EDITORIAL Winter 1995

Now I've reached three score and tenI'm going start at one agen

A member once told me he thought the two lines of rhyme at the top gave the Journal a bit of class, I'm sure he must be having second thoughts by now. If I can get this edition out fairly quickly I shall be up to date, and shall then be able to start the new year with the Spring Issue. Not much has happened since the last editorial.

I have had time to go through Stanley Hunter's pull-outs, and as I expected, new things have come to light. On the 1911 Scottish National Exhibition pull-outs published by Alex. MacLaren, the strip of pictures were circular in shape, joined where the circles touched. As, at this point they only measured about 3/8" they easily got torn apart. Stanley had several pairs of views still joined and these together with mine meant I could now list the six views in their right order. The cards which show a large sporran (which is the flap) against a tartan background (a kilt) came as we thought in three colours of tartan, red, brown and green. Now I can actually compare the cards, I find that the brown is really another red and we have between us three cards with a red tartan background, but they are all different tartans. A book from the library indicates they are Cameron of Lochiel, Royal Stuart and Fraser of Lovat. The green tartan could be the Maclean Hunting tartan.

It is not easy to identify the different tartans, some of them are as different as chalk and cheese, and those are easy, but some are more complicated, and that is why I use the words indicate and could.The first book I got out didn't help me a lot, and the library got me a more specialised book by Robert Bain, I am still not sure about the Maclean. When I read that the clan changed the colours of their tartan three times, it becomes apparent that identifying tartans is a job requiring a specialist, rather than yours truly. There is also of course the spectre wispering in my ear that perhaps the cards show an artists impression of a tartan and it is not an identifiable tartan at all. It seems logical to me that MacLaren's would have chosen well known tartans for their cards, but this is one I shall have to ask Stanley to sort out, there's probably lots of experts in Glasgow.

Certainly pull-outs have turned out to be not the simple thing we first thought they were. The 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition pull-outs are now known to have four different strips of views, and five different backs. I have three of the relatively common bottle of "Hennessy's" Cognac card, and Stanley sent me down two more, and they are all different. Andrew Brooks wrote to me some time ago commenting he was not sending me details of all of his cards as " I'm also sure that Stanley will have all the Scottish cards," in the light of what we know now Andrew's could all be different.

Before I leave pull-outs another thing that has become very apparent is that on the comic or subject type pull-outs, the printed message although using the same words, can have three or four formats. If you think of a message of say eight words, this can be printed in two lines of four words, four lines of two words, or three lines of four, two and two words, the various combinations go on for ever. It is no longer sufficient to say, as was said in the case of a 1929 North East Coast Exhibition card "There are three different settings for this title", we shall have to illustrate that portion of the card with the title, so that other collectors can check the illustration with cards in their own collection, to see whether they have got it, or got another variation.

I can see this research will be going on for some time, but in the end we shall be able to come up with a fairly accurate listing, which might even warrant a small thirty or forty page booklet on the subject. Thank you to those members who have made the effort to send me notes and photo-copies of the pull-outs in their collections.

I am also publishing the results of the members interests form I sent out.

Bill Tonkin Editor

Winter 1995 49

Addresses and members interests. January 1996

Abbreviations

All Br.E. All British ExhibitionsB.E.E. British Empire Exhibition Wembley.C-C & P. Crested China, plates & Pottery.Cong. Philatelic Congress of Great Britain.Cry. Pal. Crystal Palace.Earl.Ct. Earls Court.F.O.B. Festival of BritainFor. Ex. Foreign Expos.I.H.Ex. Ideal Home Exhibitions.Miss. Ex. Missionary Exhibitions.Oly. Ex. Olympia Exhibitions.P.P.C.. Picture Postcards.Pmks. Postmarks.PR-Eph. Printed Ephemera.Roy. Tou. Royal Tournaments.Scot Ex. Scottish Exhibitions.Phil. Ex.. Philatelic Exhibitions.Vic. Ex. Victorian Exhibitions.W.C.Ex. White City Exhibitions.W. F. & EX. Worlds Fairs & Expos.

Roy Allen. 0181 570 7458Vintage Postcards International.14, Wheatlands, Hounslow.Middx. TW5 0SA.

Postcard Publisher & Dealer.

Mrs Celia E Bailey. 0181 686 561025, Oakfield Rd, Croydon.Surrey. CR0 2UD.

F.O.B., Scot Ex 1938, Architectural Interest, All aspects.

Des. Barber.13, Milton Avenue,London. NW9

B.E.E.

Derek Bartlett. 01284 706 15696 West Rd, Bury St Edmunds.Suffolk. IP33 3LJ.

Pageants, All aspects, Postcard history.

Mrs Cristine Bayliss. 0181 741 5159Hammersmith Archives'Lilla Husett', 191, Talgarth Rd.London. W6 8BU.

Earl.Ct., W.C.Ex., Roy Tou., Oly. Ex., I.H.Ex., All aspecs, local history librarian.

David R Beech. 0171 323 7635Curator, The Philatelic Collections,

50 Winter 1995

The British Library, Great Russell St.London. WC1B 3DG.

