you buy it? Course you would. Because it would be demonstrably good. There will exist plenty of pottery that may look as good as CC but at a fraction of the cost, and indeed there may well be Cliff copies that only an expert eye could spot, so why would they not do? I mean they don't have to do anything, just look a certain way. And that's the thing: because they don't have to perform, the only thing that really sets them apart is the name and the price. Because it has to be the expensive stuff, and that's a shame as it's just providing a good living for those who would profit from our need to have 'the real thing'. :(
Are you aware of the origins of Clarice Cliff pottery? Basically, it was sold in the likes of Woolworths, rather cheaply during the 20s and 30s. so 'posh' it is not, and for that reason (and also its rather garish colours) is often frowned upon by the antiques fraternity. However, it was all handmade/hand-painted, and had a certain style/charm to it, very much of its time, which you either love or loathe.
The main reason it's valuable now, is because most of it was thrown away as 'cheap tat', by folks from that era, when it become unfashionable, and so is now quite rare. It's not because it's particularly well made, but we love the angular shapes and bold colours. We also love Whitefriars glass, for similar reasons, although that came much later:)
We *never* buy anything simply because it's expensive or collectable, but because we LIKE it. That's the only selection criterion that matters! if it has an intrinsic monetary value, or later becomes collectable, then that's a bonus.
You're right though, in terms of functional things, such as turntables, with demonstrable sonic qualities, so the answer to your question is yes. I'm no audio snob, and simply see hi-fi equipment as 'tools' to perform a specific task: make my favourite music sound as good (to my ears) as possible:cool:
In that respect, I don't give a fuck about 'badges'.
Marco.
Ah, now that is where we diverge in our tastes. I loath with a passion the Gothic Revival style, especially those Victorian monstrosities, and curse the name of Pugin and Gilbert Scott.
Still À chaqun à son goût.
Yes, we much prefer original gothic, and I agree that some of the revival stuff is rather OTT, but the design and shape of some of it is still more interesting/pleasing on the eye than a lot of modern (genuine) monstrosities!!;)
Marco.
southall-1998_mk2
27-04-2019, 20:20
I quite like the 50p coin along with it's distinctive shape. Love collecting some!
S.
https://live.staticflickr.com/7829/47463600662_3fc7dd09a4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2fjcmSs)
https://live.staticflickr.com/7805/33639593968_0d43ffd763_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TfBHis)
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Yes, that Clarice Cliff pottery look fun, cheerful and puts a smile on my face.
Although somewhat different, Bauhaus designs were foremost intended to be affordable and economic to mass-produce, as well as looking good and IMO possessing a certain elegance and style.
I quite like the 50p coin along with it's distinctive shape. Love collecting some!
S.
https://live.staticflickr.com/7862/47463681322_36468e640a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2fjcLR9)
Nice one Shane, have you got many other years?
Although somewhat different, Bauhaus designs were foremost intended to be affordable and economic to mass-produce, as well as looking good and IMO possessing a certain elegance and style.
Yes, we also love Bauhaus, for it simple, 'clean' lines (which I agree is rather elegant), and after all relates to Del's (part German) heritage!:)
Marco.
southall-1998_mk2
27-04-2019, 20:29
Nice one Shane, have you got many other years?
No, Roy. Will look at collecting some other years someday.
S.
No, Roy. Will look at collecting some other years someday.
S.
I've got '37, '52, '53, 70s, 80s & 90s.. then bought a house
stairpost
27-04-2019, 21:07
I quite like the 50p coin along with it's distinctive shape. Love collecting some!
S.
https://live.staticflickr.com/7829/47463600662_3fc7dd09a4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2fjcmSs)
https://live.staticflickr.com/7805/33639593968_0d43ffd763_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TfBHis)
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Nice collection. You actually have a Kew gardens, very cool.
The 1993 EC coin is one that I'm still after, I did get a Benjamin Britten today, not very rare but the first I've seen since I started collecting them.
