A brightly-coloured display of comics, annuals, board games, glove puppets, a Snoopy phone, an illuminated red teddy bear light, a large Mickey Mouse clock ⏰ etc from Mick Jones’ personal collection
A wall display featuring The Clash’s single ‘London Calling’ under a vintage Columbia Records 78rpm whose sleeve it parodies, a tourist postcard of the Royal Horseguards in Hyde Park, a slim paperback titled TRAMS of BYGONE LONDON (priced 2’6)
Vintage books on a shelf, one a guide to learning the guitar with the page open at a cartoon figure smiling with his guitar on a strap and sweating without, under the heading HOW TO HOLD THE GUITAR, the opposite page headed RAY HURST’S COLOUR-WAY APPROACH TO PLAYING THE GUITAR with an illustration of a blue, red, yellow and green colour coded fret; in the centre, a book entitled HOW TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL POP SINGER by AL SIEGEL; lying flat, two technical guides to ‘tape recorders’
Looking down on a red and white vintage ‘sky baby’ Medium Wave/Long Wave radio with a central transparent dial for tuning in both frequencies and smaller knobs either side for controlling volume and selecting LONG or MED respectively
Spending time with some more of Mick’s hoard, this time way out East at the Art Pavilion, Mile End #LondonExhibitions #MickJones #RocknRollPublicLibrary #RRPL #VintageEphemera #VintageAudio