Prof. Burton Benedict. 510 841 65452805, Hilgard Avenue, Berkeley,CA 94709. USA.

All Br. Ex., For. Ex., Ethnic displays, All aspects

Kirk Besse.3103, Tuxedo Blvd, Mound. 1 612 472 1559MN 55364. USA.

B.E.E., Scot. Ex., All Br. Ex., For. Ex., F.O.B., All aspects

The British Library. 01937 54 6267Legal Deposit Office.Boston Spa, Wetherby.West Yorks. LS23 7BY.

Andrew Brooks. 0191 536 4219'Fairhaven', Ferndale Lane, Sunderland Rd,East Boldon. Tyne & Wear. NE36 0NA.

All Br. Ex., For. Ex., W. F. & EX., All aspects.

James Brown. 01382 330 397'Harberie' 1, Old Railway Station,Kilmany, Cupar, Fife. KY15 4PT.

Scot. Ex., All aspects.

George T. Burr. 01932 22433916, Western Drive, Shepperton.Middx. TW17 8HL.

B.E.E., All aspecs.

Chris Butler. 01712 860 90615b, Connaught House, Clifton Gardens, Maida Vale.London. W9 1AL.

B.E.E., W.C.Ex., Scot. Ex., Cry.Pal.Ex., Ear.Ct Ex., All aspects

E. Dilwyn Chambers. 0181 952 499211, Turner Rd, Edgeware.Middx. HA8 6AT.

B.E.E. All aspects

Dr. Paul J Conway. 01275 84955113, Woodhill Rd, Portishead.Bristol. BS20 9EU.

B.E.E., All aspects.

Keith Cooper. 0181 595 338837, Stanley Avenue, Becontree Heath.Essex. RM8 1JH.

B.E.E.

Winter 1995 51

Guy Coumbe. 0181 458 339418, Oakwood Rd, London.NW11 6QY.

B.E.E.

Curator.Post Office Archives,Freeling House, Mount Pleasant Complex,London. EC1A 1BB.

Stuart Davidson. 0181 740 058656, Wendell Rd,London W12 9RS.

Franco-British Ex.

A (Tony) P Davies. 01243 552990'Wentbridge', Barnham Rd, Barnham, Bognor Regis.West Sussex. PO22 0EB.

B.E.E. All aspecs.

John Davies. 0374 692725'Croeso' 549, Purley Way,Croydon, Surrey. CR0 4RJ.

1890 Penny Postage Jubilee.

Peter Denly. 01279 652 4589, Oaklands Park, Bishop's Stortford,Herts. CM23 2BY.

Phil. Ex..

Andre Duffey. 01582 45813128, Moorland Gardens, Old Bedford Rd, Luton.Beds. LU2 7QF.

Dr Brian Durrans. 0171 323 8027Deputy Keeper, Museum of Mankind,Burlington Gdns, London W1X 2EX.

All Br.Ex., For. Ex., Ethnic displays.

Bill Early. 01382 698517, Whitefauds Rd, Ninewells.Dundee. DD2 1RH.

Scot. Ex., B.E.E., For. Ex., Ear. Ct., F.O.B., I.H.Ex., Vict. Ex., All aspects.

Mrs Judith Edwards. 01962 775298Standon Cottage, Hursley, Winchester.Hants SO21 2JH.

Cong., B.E.E., F.O.B., All aspects.

Brian A England. 01275 8725424, West Way, Clevedon.Avon. BS21 7XN.

52 Winter 1995

B.E.E., All aspects.

Fred Fletcher. 0191 536254035, St Georges, East Boldon.Tyne & Wear. NE36 0LU.

W.F.&Ex.

Patrick Frost. (Argyle Etkin Ltd.)48, Conduit St, New Bond St. London. W1R 9FB.

Michael Furnell 01923 82059745, Bishops Ave., Northwood,Middx. HA6 3DD.

B.E.E., Roy. Tou., Ear. Ct., Oly. Ex., F.O.B., I.H.Ex.

Terry Gazzard.48, Stevens Close, Hampton.Middx. TW12 3YW.

Mike Gorringe. 01784 43502544, Pooley Green Rd, Egham.Surrey. TW20 8AF.

B.E.E., All aspects.

Moray Graham-Bonnalie. 0171 385 371841, Everington St,London. W6 8DX.

F.O.B., W.C.Ex., Scot. Ex., Cry. Pal., Ear.Ct., Oly. Ex., I.H.Ex., Vict. Ex., Cong. All aspects.

Jeff Green. 01342 31473611, Turret Court, Buckhurst Way, East Grinstead,West Sussex. RH19 1QA.

All Br.Ex., Ethnic displays. up to 1930

Peter Griffin. 01487 81315158, Hollow lane,Ramsey, Cambs. PE17 1DE.

B.E.E., 1890 Penny Post Jubilee, 1911 Aerial Post., All aspects.

Maurice Guibord. 604 253 9311101 - 1537, Charles St,Vancouver, BC, Canada. VSL 2T2

Expo '67, Canadian participation in all Ex., All aspects.Suresh K Gupta. 0181 969 9493

11, Middle Row, North Kensington,London W10 5AT.