I only collect books, really. I have an almost complete set of signed first editions of Iain Sinclair's books. I had a stamp album when I was a nipper, but lost interest in it fairly quickly and donated it to my older sister, who was a bit more serious about stamp collecting. I noticed a 50p piece with Paddington Bear on it the other day. I hadn't realised that these special edition 50ps were 'a thing' until I read this thread.
stairpost
27-04-2019, 21:14
For some who like collecting coins etc.
No connections by the way. Ian Lambert is a good chap to follow - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_2BeFdwAdp_yYoYi2xIQg
S.
I happened to watch one of Ian's videos on YouTube the other day, he did a piece about how a couple of very high profile coin collecting companies provide misinformation to the press and through their websites about the value and rarity of certain editions, to ensure the public are not looking for the coins they want. He basically said they are responsible for the headlines about a particular coin being worth hundreds when in fact it can be found quite readily. It was bordering on a conspiracy theory, but quite interesting.
The 1993 coin is one I’m still after.
Got the ‘73 one
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I only collect books, really. I have an almost complete set of signed first editions of Iain Sinclair's books.
I always love the look of old books, and would love to own a house with a library, but they'd simply be ornaments, to provide a 'desirable look' (and vibe), as I'd have little interest in reading most of them.
I also collected stamps when I was younger, nothing special though. You used to be able to buy packs of them from newsagents. Collecting them was rather educational, from the point of view of enhancing one's knowledge of world geography:)
Marco.
stairpost
27-04-2019, 21:22
Got the ‘73 one
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190427/9d6654665d415e8040e48ecedcc77cab.jpg
That's a really nice edition, I can't recall if I have it. I don't remember seeing one for a very long time.
I always love the look of old books, and would love to own a house with a library, but they'd simply be ornaments, to provide a 'desirable look' (and vibe), as I'd have little interest in reading most of them.
Marco.
I grew up in a house without books, but now have thousands of the buggers, and have read all of them, many several times over. Because we're all English graduates (self, wife, both daughters) we have multiple copies of some books, though we had a massive clear-out earlier this year and eliminated most of the duplicates.
Got the ‘73 one
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That's a really nice edition, I can't recall if I have it. I don't remember seeing one for a very long time.
That’s because they were all recalled to get their finger nails trimmed :D
walpurgis
27-04-2019, 21:33
I grew up surrounded by my dad's books, some of which I still have. I possess mountains of books on just about every subject and have read or attempted to read all of them. I must admit I found the 'Sourcebook For Atomic Energy' hard going though. :)
I grew up surrounded by my dad's books, some of which I still have. I possess mountains of books on just about every subject and have read or attempted to read all of them. I must admit I found the 'Sourcebook For Atomic Energy' hard going though. :)
It used to be a point of honour with me not to give up on a book, however dull or difficult to follow. As I've got to my current age, I'm starting to think that life's too short for that. I still perservere, but don't feel bad about stopping after x number of pages. As W C Fields put it: 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up. No sense being a damn fool about it'.
stairpost
27-04-2019, 21:43
That’s because they were all recalled to get their finger nails trimmed :D
Thats silly, if they trimmed anything off it would only be worth 48p :)
I grew up in a house without books, but now have thousands of the buggers, and have read all of them, many several times over. Because we're all English graduates (self, wife, both daughters) we have multiple copies of some books, though we had a massive clear-out earlier this year and eliminated most of the duplicates.
Yup, I can get that. I simply see (nice) old books as forms of art in their own right (especially leather-bound ones in an attractive dark colour, such as burgundy red or bottle green), or act as 'shabby chic', if they have an attractive worn look. I also love the smell of musty/dusty old book shops. Basically, I love most things that have some age or 'character':)
Marco.
I grew up surrounded by my dad's books, some of which I still have. I possess mountains of books on just about every subject and have read or attempted to read all of them. I must admit I found the 'Sourcebook For Atomic Energy' hard going though. :)
Lol - I'd rather stick rusty pins in my Jap's eye than read that pish!
Marco.
Spectral Morn
27-04-2019, 22:07
Indeed, on all counts. Gold also doesn't suit someone with such pale skin. Her favourite perfume is Chanel No5, which is from the Art Deco era, and we collect Clarice Cliff pottery, among other things. She also loves stuff from the original London Liberty store, but that's more Art Nouveau.
