STEAM TRAINS AND JIGSAW PUZZLES
An extension to my book 'Steam Trains and Jigsaw puzzles' published in 2007 and 2013.
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Tuesday, 12 January 2021
A Busy Day at Dulverton
Monday, 28 December 2020
Flying Scotsman
Monday, 7 December 2020
Stanier's Finest
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
A puzzle from New Zealand
Thursday, 12 November 2020
A Hawkins' jigsaw and a Flying Scotsman CD
Thursday, 22 October 2020
Steam versus Diesels
Thursday, 1 October 2020
The Iconic, Forth Bridge
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
STAR Quality
Friday, 4 September 2020
A First for Hartlepool?
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
The Scottish Expresses
Today's post, 19 August 2020, features another similar wooden jigsaw to the example posted on October 19th 2019, both from the A.V. N. Jones company. The title of this 300-piece puzzle is The Scottish Expresses. The hand-cut jigsaw depicts two major Expresses operating between Scotland and England - the Royal Scot on the left and the Flying Scotsman travelling in the opposite direction, on the adjacent line. Edinburgh Castle lurks mysteriously in the backgound with what appears to be the fascade of an elegant, old building (National Museum?) beneath. Both expresses appear to be passing at great speed. The location is just outside Edinburgh Waverley Station.This excellent puzzle is copied from an equally superb illustrative painting by Bryan de Grineau, originally published in The Illustrated London News in 1939.
Of interest - the price for a Jones wooden jigsaw of 250 pieces in 1931 was 8s/6d (42.5p).