All Br. Ex., For Ex., I.H.Ex., Coins, Banknotes, Playing cards, All aspects.

Ray Haffner.PostingsP.O. Box 1 Oxted, Surrey. RH8 0FD.

Dealer handling most aspects of Exhibition memoribilia. £5 for two catalogues per year.

Andrew Hall. 01759 368577

Winter 1995 53

Glass Slipper.c/o Post Office, Bishop Wilton, York. YO4 1SR.

Dealer in all types of cinderella material.

Graham Hall. 01734 564518'Moorside' 43, Micklethwaite Lane, Micklethwaite, Bingley.West Yorks. BD16 3JW

Bradford Ex., All aspects.

Ken Harman. 0181 657 101436, Riding Hill, Sanderstead, South Croydon.Surrey. CR2 9LN.

Pot lids of Cry. Pal. All Br. Ex., For. Ex., Art Nouveau, Baxter prints.

Roger Hudson. 01203 686613Cover Boys.P. O. Box 172, Coventry. CV6 6NF.

Dealer in cinderella material., Postal history, Lists sent on request.

Stanley Hunter. 0141 339 277534, Gray St, Kelvingrove, Glasgow,Scotland. G3 7TY.

Scot. Ex., All aspects, American World Fairs.

Karl Illingworth. (Home) 01663 750600White Hall, (Works) 0161 839 9501Whitehaugh, Chinley, Cheshire. SK12 6BR.

W. F. & EX. All Br.Ex., For.Ex., All aspects.

Peter Inch. 01904 627082Inch's Books.82, The Mount, York. YO2 2AR.

Dealer in books on Modern Art & Design, and Exhibition books. Lists sent on request.

Thomas Jackson. 0171 323 3507Top Flat, 13, Harley St,London. W1N 1DA.

Franco-British Ex.

Charles Kiddle. 01256 862 701'High Beeches' Swainshill, Alton, Hants. GU34 4DP.

B.E.E., F.O.B., Edgar Wallace.

Francis Kiddle. 01252 613 881Punch Tree House, Reading Rd North, Fleet,Hants. GU13 8HS.

Cong., For. Ex., 1890 Penny Post Ex., Stamp Ex. All aspects.

Don Knight. 0181 440 35742, Crescent Rd, New Barnet,Herts. EN4 9RF.

W.C. Ex., B.E.E., Scot. Ex., Cry. Pal., Ear. Ct., F.O.B., Vict. Ex., Cong. All aspects.

54 Winter 1995

Magdalena Kozera. 0181 741 92359, Stamford Brook Ave., Chiswick.London. W6 0YB.

Photographic Ex.

Andrew G. Lajer. 01491 579662P.O. Box 42, Henley on Thames,Oxon. RG9 1FF.

B.E.E., Postal history of other Brit Ex.

Mrs Julie Anne Lambert. 01865 277047John Johnson Collection.Bodleian Library. Broad St, Oxford. OX1 3BG.

General interest, curator of the John Johnson Collection of printed ephemeria.

Mr Geoffrey Lane. 0181 904 779230, Elms Lane, Sudbury, Wembley,Middx. HA0 2NN.

B.E.E. All aspects. Wembley Local History.

David Lockwood.34, Firs Glen Rd. Winton. Bournmouth.Dorset. BH9 2LT.

All Br. Ex., For. Ex. Cong., All aspects.

John F. G. Mills. 01227 78707070, Salisbury Rd, Canterbury.Kent. CT2 7HH.

B.E.E., All aspects, Gold Coast, Togo, Cocoa.

Mike J. Mobbs. 01494 7124866, Cresswell Way, Holmer Green, High Wycombe,Bucks. HP15 6TE.

For. Ex., Pre 1939 Belgian Ex. All aspects.

Damon Murrin. 01603 6338858, Anchor Quay. Norwich.Norfolk. NR3 3PR.

F.O.B., All aspects.

James Negus. 01590 642293Kitwalls, Kitwalls Lane, Milford-on-Sea,Lymington. Hants. SO41 0RJ.

Phil. Ex. Cong., All aspects.

M/s Jean Osborne. 01506 842858 5, Jocks Hill Cres, Linlithgow.West Lothian. EH49 7BJ.All Br. Ex., Cong.

Michael Pender.6639, Waterford Lane, Sarasota.

Winter 1995 55

FL. 34238. USA.

Brian Penzer. 0121 32920177, Birchcroft Rd, Sutton Coldfield.West Midds. B75 6BP.

Mike Perkins. 01384 8248944, Churchill Drive, Amblecote, Stourbridge.West Midds. DY8 4JS.

B.E.E., All aspects.

Fred Peskett. 01705 665630124, Havant Rd, North End, Portsmouth.Hants. PO2 0BP.

Cry. Pal., F.O.B., All aspects.

Nigel Pollard. 01225 4618426, Leopold Buildings, Bath.Somerset. BA1 5NY.

B.E.E., F.O.B.

Dr.Deborah Ryan. 01993 81392617, Rosamund Rd, Wolvercote,Oxford. OX2 8NU.

I.H.Ex., B.E.E., W.C.Ex., Cry. Pal. Ex., Ear. Ct., Oly. Ex.