Marco.
Very good taste indeed.
That’s because they were all recalled to get their finger nails trimmed :D
Lol... The 'linked hands' 50p, from 1973 is a good one, and I remember it distinctly, as a (then) 7-year old being given one by my gran, as pocket money... You could get a fair amount of sweets and comics in 1973, for 50p!:eyebrows:
Marco.
Very good taste indeed.
Cheers, Neil. She does like nice things, which is why she picked me!:doh::eek::D
Right, let's get some coffee on - I need my morning caffeine hit, to properly waken up............:)
Marco.
Lol... The 'linked hands' 50p, from 1973 is a good one, and I remember it distinctly, as a (then) 7-year old being given one by my gran, as pocket money... You could get a fair amount of sweets and comics in 1973, for 50p!:eyebrows:
Marco.
You could get ten packs of crisps.
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 09:03
Yup, I can get that. I simply see (nice) old books as forms of art in their own right (especially leather-bound ones in an attractive dark colour, such as burgundy red or bottle green), or act as 'shabby chic', if they have an attractive worn look. I also love the smell of musty/dusty old book shops. Basically, I love most things that have some age or 'character':)
Marco.
You'd have loved my grandad, he had age, character, and a wealth of toilet jokes :)
then a year or so later it was worth he-haw;)
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 09:11
It used to be a point of honour with me not to give up on a book, however dull or difficult to follow. As I've got to my current age, I'm starting to think that life's too short for that. I still perservere, but don't feel bad about stopping after x number of pages. As W C Fields put it: 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up. No sense being a damn fool about it'.
Yes, yes and yes, that's me all over. Love that quote, gonna remember that one :D
You'd have loved my grandad, he had age, character, and a wealth of toilet jokes :)
Yesh, and I believe that he had even more of an attractive 'worn look' than you!:D
Or are you more 'lived in' than worn?
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 10:33
Yesh, and I believe that he had even more of an attractive 'worn look' than you!:D
Or are you more 'lived in' than worn?
Marco.
Lived in AND worn...that's what parties and falling off motorbikes will do to a body. But I prefer to call it 'patina', sounds more exotic :) But probably no worse than you - a combination of Italian blood and Scottish weather, well there are bound to be consequences. Lucky for you that Del spotted you languishing on a shelf hiding behind the Clarice Cliff and the NatWest pigs :D
Clarice Cliff used to live just down the road from me.
Clarice Cliff used to live just down the road from me.
Used to like Cliff off Cheers
http://orig05.deviantart.net/51a4/f/2012/230/0/2/cliff_clavin___swiss_army_knives_by_thecreativeroy-d5bj2g0.jpg
Clarice Cliff used to live just down the road from me.
No, that was Clatty Clit [with the infected quim] , who used to jump your trunk for a fiver!:D
Marco.
P.S Yesh, I know you're in Pottery Central;)
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 15:27
Another Cliff-related fact: Ken Kercheval died this week.
Had to look him up... Yes, remember him from the days of my mum watching Dallas!:doh:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 15:43
My mum never bothered with that crap, but I never missed an episode :) Even Pam's "dream" didn't put me off.
So on one hand, you call it crap, and on the other say you didn't miss an episode...?:scratch:
Officially, it was crap. My mum watched pretty much all the soaps, so was forced to watch them when I was in. She 'did' Dynasty, too!:rolleyes:
Marco.
P.S Was that a 'wet dream?:eyebrows:
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 16:04
So on one hand, you call it crap, and on the other say you didn't miss an episode...?:scratch:
Officially, it was crap. My mum watched pretty much all the soaps, so was forced to watch them when I was in. She 'did' Dynasty, too!:rolleyes:
Marco.
P.S Was that a 'wet dream?:eyebrows:
Of course it was crap, but I never let something being crap get in the way of my enjoyment - I read all your posts, in spite of what everyone says :ner:
The 'dream' thing: Bobby Ewing was killed in a car crash, and so was out of the show for a whole season, at the end of which his fiancée Pam awoke and went for a dump only to find Bobby in the shower. It was all a dream! So unbelievable, instead of standing there looking confused she should have demanded Bobby vacate the shower so she could have her cack in private.
