With the Missus and a mate, visiting my favourite vintage toy shop round here, in Kirkham Arcade in Otley, I was really pleased to bag a fe...

I wondered what a Project SWORD shop counter might look like. Culled from my old attic shots, here goes.

 With the Missus happy gardening, I've taken a break to bag up my latest mini monster creations for safe-keeping. Not good enough for th...

 These are in my foto archive. I must have saved them ages ago from somewhere online. This old toy shop is Jeans in Lowestoft. and this is a...

  A few snaps of York's Monk Bar Model Shop here in the UK. and a snap of brass ornamental cannons in a charity shop, which we had at ho...

 It's always interesting visiting shops abroad, especially the toy aisles!  Here's a few Dinge ( German for things) I've seen am...

 I was sent these pics by a reader but alas I've lost the email, so I can't say who from! Thanks anyway, what a marvellously monstro...

We had some very sad close family news yesterday, a bereavement, but so as not to dwell on it until I can do something practical I need to k...