…An early electric hearing aid to the rest of us, has been the focus of today’s research. Invented by Miller Reece Hutchinson in 1898, it used carbon transmitters to convert a weak electrical signal. It was bulky by all accounts – needing to be housed on a table – and thus cumbersome to transport. It […]
Category Archives: history
Aug
09
A day of research and learning
posted by MoreThanACat
Today has been a bizarre day. A creative procrastination day – if you will. So to get over it, I created a scapple to try and marshall my thoughts. The result was productive. I have a character: a Doctor Peter Welney; an archaeologist returning from India. He was a blank canvas. He breaks up a […]
Holiday: 25
posted by MoreThanACat
Having arrived back from Prague, and after a stop for breakfast, we decided to head to see my parents in the land of Wales and appalling internet. BT have been promising them an upgrade since the end of June. Now mid August, it still hasn’t materialised. A list of never ending excuses falls into father’s […]
May
07
50 before 50: #17 & #18 Harlow
posted by MoreThanACat
Snapped yesterday in Harlow were these two Blue Plaques. I’ll be honest, I was surprised to see them. Harlow for me has a negative connotation. Home to all the worst Essex can be: chavs, shellsuits, bling. And yet I found a bustling connurbation. A thriving market, a wide range of shops. A community spirit. A […]
Apr
22
50 before 50: #15 & #16 St Ives
posted by MoreThanACat
Stopping in St Ives awhile back I snapped these two plaques. Not remembering people per se. More remembering the occupations of people and the buildings they worked in: the corn exchange and the police station If you get time to visit, it’s a quaint market town with some nice independent eateries and a statue of […]
50 before 50: #14
posted by MoreThanACat
I first came to this man through the film Ghandi. Amazing politician. Need to learn more about him when life allows
Feb
14
50 before 50: #9, 10 & 11 (Chiswick)
posted by MoreThanACat
Some people you find just like that Others need no introduction While this one needs a bit of research
Feb
13
50 before 50: #8 (Feltham)
posted by MoreThanACat
Considering he was such a flamboyant man, this is such a simple memorial
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