The final piece in my new website jigsaw (at least for now) has been fitted, so to speak. The British Waterways section of the site is a companion to my waterways blog and will go more into depth* on the subject of Britain's canals with maps and historical information as well as photos. Go check it out and do some gongoozling!
* No pun intended!
This typewriter is similar to a few others in the collection, including the Silver-Reed Silverette. The Seventy is a nice compact little portable typewriter that is in remarkably good condition. When i first received it i thought it was brand new! It was only after a closer inspection that i could see there was a little wear and tear on it here and there, though not much. The typewriter looks like it has not been hardly used, if it has it has been, it has been very well cared for.
The Seventy types pretty well, a couple of keys on the fringes are a bit awkward but that might just require a little correction, usage or lubricant to loosen them. The Seventy only types in one colour (black).
The Seventy is one of the favourite typewriters in my collection. Indeed, a while ago on my old blog i listed the three typewriters i would take with me to a desert island and the Seventy was my third pick!
Yesterday, i returned to the east Midlands but this time went to Market Harborough in Leicestershire. I have been to the town once before but didn't visit the Grand Union Canal that time. My main aim on this trip was to recify that omission and you can see my canal photos here. Other photographs of this pretty town can be seen here.
Christ Church in Alsager, Cheshire was built in 1789 as a chapel of ease for St Bertoline's church in Barthomley. It became a parish church in it's own right in 1946. The church has a six bay nave and a three bay chancel with apse. There is a tower to the west. The church is in the Georgian style with features such as Tuscan demi-columns on the exterior.
The church is built from yellow ashlar Keuper sandstone.
A new calculator has joined the collection this week, this rather lovely Decimo Vatman. This Japanese made machine was released in about 1974 not long after Value Added Tax was introduced into Britain. This calculator was named and released with it's VAT key (aka the percentage key) to take advantage of the ruckus caused by the change in the tax system.
Unfortunately, the calculator no longer seems in working order.