Alan Sabey. 0181 843 992046, Thorncliffe Rd, Norwood Green, Southall.Middx. UB2 5RQ.

B.E.E., 1908 Olympic Games, All aspects.

J. R. Shambrook. 01256 464 22854, Van Dyke Close, Swan Pool Mead.Basingstoke. RG21 3QR.

Special event postmarks.George Simner. 0181 471 2165

23, Langton Ave, East Ham.London. E6 4AN.

F.O.B., 1938 Scot. Ex., 1937 Paris Ex., All aspects.

Arthur P Smith. 0171 381 906222, Ongar Rd, Fulham.London. SW6 1SJ.

Ear.Ct., Most Br. Ex., Some For. Ex., Imp. & Com. Inst. Pageants. All aspects.

Mrs Barbara Smith. 01797 36317416, Dymchurch Rd, St Mary's Bay, Romney Marsh.Kent. TN29 OET.

F.O.B., All aspects.

Kenneth Roy Smith. 01629 55486Glen Dene, Holme Rd, Matlock Bath.Derbyshire. DE4 3NX.

Ballymaclinton at all sites, All aspects.

56 Winter 1995

Clive Solway. 0181 578 913492, Mansell Rd, GreenfordMiddx. UB6 9EL.

B.E.E., All aspects.

Adam Spencer.Cricklewood Library & Archive,152, Olive Rd, London. NW2 6UY.

David Springbett. 01628 663306The Abbey House, Huntercombe Lanes,Taplow, Berks. SL6 0PQ.General.

Miss Anita Stevens. 0131 667 695942/1F3, Dalkeith Rd, Newington,Edinburgh. EH16 5BS.

Scot. Ex.

John Swanborough. 01386 554393'Bredon View', Chapel Lane, Wyre Piddle.Worcs. WR10 2JA.

Cong., Special event postmarks.

Bill Tonkin. 0181 777 886123, Bramley Way, West Wickham.Kent. BR4 9NT.

All Br. Ex., Scot. Ex., Cong., All aspects.

Kenneth Tonkin. 01304 36684529, Grange Rd. Deal.Kent. CT14 9TT.

Q.E.II High values stamps.

Bob O. Tough. 0181 977 184720, Manor Rd, Teddington. Middx. TW11 8BD.

All Br. Ex., All aspects.

Ron Trevelyan. 01483 76433923, The Gateway, Woodham, Woking.Surrey. GU21 5SN.

B.B.E., W.C.Ex., Cry. Pal. Ex., U.S.A. Ex., All aspects.

Richard Watkins.c/o Stanley Gibbons Ltd,399, Strand, London. WC2R 0LX.

Stamp Dealer.

Graham Watling. 01732 822124139, Highview, Vigo Village, Meopham.Kent. DA13 0UT.

Winter 1995 57

F.O.B., B.E.E., Cry. Pal. Ex., All aspects.

J Paul Watson.The White Lodge, Donisthorpe Rd, Willesley, 01530 415272Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics. LE65 2TL.

B.E.E., All aspects.

Mike Welch.9, Queenswood Rd, Bridgewater. 01278 455139Somerset. TA6 7NB.

All Br. Ex.

Alan H. West. 0181 959 88754, The Circle, Mill Hill,London. NW7 3DX.

Franco-British Ex.

Derek Weston.'Glyngarth', 10, Victory Rd, Chertsey,Surrey. KT16 8BL.

58 Winter 1995

Some time ago Mike Perkins gave me a disc with three short articles on it. I have now got round to using it. If any other members could get articles down onto a disc and send it to me, it is so easy to transfere it to the newsletter. There must be someone out there with a computer just itching to see his name in print.

A PASSENGER ELECTRIC TRUCK.

Source:- The Commercial Motor. April 1, 1924.

The small accumulator electric truck is becoming increasingly popular for the rapid transit of small but heavy goods in dockyards, railway stations, and even in works; but it is entirely new to find one of these machines employed for the carrying of passengers. Such, however, will be the case at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, where a number of standard Railodok electric trucks, specially adapted for passenger carrying, will be utilized on the 15 miles of roads and paths within the precincts of the Exhibition.Each car will carry 12 persons and, in addition to the ordinary services, will be available for hire by private parties, the terms for which can be had on application to Railodok Electric Passenger Service, whose office is at the Exhibition.The garage for these cars will, it is stated. be the largest and most up-to-date electric garage in Britain, and will be fitted with the latest type of battery-charging plant.These trucks are manufactured by G. D. Peters and Co., Ltd., of Caxton House, Westminster, London, S. W. !, at their works, which are situated at Slough, Bucks.

The Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., Railodok card

WEMBLEY COIL STAMPS.

At the recent ‘Stamps ‘95’ I had the pleasure of meeting several of our members that I hadn’t previously met, including Peter Griffin. We spent a little time perusing Alan Sabey’s lovely display of Wembley material, and then got into a discussion on how to identify coil stamps. These were made up by splitting the sheets into strips of ten stamps and joining them together by sticking a stamp onto the margin to form the join. The sheets were ten rows of six stamps.

