http://www.storage.co.uk/blog/2010/07/self-storage-weird-and-wonderful-collections/ A blog about self storage Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:53:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.storage.co.uk/blog/2010/07/self-storage-weird-and-wonderful-collections/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 ipsohfacto Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:09:16 +0000 http://www.storage.co.uk/blog/?p=551#comment-1879 I'm always drawn to the rather oddball, ultra-specialist museums, focusing on something we normally take for granted and don't think of as "collectable". Three of my favourites are: the Cumberland Pencil Museum in Keswick, England; the Museum of the Hammer (Museo dei Martelli) in Sarnano, the Marche, Italy; and Lumina Domestica, the Domestic Lamp Museum in Bruges, Belgium (6000 examples!) Any other suggestions? I’m always drawn to the rather oddball, ultra-specialist museums, focusing on something we normally take for granted and don’t think of as “collectable”. Three of my favourites are: the Cumberland Pencil Museum in Keswick, England; the Museum of the Hammer (Museo dei Martelli) in Sarnano, the Marche, Italy; and Lumina Domestica, the Domestic Lamp Museum in Bruges, Belgium (6000 examples!) Any other suggestions?

]]> http://www.storage.co.uk/blog/2010/07/self-storage-weird-and-wonderful-collections/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 Angus Hanton Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:13:04 +0000 http://www.storage.co.uk/blog/?p=551#comment-1720 I've got a fairly large collection of old comics - mainly Beanos and Toppers from the 1960s and early 1970s. What amazes me about the Beanos is how similar the stories are nowadays to how they were 40 years ago, in fact almost identical sometimes! I've got my collection along with other things from my childhood that I would never throw out, stored in self-storage locally. I’ve got a fairly large collection of old comics – mainly Beanos and Toppers from the 1960s and early 1970s. What amazes me about the Beanos is how similar the stories are nowadays to how they were 40 years ago, in fact almost identical sometimes! I’ve got my collection along with other things from my childhood that I would never throw out, stored in self-storage locally.

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