I may be mis-remembering some of the details.
Of course it was crap, but I never let something being crap get in the way of my enjoyment - I read all your posts, in spite of what everyone says :ner:
The 'dream' thing: Bobby Ewing was killed in a car crash, and so was out of the show for a whole season, at the end of which his fiancée Pam awoke and went for a dump only to find Bobby in the shower. It was all a dream! So unbelievable, instead of standing there looking confused she should have demanded Bobby vacate the shower so she could have her cack in private.
I may be mis-remembering some of the details.
my mum watched most of them too. she did like dallas, as i did, just for jr's behaviour which was so ott it probably wouldnt be allowed now
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 16:25
Dallas was huge in its day, and things that happened in the show regularly became headline news - remember all the column inches given to "Who shot JR?" And the annual Ewing barbeque was a hoot and a half, always kicked off. And the annual Oil Barons Ball was just as bad. Crap, but very watchable :)
my mum watched most of them too. she did like dallas, as i did, just for jr's behaviour which was so ott it probably wouldnt be allowed now
Yeah, from what I remember, he was a bit of a boy... The thing that sticks in the mind was the whole 'Who shot JR?' thing, and all the t-shirts that were printed.
My favourite programmes from back then were the A-Team and Nightrider.
Marco.
stairpost
28-04-2019, 16:27
According to a quick bit of googling, 21m people watched the who shot JR reveal episode in 1980, that was at a time when the population was 56m. That's a very large portion of the country. If it was crap, it was popular crap.
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 16:32
Does anyone remember JR's kid, John Ross Junior? That had to be the world's ugliest baby, with so much head hair it looked like a wig. I think the producers were hoping he would grow into his looks, but then gave up and cast someone else. Again, I may be mis-remembering details.
Well, statistically, crap is often popular - just look how many folks wank over the Royals, and their baby-related SHITE!!!:lol::eyebrows:
Marco.
stairpost
28-04-2019, 16:50
Well, statistically, crap is often popular - just look how many folks wank over the Royals, and their baby-related SHITE!!!:lol::eyebrows:
Marco.
One could almost go as far as to say that in a lot of cases the more popular something is the less merit it deserves, tabloid newspapers, Saturday evening TV talent shows, the pop charts. All popular, most of it inane drivel.
Yup, inane drivel certainly covers anything involving the Royals, also 'celebrities' who don't deserve the name, and all 'gossip' relating to such clowns!:wanker:
'Love Island', and its ilk, are an affront to human intelligence, and anyone caught watching such unbridled diarrhoea should be publicly flogged and officially labelled as a cretin, including all those who sport comically 'orange' artificial faces, and possess more false body parts than real ones.
Special awards will be handed to those who're able to leave the house, fully clothed, but otherwise exactly as they entered this earth, without feeling the need to hide behind a permanent mask.
Marco.
stairpost
28-04-2019, 17:14
Yup, inane drivel certainly covers anything involving the Royals, also 'celebrities' who don't deserve the name, and all 'gossip' relating to such clowns! 'Love Island', and its ilk, are an affront to human intelligence, and anyone caught watching that mince should be publicly flogged, including all those who sport comically 'orange' artificial faces, and possess more false body parts than real ones.
Marco.
I do miss the days when the vast majority of famous people were either genuinely talented or had specialist knowledge worth Sharing. Now it's the other way round, you are lucky to find either among the growing cult of idiotic banal celebrity culture. YouTube pranksters and social media influencers are the new royal family amongst the younger generation. People aspire to be famous, not educated or talented. I accept that that is a sweeping generalisation, but I see enough of it to be of concern.
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 17:21
Well, statistically, crap is often popular - just look how many folks wank over the Royals, and their baby-related SHITE!!!:lol::eyebrows:
Marco.
The Marco doth protest too much, methinks :D
This website you go on, that shows people wanking over the Royals, is it popular, therefore crap, or is it Wrecsam's best kept secret?