Winter 1995 59

We carefully examined the stamps on show to see if they had torn perforations or if they had been guillotined into strips. We found some that looked as if both the side perf’s had been torn, and some where one of the sides appeared to have been guillotined. We didn’t see any stamp where both sides seemed to have been cut. The actual joins we saw all had the join at the top of the stamp, i.e. the top stamp of the strip had been stuck to the bottom margin of the previous strip. This seemed logical, as once the first strip had been stuck onto the core , the bottom margin would be there ready to take the next strip. The coils as far as I know, were all bottom delivery, i.e. the bottom of the stamp appeared from the delivery slot first.

When I got home, I checked my copies to see if the perf’s gave any further clues - nothing! However, a 1925 1d stamp had the join at the bottom of the stamp! Stranger and stranger. As it is virtually impossible to plate these stamps, I couldn’t say if this was a bottom row stamp and if some coils had been made up with a top delivery.

At the end of ‘Stamp ’95’ I was given half-a-dozen issues of Gibbons Stamp Monthly, two of which contained articles on coil stamps. I have written to the authors asking if they can throw any light on the subject, but in the meantime , if any one out there has any Wembley coil stamps could they let me know if the side perf’s are torn or cut (and which side(s)), and if you have a join, is the join at the top or the bottom of the stamp. I’d also like to know the value and year of course.

PERKINS GAZETTE.

(With apologies to Mike Goldfinger and P.P.M.)

Friday 30 March.6.15 am. Standing at the end of the street wondering where George was. Had I got the right

day? the right time? I walked back home but my keys were inside! I walked up the road to my Father's house. Joy, he was up. I rang George's home and found out that he'd overslept and was on his way. 6.30 am., George arrives and we're off to York. We arrive just before 9 am. and load up the trolley ready for the off. 9.30 am. sees us set up and we go off looking for those elusive goodies.. I manage to find one lovely Trade card and half a dozen Malay Basketry cards with perforated left margins. The doors opened to the public at noon and it was quite hectic from then on. Said "Hello" to Bill and Nancy, and spotted one Gentleman asking for exhibitions. 8 pm. came and it was nice not to have to load up the car. We booked into our digs ,and it was off to the pub for a pint and a meal.Saturday 1 April.

7.45 am. Gave George a call and got dressed. 8 am. Asked if he was ready for breakfast and was asked to "come in". There was George, flat on his back, griping the bed, drenched in sweat. Food poisoning! I got a doctor to him, and got some tablets. Off to the fair on my own. Trade was fairly steady through the day and I coped with a little bit of help for the odd quick break. The Gentleman I'd seen yesterday turned up at the stall and I asked which exhibitions he collected. "Wembley" he said. I went off him immediately! Yes, he was a member off the Exhibition Study Group and his name was Bill Early. Bill is on the Packet list and I've had several complimentary notes off him, so I was delighted to meet him in person. Bill and Nancy turned up at that point so I was able to introduce them. 6 pm. and I was able to walk away from the fair. The patient was hardly any better, so I saw to his needs and dashed off to meet Bill and Nancy for a ride to the pub. There were only six of us tonight, Bill, Nancy, Peter Mountford (collects Salmon cards),Doug and Dory (dealers), and yours truly. The meal was excellent and the company even better. A flower seller came round during the evening and Bill bought a pink rose for Nancy. There was much merriment when Nancy told us it was either the first or second flower that he had ever bough her. A fabulous night.Sunday 2 April.

George was still flat out - the tablets seemed to be making him worse. Made my way to the small dealers Bourse. Even with just the dealers it was busy, but the layout was better than previous years. Felt slightly queasy and had to get outside for some air. Had I got the dreaded Lurgy? Saw Bill and Nancy when the fair opened and said "Hello". They were with Bill Early and I went back upstairs

60 Winter 1995

to show Bill a Scottish exhibition card I'd seen. Back downstairs - still feeling lousy. Iris from Oxfam was standing in for me on the stand so I went outside for some fresh air. Felt better after about 20 mins so went back inside and did my bit. Sunday is always quiet so it wasn't too arduous. 3 pm - walked back to the digs to see if George was still alive. He was - just!! got his car keys and crossed my fingers - I'd never driven a Volvo before! Had a lot of trouble getting reverse but eventually got to the fair. Another couple of hours and it was time to load up. Waited 'till the rush had died down and got the car as close to the door as I could (without reverse gear).I was sure I was trying to get more in than came out, but eventually got it all in. Got back to the digs OK and had a cup of coffee. Checked on the patient, and then went for a look at the local hostelries. Didn't really fancy any I saw (I must be getting old!) ,so I invested in a bottle of plonk. Back to my room, uncorked the bottle, and I watched telly until it started to get slightly out of focus. Foreign TV's - pah!Monday 3 April.

