Overall, we read that library usage is in decline in the UK. However, for Battleaxe and Philosopher, a new era of library use has begun – we now are regular borrowers at the Hastings Public…
View PostJust back from the Midlands. Grim drive in pouring rain. Have had punishing, but very pleasant, few days of catching up with friends and family. On Wednesday we drove up to my…
View PostAll this time, and I’ve never yet written a blog post about Birmingham, the place we left to come here to Hastings. Neither Philosopher or I are born Brummies. We both moved there, separately,…
View PostHere are Battleaxe’s and Philosopher’s Christmas lights. Last year we drove up here to look at our new house, and the entire road was in darkness – not one lousy light. So this year we…
View PostThis device is a fly-press for punching and stamping metal, made in around 1910 by a company called Hazelwood and Dent in Branston Street, Birmingham. It is standing outside Leigh Dyer’s West Street Incurva studio,…
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