Firebottle
28-04-2019, 17:40
I do miss the days when the vast majority of famous people were either genuinely talented or had specialist knowledge worth Sharing. Now it's the other way round, you are lucky to find either among the growing cult of idiotic banal celebrity culture. YouTube pranksters and social media influencers are the new royal family amongst the younger generation. People aspire to be famous, not educated or talented. I accept that that is a sweeping generalisation, but I see enough of it to be of concern.
If only people could see the truth in the bit in bold. :doh:
I don't know. Would you really want a world where everyone was the sort of person who never watches telly and only ever listens to Radio 3 & 4? I think the living would envy the dead.
stairpost
28-04-2019, 18:50
I don't know. Would you really want a world where everyone was the sort of person who never watches telly and only ever listens to Radio 3 & 4? I think the living would envy the dead.
Something between what you describe and what we have would be ideal. I grew up watching TV, it's a great invention, but I think the amount of channels there are to fill and social media/YouTube have opened up a chasm that is being filled with stupidity and banality. I do realise the old advice of 'well you don't have to watch it' can be applied, but I don't have to watch an outbreak of ebola to know its probably not great for society.
I don't know. Would you really want a world where everyone was the sort of person who never watches telly and only ever listens to Radio 3 & 4? I think the living would envy the dead.
I could quite happily never watch TV ever again. HIGNFY and University Challenge are the only shows I make a point of watching regularly. As for radio, I can't be doing with Radio 3. Every time I check, it's bloody opera playing. Radio 4 is a mixed bag. There's some good factual programmes, but most of their 'comedy' shows are clearly written by people who lack any sense of humour. Then there's The Archers, of which I'm sometimes unlucky enough to catch the first minute or so if I've been listening to the 7 o'clock news and am too far away from the off switch.
Does anyone remember JR's kid, John Ross Junior?
Didn't he host a chat show after he grew up and moved to That London?
The Marco doth protest too much, methinks :D
This website you go on, that shows people wanking over the Royals, is it popular, therefore crap, or is it Wrecsam's best kept secret?
I can take or leave the Royals, but the Royle Family was great, especially if you're a Northerner like me. Parts of it were closer to documentary than comedy.
The hysteria over the Royal Family has intensified with an American joining their serried ranks. When I was a lad, I confidently predicted that Britain would be a republic in my lifetime. Unless I live several decades longer than I expect, that prediction seems unlikely to come to pass.
The Marco doth protest too much, methinks :D
This website you go on, that shows people wanking over the Royals, is it popular, therefore crap, or is it Wrecsam's best kept secret?
Ha - take the meaning of 'wanking over', in this instance, as being a ridiculous obsession, just the same as having one with the by-the-minute activities of vacuous 'celebrities' on social media, or with talking endless 'selfies' to post online, daubing yourself in layers of makeup, such as you look orangier than a sunburned Red Indian, only with eyebrows plucked to near-oblivion, so that you resemble more an alien than a human, and just as 'attractive', yet are deluded to believe you 'look great', even if it takes hours to take all said shite off, and the same amount of time to put it back on again the next day, to hide behind a mask once more!:doh::lol:
I could go on, but you get the gist;)
Basically, we're breeding a nation of superficial-thinking, ironically vain, mindless cretins. Oh, and I'm not just talking about the behaviour of the under 30s - but that of folks significantly older!!
Marco.
Something between what you describe and what we have would be ideal. I grew up watching TV, it's a great invention, but I think the amount of channels there are to fill and social media/YouTube have opened up a chasm that is being filled with stupidity and banality. I do realise the old advice of 'well you don't have to watch it' can be applied, but I don't have to watch an outbreak of ebola to know its probably not great for society.
Hear, hear. The sensible among us live in a world of 'happy mediums', not extremes....
Marco.
Oh and another thing, whilst I'm on my soap box, as it were, why does seemingly everyone these days suffer from some form of mental health issue, which has been awarded a new medical term?:hmm:
ADHD, among kids, is a good example of such, which currently seems to have become an epidemic! It's almost as if it's 'fashionable' to supposedly have something wrong with you, and which you want the world to know about, when in fact you're pretty normal....