Woke up. Got up. The patient was still flat out, but insisted that we would go back that day. Popped round to the Doctor's to see if they could gave him anything to help him travel, but no joy. Went up into York to get some bin liners just in case George was ill on the way back. Got the liners, had a walk round the town, found the Tourist Info place and found that Inch's book shop had moved out of the centre of York and was just at the end of the street where we were staying. Had a walk along part of the wall - great. Got to the book shop and said "Hello". Had a look at his stock, but didn't find anything - guess Karl had bought it all. Back at the digs George was dressed and just about fit to travel. I squeezed him into the car and off we went. Even With George sitting in the passenger seat, I still couldn't get reverse gear! Just after Derby, I stopped and let George take over the driving just to give him something to occupy his mind. George dropped me of, and that was the end of an eventful weekend - so I thought.Tuesday 4 April.

9 amish. Phone rings and Bill tells me Nancy had died that morning. I muttered something, put the phone down and cried for 20 mins.A Few Days Later.

Talking to Alan Sabey on the phone, and he tells me that Lyn Lane had died the day after Nancy. I shall miss Nancy. She always spoilt me rotten when I went down to see them. I think Flo' Simner summed it up at her funeral when she said it was like loosing a favourite aunt.

SUBSCRIPTIONS and MEMBERSHIP

Alan has just phoned me to remind all those who have not paid their subs that these are now due. He also tells me our membership has now reached 95. Amongst the new people, one collects the Franco-British Exhibition and another collects the Japan-British Exhibition. It's going to be nice to get away from Wembley for a change.

OBITUARY GEORGE E. R. ITHELL

I am sorry to have to report that George Ithell died on the 18th of December after a short illness. George was born in Manchester and while still at a young age lost his father who had gone to Canada to look for better prospects for work, and died there, suddenly from pneumonia, leaving George's mother to bring up several children on her own. George was educated at Cheethams School in Manchester and was a Master Carpenter by trade, he had recently started collecting cards of his old school as a sideline.

Georges main interest was of course Ballymaclinton, the Irish Village at the various White City and Crystal Palace Exhibitions named after the soap makers Maclintons Ltd. He was the Author of the definitive work on the subject, 'Posted at Ballymaclinton' and was one of the first postcard researchers to study the printing on the backs of cards, as well as the pictures. He went into the subject so deeply, that he was able to name all the colleens that appeared on the cards.

Winter 1995 61

On the last occasion I saw him I told him I had found a odd card of a Irish lass seated beside an iron cooking pot and a small weaving loom, and sent him a photo-copy. He knew of the card and had reconised the girl and named her as the junior weaving champion of 1908.

George was a keen member of the Irish Study Circle, unfortunately their convention usually clashes with ours, and so he has only been able to attend one of ours some years ago.

George had been married over 50 years, and leaves a widow to whom we offer our deepest condolences. The Study Group was represented at his funeral by Alan Sabey.

A LIST OF WORLD EXHIBITIONS

Compiled from many sources, guaranteed to be incomplete,but someone has to try!

by Ken Harman.

Part 3 & final1905 to 1984

1905a) Bruges, Belgium. b) Brussels, Belgium. c) Cologne, Germany. d) EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE

Liege, Belgium. Att. 6,143,157. 173 acres. P.C.e) COLONIAL EXHIBITION

London, England. (Crystal Palace) P.C.f) NAVAL EXHIBITION

London, England. (Earls Court).. P.C.g) LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION

Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. P.C.1906a) Berlin, Germany. b) IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN

London, England. (Earls Court).. P.C.c) MAMMOTH FUN CITY

London, England. (Olympia). P.C.d) Marseilles, France.e) Melbourne, Australia. P.C.f) ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE

Milan, Italy. Att. 5,500,000. 250 acres. P.C.g) Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.h) Tourcoing, France. i) Tournai, Belgium.1906 - 1907

NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONALEXHIBITION OF ARTS & INDUSTRIESChristchurch, New Zealand. Att. 1,967,632. 14 acres (buildings only). P.C.

1907a) Aachen, Germany. b) EXPOSITION MARITIME

Bordeaux, France. P.C.

62 Winter 1995

c) Dinant, Belgium. d) IRISH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1907

Dublin, Ireland. 52 acres. P.C.e) JAMESTOWN TERCENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A. Att. 2,850,735. P.C.f) Liege, Belgium. g) Limbourg, Belgium. (or Holland)h) BALKAN STATES EXHIBITION

London, England. (Earls Court). P.C.i) PALESTINE IN LONDON EXHIBITION

London, England. P.C.j) Madrid, Spain. k) MISSIONARY EXHIBITION

Manchester, England. (St. James' Hall) P.C.l) Mariemont, Belgium. (or Ohio, U.S.A.) P.C.m) MEDICAL MISSIONARY EXHIBITION

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. P.C.n) Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. o) Tournai, Belgium. 1908a) GREAT MISSIONARY EXHIBITION

Bradford, England. P.C.b) Brussels, Belgium. c) SCOTTISH NATIONAL EXHIBITION

Edinburgh, Scotland. P.C.d) HUNGARIAN EXHIBITION

London, England. (Earls Court).. P.C.e) WORLD'S MINING EXHIBITION

London, England. (Olympia). P.C.f) FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION

London, England. (White City). Att. 8,396,700. 140 acres. P.C.g) RADIO TELEGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

Prague, Bohemia.h) Verviers, Belgium. i) FRANZ JOSEPH JUBILEE P.C.1909a) Brussels, Belgium.b) Frankfurt, Germany.c) BAPTIST MISSIONARY EXHIBITION

Leeds, England. P.C.d) AFRICA AND THE EAST

London, England. (Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington). P.C.e) GOLDEN WEST AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES EXHIBITION

London, England. (Earls Court).. P.C.f) IMPERIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

London, England. (White City). P.C.g) Nancy, France. h) HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION

New York, U.S.A. P.C.

