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Triumph Tippa Portable typewriter

Posted on May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 By Bob No Comments on Triumph Tippa Portable typewriter

I bought this Triumph Tippa, complete with case and instruction manual, for £20 from a charity shop. It worked ‘straight out of the box’ as it needed minimal attention apart from cleaning the keys, buying a new ribbon and making the missing locking plate to hold the keys in place when transported. I use it…

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‘Home-craft’ Marquetry ‘Sleepy Cornwall’

Posted on May 25, 2022May 27, 2022 By Bob No Comments on ‘Home-craft’ Marquetry ‘Sleepy Cornwall’

I came across in an antique shop a partly-used 1950’s or so marquetry kit for creating a quite charming image of a village street and houses entitled ‘Sleepy Cornwall’. I decided to fork out £5 to buy it and complete what someone had started – perhaps it was a child’s Christmas or birthday gift and…

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Updated Bibliography for ‘Effective Document and Data Management’

Posted on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 By Bob No Comments on Updated Bibliography for ‘Effective Document and Data Management’

Since the book ‘Effective Document and Data Management’ was published in 2016, some of the online references have relocated or disappeared. An updated bibliography containing new or revised entries is available here (view post to see link)

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Remington Travel-Riter De-luxe

Posted on November 10, 2021April 18, 2022 By Bob 2 Comments on Remington Travel-Riter De-luxe

The typewriter with its case, original dust cover and instructions was bought at auction. The paperwork supplied showed it had been owned by a lady in Surbiton and serviced in January 1981 and 1982 by a local typewriter maintenance company ‘Surbiton Typewriters’, 10 Winthrop House, Surbiton. According to its serial number, BR 948893, it was…

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Underwood Noiseless Portable

Posted on November 1, 2021May 26, 2022 By Bob

The Underwood Noiseless Portable, a rebranded version of the Remington Noiseless Portable, was a popular model of portable typewriter through the 1930s. The attractive physical appearance of the Noiseless Portable echoes the streamlined Art Deco contours favoured by designers in the 1920s and 1930s and the resulting Noiseless Portable is considered by many collectors to…

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