At one time, we just got on with things and dealt with stuff in our own way... Now basic human traits are dressed up as something more serious and given an 'official badge', which you're encouraged to wear with pride!:doh:
<Rant over> for now....
Marco.
Minstrel SE
28-04-2019, 23:47
Currency coin collecting has never really interested me although I did do some of the petrol promotions.
The same with stamp collecting which Im glad about because some people spend a lifetime collecting them and hardly any of it is really valuable. I have a light dabble with a few first day covers but nothing serious.
An item has to be really rare and in demand. There is a lot of B/S in the collectors market. I have a gold foil trading card 1 of 1000 produced and nobody is interested in it now. Im never going to get my money back on it so ive been done :)
Pigmy Pony
29-04-2019, 06:04
Currency coin collecting has never really interested me although I did do some of the petrol promotions.
The same with stamp collecting which Im glad about because some people spend a lifetime collecting them and hardly any of it is really valuable. I have a light dabble with a few first day covers but nothing serious.
An item has to be really rare and in demand. There is a lot of B/S in the collectors market. I have a gold foil trading card 1 of 1000 produced and nobody is interested in it now. Im never going to get my money back on it so ive been done :)
Thread drift alert!
What has coin collecting got to do with this thread? I thought the subject was vacuous celebrity culture :D Collecting as a hobby I feel is ok, as long as the pursuit and acquiring gives pleasure, but it would be so easy to get sucked into something that only the wealthy and/or ruthless don't lose their shirt over.
Thread drift alert!
What has coin collecting got to do with this thread? I thought the subject was vacuous celebrity culture :D
Ha - don't forget any yawn-inducing SHITE surrounding "Baby Sussex":ner: Did you notice "Baby Battersea" being delivered earlier, looking as cute as a Bullmastiff?
Marco [loves vacuous celebrities, but couldn't manage a whole one].
.
My favourite programmes from back then were the A-Team and Nightrider.
Marco.
I used to watch those: complete crap, but entertaining. :)
I don't know. Would you really want a world where everyone was the sort of person who never watches telly and only ever listens to Radio 3 & 4? I think the living would envy the dead.
I only listen to Radio 3 and 4, as well as LBC (so I can shout at the radio!).
Cheers
Barry (one of the 'living dead')
Absolutely, but it was good crap!:D
Slightly earlier, I also used to like The Six Million Dollar Man.
Marco.
... but I don't have to watch an outbreak of ebola to know its probably not great for society.
Once, when travelling in southern Ethiopia, I was informed (after the fact) that I was only 25km from an outbreak of ebola.
Cue the Gene Pitney song: "Only 25 miles from Ebola".
a-team. same jeep tumbled from 100 different perspectives;)... one of those oddities where the later film was superior to the original series
Once, when travelling in southern Ethiopia, I was informed (after the fact) that I was only 25km from an outbreak of ebola.
Cue the Gene Pitney song: "Only 25 miles from Ebola".
you see thats why i stay in uk and go to blackpool... never heard of blackpool ebola outbreaks :eyebrows:
walpurgis
29-04-2019, 16:46
you see thats why i stay in uk and go to blackpool... never heard of blackpool ebola outbreaks :eyebrows:
More like the galloping gons there. :)
Blackpool:spew:
:nono:
Everything I hate summed up in one place!
Marco.
walpurgis
29-04-2019, 16:51
Blackpool:spew:
:nono:
Everything I hate summed up in one place!
Marco.
I agree. Anything tourist or holidaymaker oriented is a no-no as far as I'm concerned.
i went in winter.lol working holiday every year for 6 weeks of debauchery:eyebrows:
No worries, with these things it's often what you make of it:)
The problem with all these old UK seaside towns is that most of them have seen better days (and indeed many are dumps)! In the Victorian era, however, some of them were wonderful, with
the architecture particularly impressive.
