The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
The Alhambra, Leicester Square, London, 1899
Now the Odeon Cinema, the Alhambra Theatre was once the magnificent centrepiece of Leicester Square until it closed in 1936.
In this picture can be seen more superb posters, advertisements and bills on the side wall.
Lemon Squash, Disinfectant, Nestle, and, my favourite, Allen and Ginter’s cigarettes all jostle for space.
