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My Lockdown Life: Day 249

Photograph taken at the Q (Deptford Park School) bus stop on Evelyn Street that incorporates a polar bear from the “With an Angry Roar the Bear Rose to Its Full Height” illustration on the cover of the 17 December 1899 issue of “Chums” and some bubbles from C. Gregory’s “Christmas Decorations” illustration on page 9 of the 20 December 1870 issue of the “Illustrated London News”

COLLAGE SOURCE(S) The polar bear is from an illustration on the cover of the 27 December 1899 issue of “Chums” magazine: “With an Angry Roar the Bear Rose to Its Full Height” (1899) The bottles of bubbly are from the “Christmas Decorations—Drawn by C. Gregory” illustration page 9 of the 20 December 1879 issue ofContinue reading “My Lockdown Life: Day 249”

My Lockdown Life: Day 248

Photograph of Deptford Park Primary School taken from Evelyn Street with an illustration titled “The Grocer’s Shop at Christmas—Drawn by Foster” found on p. 17 of the 21 December 1850 issue of the “Illustrated London News”

COLLAGE SOURCE(S) “The Grocer’s Shop at Christmas—Drawn by Foster”, an illustration found on page 17 of the 21 December 1850 issue of the “Illustrated London News” (1850) PHOTO LOCATION Deptford Park Primary School photographed from Evelyn Street, Deptford

My Lockdown Life: Day 242

Photograph of Lower Pepys Park, Deptford with two snowball throwing boys (hand coloured) from Alfred Hunt’s “Christmas in the Good Old Times: The Watchman’s Christmas Box” illustration from the 19 December 1891 issue of the “Penny Illustrated Paper” (p. 31)

COLLAGE SOURCE(S) Alfred Hunt’s “Christmas in the Good Old Times: The Watchman’s Christmas Box” from the Penny Illustrated Paper (19 December 1891), p. 31 PHOTO LOCATION Lower Pepys Park, Deptford, London