Winter 1995 63

i) PORTOLA FESTIVALSan Francisco, U.S.A. P.C.

j) ALASKA-YUKON PACIFIC EXPOSITIONSeattle, U.S.A. Att. 3,740,561. 250 acres. P.C.

k) Turnhout, Belgium. l) Vienna, Austria. m) TYROLEAN FREEDOM EXHIBITION1910a) EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET INTERNATIONALE

Brussels, Belgium. Att. 13,000,000. 220 acres. P.C.b) WORK AND HOME EXHIBITION

Brussels, Belgium.c) CENTENNIAL OF REPUBLIC EXHIBITION

Buenos Aires, Argentina.d) JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION

London, England. (White City) P.C.e) Tournai, Belgium.1911a) Charleroi, Belgium.b) SCOTTISH NATIONAL EXHIBITION P

Glasgow, Scotland. Att. 9,400,000. P.C.c) FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE

London, England. (Crystal Palace) P.C.d) INTERNATIONAL ANCIENT ART EXHIBITION

London, England. (Earls Court). P.C.e) CORONATION EXHIBITION

London, England. (White City) P.C.f) FETES COMMEMORATIVES DE LA PROCLAMATION DU ROYAUME D'ITALIE

Rome, Italy. P.C.g) ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE

Rome, Italy. P.C.h) Roubaix, France. i) ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE D'INDUSTRIA E DE LABORO

Turin, Italy. Att. 4,012,776. 247 acres. P.C.1912a) Dusseldorf, Germany. b) SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND

London, England. (Earls Court). P.C.c) LATIN- BRITISH EXHIBITION

London, England. (White City) P.C.d) Munich, Germany. e) AFRICA AND THE EAST EXHIBITION

Nottingham, England. P.C.f) Toronto, Canada. P.C.1913a) Breslau, (now Wroclaw), Poland. b) EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET INDUSTRIELLE

Ghent, Belgium. Att. 11,000,000. 309 acres.c) INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.d) LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

Liverpool, England. P.C.

64 Winter 1995

e) ANGLO-GERMAN EXHIBITIONLondon, England. P.C.

f) IMPERIAL SERVICES EXHIBITIONLondon, England. (Earls Court). P.C.

g) BUILDING TRADES EXHIBITIONLondon, England.(Olympia) P.C.

h) INTERNATIONAL AERO EXHIBITIONLondon, England.(Olympia) P.C.

i) RUSSIAN VILLAGE (Ideal Homes Exhibition)London, England.(Olympia) P.C.

j) Mons, Belgium. 1914a) Antwerp, Belgium. b) Bern, Switzerland. c) BRISTOL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

Bristol, England. P.C.d) DEUTSCHE WERKBUND EXHIBITION

Cologne, Germany.e) Genoa, Italy. f) INTERNATIONAL BOOK EXHIBITIO

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.g) ANGLO-SPANISH EXHIBITION

London, England. (Earls Court). P.C.h) ANGLO-AMERICAN EXHIBITION

London, England. (White City) P.C.i) Lyons, France. 1915a) PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION

San Francisco, U.S.A. Att.18,876,438. 635 acres. P.C.b) Zurich, Switzerland. P.C.1915 - 1916

PANAMA-CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONSan Diego, U.S.A. Att. 3,800,000. 194 acres. P.C.

1916a) Berlin, Germany. P.C.b) LOOS TRENCHES

Blackpool, England. P.C.c) Brussels, Belgium. P.C.d) "DAILY MAIL" ACTIVE SERVICE EXHIBITION

London, England. P.C.1917 - 1918

WAR BOND CAMPAIGN EXHIBITIONSLondon, England. P.C.

1919a) LAEKEN EXHIBITION

Brussels, Belgium. P.C.b) Charleroi, Belgium. P.C.1920a) IMPERIAL WAR AND VICTORY EXHIBITIONS

London, England. (Crystal Palace) P.Cb) BUILDING EXHIBITION

London, England. (Olympia) P.C.

Winter 1995 65

1921PRINTING AND ALLIED TRADES EXHIBITION

London, England. (Agricultural Hall) P.C.1922a) Berlin, Germany. P.C.b) EXPOSITION COLONIALE

Marseilles, France. P.C.1922 - 1923

EXPOSI‚ AO INTERNACIONAL DO CENTENARIO DO RIO DE JANEIRORio De Janeiro, Brazil. Att. 3,626,402. 61.75 acres. P.C.

1924ANCIENT ART EXHIBITION

Nantes, France. P.C.1924 - 1925

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITIONLondon, England. (Wembley). Att. 27,102,498. 216 acres. P.C.