Marco.
was quite a nice town in winter with no tourists in there causing chaos. some nice boozers. we took a flat every year, self catering.. got paid to have a good time. we always spun out the job:eyebrows:
What year are you talking about, though? Chances are, things will have changed rather significantly!;)
Always makes a difference though when you have good memories of somewhere. I've only ever passed through Blackpool (in the 90s), and that was enough... The best thing was the road out!:D
Marco.
Before I was married. Single and fancy free.
Used to go to Brighton too. It used to be good as well although not so much these days.
Last time in Blackpool was when working in Manchester. Took wife that year.
That one would be late 90's others much earlier
walpurgis
29-04-2019, 17:45
Gay central now Brighton.
The only place I'd like to go to in Blackpool is here, simply for the history: https://www.imperialhotelblackpool.co.uk/?utm_source=Google%20SERP&utm_medium=Google%20SERP&utm_campaign=Google%20SERP
Read about that here: https://www.imperialhotelblackpool.co.uk/media/2802/the-imperial-blackpool-history-brochure.pdf
I have a bit of a 'thing' for these rather charming old seaside or railway hotels.
Marco.
Same in Brighton: http://www.grandbrighton.co.uk/
Stunning looking place!
Marco.
Seen the Blackpool one. Might have been it I think. Not the Brighton one tho.
Just love the vibe and sense of history, and often timeless elegance, those places have. They evoke an era when life was rather more relaxed and genteel.
Marco.
Just love the vibe and sense of history, and often timeless elegance, those places have. They evoke an era when life was rather more relaxed and gentile.
Marco.Well it was for the wealthy [emoji3166]
Yes, but a lot of the 'wealthy' these days don't know how to be relaxed or genteel - or simply lack the time to be!;)
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
29-04-2019, 19:13
What year are you talking about, though? Chances are, things will have changed rather significantly!;)
Always makes a difference though when you have good memories of somewhere. I've only ever passed through Blackpool (in the 90s), and that was enough... The best thing was the road out!:D
Marco.
You should be ok if you're just passing through Blackpool, just stay away from the cafes or Blackpool will pass through you :spew:
Singer Alicia Keys spent her childhood in Blackpool - in fact her dad still lives there, and has a seasonal job on the beach. His name is Don.
I know I have also mentioned being a victim of a drive-by paintball shooting in Blackpool, so I'll spare you the details.
Is that why your face is that shape?:D
Only kidding, mate.... That must've been nasty!
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
29-04-2019, 19:21
Just love the vibe and sense of history, and often timeless elegance, those places have. They evoke an era when life was rather more relaxed and gentile.
Marco.
Oh I don't know, I'm sure some of them will have been Jewish.
Oh I don't know, I'm sure some of them will have been Jewish.
You might like to re-think that comment Steve.
You might like to re-think that comment Steve.
I think Steve was just picking up on Marco's use of the word 'gentile' instead of 'genteel'.
Yes, my boob - too much vino!:doh:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
29-04-2019, 19:38
Exactly right Joe. But apologies if it looked offensive, that was not my intention and would never be. Maybe I should have gone with plan A, which was a reference to Marco's gentile herpes.
Ah - I understand now. I hadn't spotted Marco's spelling mistake, so didn't appreciate Steve's reply.
Apologies all round - as you were. ;)
Pigmy Pony
30-04-2019, 06:04
Is that why your face is that shape?:D
Only kidding, mate.... That must've been nasty!
Marco.
No, all three shots missed, but they were very close. But it took a good hour to clean the yellow paint from the window I was fitting. And no it's not the reason for my face being this shape, it's the Chorley accent that pulls my feature this way. :)
No, all three shots missed...
Amazing....... Especially as they had such a big target to hit!:D
No, you were lucky. At least it was a step up from being soaked by a water pistol.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
30-04-2019, 19:34
Amazing....... Especially as they had such a big target to hit!:D
No, you were lucky. At least it was a step up from being soaked by a water pistol.
Marco.
:D Cheeky monkey! And guess what their getaway car was? A mk 2 Ford Fiesta, 950cc by the sound of it. I could probably have caught up with it on foot, but all I was armed with was a Makita cordless and a sausage barm :(
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