Monday, 28 December 2020

Flying Scotsman

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Todays post (28th December), the final post of 2020, depicts a jigsaw puzzle from Gibsons titled Flying Scotsman . The jigsaw, of 1000 pie...
Monday, 7 December 2020

Stanier's Finest

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Today's post, 7th December 2020, compares two paintings, duplicated as jigsaw puzzles by The Works and Marks and Spencers, respectively....
Tuesday, 24 November 2020

A puzzle from New Zealand

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Todays puzzle, 24 November 2020, is an example from New Zealand jigsaw company, Holdson. It is part of a four part series titled Age of Stea...
Thursday, 12 November 2020

A Hawkins' jigsaw and a Flying Scotsman CD

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Today's post, 12th November 2020, describes a Canny Minds' combined production of a jigsaw puzzle and a CD. Philip Hawkins' pai...
Thursday, 22 October 2020

Steam versus Diesels

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Today's post, 22nd October 2020, describes two jigsaws each featuring steam and diesel locomotion. ABOVE - The Flying Scotsman , ...
Thursday, 1 October 2020

The Iconic, Forth Bridge

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Today's pair of jigsaw puzzles, 1st October 2020, both feature one of the most famous bridges in the world - the Forth Bridge, spanning ...
Wednesday, 16 September 2020

STAR Quality

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In today's post, 15 September 2020, I am describing another jigsaw from the Gibsons' large portfolio of steam railway examples. The ...
Friday, 4 September 2020

A First for Hartlepool?

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In the 29 June 2020 post I featured a Gibsons' jigsaw replicating a David Noble painting. I included a reference to a second puzzle from...
Wednesday, 19 August 2020

The Scottish Expresses

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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....
Thursday, 30 July 2020

A British Railways' Standard locomotive

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Today's puzzle features a photograph of a British Railways 'Standard' class 4MT (mixed traffic) 4-6-0 locomotive, No.75027. The ...