1925a) Dusseldorf, Germany. P.C.b) WASTE POWER AND TOURISM EXHIBITION

Grenoble, France. P.C.c) EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIES

MODERNESParis, France. Att. 5,852,783. 57 acres. P.C.

1925 - 1926NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH SEAS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

Dunedin, New Zealand. Att. 3,200,498. 65 acres. P.C.1926

SESQUI-CENTENNIAL EXPOSITIONP.C.Philadelphia, U.S.A. Att. 6,408,289. 275 acres.

1927Ghent, Belgium. P.C.

1928a) WHOLESALE FURNITURE TRADES EXHIBITION

Glasgow, Scotland. P.C.b) Venice, Italy. P.C.1929a) EXPOSICION INTERNACIONAL DE BARCELONA

(Joint exhibition with 1930 SEVILLE as "L'EXPOSICIîN GENERAL D'ESPANA")Barcelona, Spain. Att. 5,800,000. 291.5 acres.Blgs. Barcelona Pavilion. P.C.

b) NORTH-EAST COAST EXHIBITIONNewcastle Upon Tyne , England. Att. 4,25 million. 170 acres. P.C.

c) Poznan, Poland. d) Tulle, France. P.C.1930a) EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE, COLONIALE, MARITIME ET D'ART FLAMAND (Joint exhibition with LIEGE).

Antwerp, Belgium. 170.5 acres. P.C.b) WELSH NATIONAL EXHIBITION

Cardiff, Wales.c) La Louviere, Belgium. P.C.

66 Winter 1995

d) EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE LA GRANDE INDUSTRIE, SCIENCE, ET APPLICATION ART WALLON (Joint exhibition with ANTWERP).Liege, Belgium. Att. 27 million. 165 acres. P.C.

e) Milan, Italy. f) EXPOSICIîN IBERO AMERICANA(Joint exhibition with 1929 BARCELONA).

Seville, Spain. Att.4,400,000. 120 acres. P.C.g) EXHIBITION OF ARCHITECTURE AND INDUSTRIAL ART

Stockholm, Sweden.1931

EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALEParis, France.(Vincennes). Att. 33,500,000. 500 acres. P.C.

1933A CENTURY OF PROGRESS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

Chicago, U.S.A. Att. 48,769,227, (or 38,769,227 ?). 424 acres.Blgs. Skyride. P.C.

1935a) Breslau, (now Wroclaw), Poland. b) EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET INTERNATIONALE DE BRUXELLES

Brussels, Belgium. Att. 20,000,000. 309 acres. P.C.1935 - 1936

CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONSan Diego, U.S.A. Att. 7,200,000. 210 acres. P.C.

1936a) TEXAS CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

Dallas, U.S.A.b) BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION

Johannesburg, South Africa. Att. 1,500,000. 100 acres. P.C.1937a) Mombassa, Kenya.b) EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS ET.TECHNIQUES DANS LA VIE

MODERNEParis, France. Att. 34,000,000. 250 acres. Blgs. Reconstruction of the Trocadero, Museum of Modern Arts, Finnish Pavilion. P.C.

1938a) BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION

Glasgow, Scotland. (Bellahouston Park). Att. 2,593,232. 175 acres. P.C.b) Oslo, Norway. 1939a) Dresden, Germany. P.C.b) SWISS NATIONAL EXHIBITION

Zurich, Switzerland. Att. 10,500,000. P.C.1939 - 1940a) NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR

New York, U.S.A. Att. 44,932,978, (or 26,000,000). 1216.5 acres.Blgs. Finnish Pavilion. P.C.

b) GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONSan Francisco, U.S.A. Att. 17,041,999. 400 acres. P.C.

c) CENTENNIAL EXHIBITIONWellington, New Zealand. 65 acres. P.C.

1946"BRITAIN CAN MAKE IT" EXHIBITION

London, England.(Victoria & Albert Museum). Att. 1,500,000.

Winter 1995 67

1951FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN

London, England. (South Bank). Att. 8,500,000 P.C.1958

EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET INTERNATIONALE DE BRUXELLES (EXPO 58)Brussels, Belgium. Att. 41,454,412. 500 acres. Blgs. Atomium, and the Sputnik. P.C.

1962CENTURY 21 EXPOSITION

Seattle, U.S.A. Att. 9,609,969. 74 acres. P.C.1964 - 1965

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIRNew York, U.S.A. Att. 51,607,307. 646 acres. P.C.

1967UNIVERSAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (EXPO '67)

Montreal, Canada. Att. 50,860,801. 1,000 acres. Blgs. Pavilion of the U.S.A., Pavilion of the Federal Republic of Germany, Habitat '67. P.C.

1968HEMIS FAIR '68

San Antonio. 92 acres.1970

JAPAN WORLD EXPOSITION (EXPO '70)Osaka, Japan. Att. 64,218,770. 250 acres. P.C.

1974EXPO '74 WORLD'S FAIR

Spokane, U.S.A. 100 acres. P.C.1975

INTERNATIONAL OCEAN EXPOSITION (EXPO '75)Okinawa, Japan. Att. 3,500,000. 250 acres.

1984WORLD'S FAIR

New Orleans, U.S.A. P.C.

68 Winter 1995