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Erik Thackrey

10mo

ISTJ

Cancer

6

7

On This Day in History - January 22, 1942

January 22, 1942 #OTD World War II: The Japanese executed 161 Australian, Indian, and Dutch prisoners at Parit Sulong, Malaya, and then burned the bodies. After the war, the officer responsible was sentenced to life imprisonment by the British for earlier crimes committed in Singapore. But in... read more

Jordan

4mo

ENFP

Leo

2

1

Brimtoy "Royal Scot" Locomotive, c1950s

There is an awful lot of beauty in the "budget" tin toys of the 1950s. Using simple pressed tin and beautiful decorative prints, a relatively shapeless lump became a highly evocative little machine that doubtless thrilled plenty of railcentric kids in their day. Wells-Brimtoy were one of the big... read more

Lincoln

1y

INFJ

Leo

Hackney. London, UK

Stephen

2y

ESTJ

Pisces

8

7

The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds... And MLB?

If you asked me, at gunpoint, to answer what The Rolling Stones and MLB has to do with one another, just empty the magazine. That said, Hackney Diamonds is one of their best contemporary albums. Nothing truly iconic, but definitely has "that" sound.

John

2y

ENTJ

Capricorn

Five Easy Hotdogs, live at the Hackney empire August 31st

I've been to London forac Demarcos Five Easy Hotdogs Tour, got pretty close to the front