Hobbies Gallery

The Scout magazine, Special Hobbies and Model-Making Number

Front cover of The Scout magazine, "The Only Weekly Official Organ of the Boy Scouts". As this particular issue is the Special Hobbies and Model-Making number, the front cover depicts two jolly boys, one in a Scout uniform flying toy planes which they have evidently knocked up out of wood with some whittling tools and glue. Other busy boys are seen indulging in wholesome activities - with a home made wireless sets, printing things and, of course, perusing a stamp album

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Mlle. Lyska Kostio and her collection of dolls

One of the latest crazes in Paris in the early 1910s was doll-collecting. Apparently Mlle. Kostio took all her dolls with her when she travelled, and looked after them all herself, dresing them and giving them a bath every morning. She then took those who had been good out for a walk. Date: 1914

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A 1957 500cc Velocette motor cycle owned by Charles Bartlett, aged 19 of Arden Street

A 1957 500cc Velocette motor cycle owned by Charles Bartlett, aged 19 of Arden Street, Earlsdon, Coventry. He had partially built it up as a Chopper when a fire destroyed a lot of his hard work. From the remains he built this bike which he has named Speed Freak'. The term chopper comes from the American bike fanatics who take a standard production machine and "chop" off all the unwanted bits and pieces(such as panniers, mirrors and heavy duty seats).
5th May 1971

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