Tag Archives: 1963

The final chapter from Adrian’s book…

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Raymond Chandler’s 1943 novel, The High Window: Below his eyes across the top of his cheeks and the bridge of his nose there was a wide path of freckles, like a mine-field … Continue reading →

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It’s Adrian’s ‘How to Draw’ book, again…

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown UK: Today’s dictionary words are: filemot, proseuche, dita, Wormian, logorrhoea, caloyer, and bathmism. Please have these words looked up, and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be … Continue reading →

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Mr Hill’s ‘How to Draw’ book, again…

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: mousey, elytriform, ptyalagogic, xiphoid, katabatic, haurient, culmiferous, and dapper.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today I thought that we might dip again into Adrian Hill’s 1960s nice little paperback How to Draw. Here’s a picture of the … Continue reading →

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It’s that ‘How to Draw’ book again…

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found stuck with a piece of chewing gum on one of the misericords in the choir of York Minster. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, again, it’s that Pan Piper paperback book from … Continue reading →

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It’s old-style art!…

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: markhor, swire, glaive, cockernony, tregetour, phyllophagous, and grackle. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor … Continue reading →

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Ah, at last, instructions!…

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: sodden, veridical, mansuete, glyptic, cymophanous, boustrophedon, and jumpy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the cover of another of my junk shop books; I bought it in a charity shop several years ago. It’s … Continue reading →

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An extra artwork with every edition of prints…

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s wrinkled old Polaroid snapshot is the one of me and Dick Van Dyke grinning at each other over a couple of milk shakes during the filming of Mary Poppins in 1963.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, following on from the … Continue reading →

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