tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post8450752784375049707..comments2024-03-27T11:18:59.924+00:00Comments on Sun Dried Sparrows: This is still LondonChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-80496315514521134562016-02-26T22:21:31.645+00:002016-02-26T22:21:31.645+00:00It's great, isn't it?It's great, isn't it? Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-84461385077066540592016-02-25T11:00:06.485+00:002016-02-25T11:00:06.485+00:00Love this book - bought it for my nephew a few yea...Love this book - bought it for my nephew a few years ago. Great photos - nice to see not everything has changed. Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975282714651024572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-20663842020300959792016-02-09T19:13:46.983+00:002016-02-09T19:13:46.983+00:00Thanks Graham.Thanks Graham.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-17784986237522262692016-02-08T12:46:12.567+00:002016-02-08T12:46:12.567+00:00brilliant comparisons brilliant comparisons Furtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-84734962016700449692016-02-07T12:23:51.841+00:002016-02-07T12:23:51.841+00:00Sounds wonderful, CA! It must have seemed so exo...Sounds wonderful, CA! It must have seemed so exotic at the time - so exciting to receive those things from across the ocean.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-23785661849474793422016-02-06T19:37:55.115+00:002016-02-06T19:37:55.115+00:00They were wonderful and made a huge impression on ...They were wonderful and made a huge impression on me stylistically, plus there was a huge red balloon, the sort no one had ever seen in the UK, under the front cover of the appropriate book ( and yes I did cry when it deflated!) my Aunt had the most amazing imagination and appreciation for lovely things, I still have all the books, jewellery and Christmas decorations she sent from New York, sadly the fantastic clothes ( I spent the whole of the time I watched Mad Men going, I had one of those!) are only in my memory.......Circe's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123904248094064043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-58714046082950234582016-02-06T10:26:49.320+00:002016-02-06T10:26:49.320+00:00I think you'd like the books, the graphic styl...I think you'd like the books, the graphic style is similar to many of those lovely old tube posters. A great era for illustration.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-2817708587597140662016-02-05T17:46:14.486+00:002016-02-05T17:46:14.486+00:00I love the tube poster- got a book with many of th...I love the tube poster- got a book with many of those from that period in. Tube posters were cutting edge popular art. The pic of the Cheshire Cheese is good too.Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-8470856613164242472016-02-05T17:31:43.022+00:002016-02-05T17:31:43.022+00:00Oh what great books to receive when you're 6 -...Oh what great books to receive when you're 6 - lovely!<br />I know what you mean about the things that are still remain strangely unchanged. You have to just open your eyes, look up, look around and notice the detail, don't you, and there's so much there, almost but not quite swamped by surrounding modernity - looking even more defiant!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-87736613211999756832016-02-04T22:33:55.752+00:002016-02-04T22:33:55.752+00:00My ( and John's) Aunt, who lived in New York, ...My ( and John's) Aunt, who lived in New York, sent me "This is London" and " The Red Balloon" for my birthday when I was around 6. They both had a huge impression on me. Lovely to be reminded of those illustrations and how some things in London remain strangely unchanged. I was in London last week and in amongst all the carnage surrounding Centrepoint the umbrella shop, "Smiths" in New Oxford Street is the same as it has ever been.Circe's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123904248094064043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-42115567921007270272016-02-04T18:57:36.627+00:002016-02-04T18:57:36.627+00:00TS / SB - glad you like them too, I highly recomme...TS / SB - glad you like them too, I highly recommend his books.<br />CC - the Tube one is a favourite of mine too. There's another in the book showing the inside of the tube train and everyone reading their (collaged) daily papers, it's lovely. There's lots of dark greens and reds and it suddenly triggered vivid childhood memories, I'd completely forgotten that colour scheme until seeing the pic.<br />Marie - ah that's great about the Paris book for your niece. I may treat myself to that one too.<br />John - my thoughts exactly! <br />Yve -Yes they get everything across just perfectly and I wish I could illustrate like that. Re. the men's dress... is that a bowler hat thing you've got going on? ;-)<br />Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-37427915064754111862016-02-04T07:49:06.311+00:002016-02-04T07:49:06.311+00:00A delight.A delight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-88067364047964628882016-02-03T22:19:38.031+00:002016-02-03T22:19:38.031+00:00The bottom illustration - a very early hipster sig...The bottom illustration - a very early hipster sighting?John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-27266465304970111512016-02-03T21:25:59.165+00:002016-02-03T21:25:59.165+00:00These are wonderful books, C. I found a remainder...These are wonderful books, C. I found a remaindered copy of "This is Paris" a few years back and gave it to my niece (who is now an artist herself.) It's lovely to see the London volume.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-49615626305889036172016-02-03T20:24:11.702+00:002016-02-03T20:24:11.702+00:00Indeed - particularly the one of the TubeIndeed - particularly the one of the TubeCharity Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049726176497694026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-27648879627935891342016-02-03T20:20:38.702+00:002016-02-03T20:20:38.702+00:00Wonderful illustrations.Wonderful illustrations.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.com