Author Archives: Paul Rennie

Railway safety poster from 1927!

I found this on the guardian website

John Jaques are a famous firm of games makers in London. They are best known for manufacturing the famous Staunton pattern chess sets. I’ve posted before about old chess sets, here https://paulrennie.rennart.co.uk/post/115315079250/chess-sets-gb-late19c-early20c This is a page of adverts from a … Continue reading →

The railway station platform departure became a classic street-photography subject during WW2.

Here’s a picture of Rod Stewart’s model railway lay-out…It’s terrific. Rod Stewart is a music industry legend who has sold more than 120 million records. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stewart It’s based on an idea of urban america from the (railway) machine age. A … Continue reading →