Adam Smith > Bristol resident. Norfolk born and bred. > Admirer of mid-20th century culture. Enthusiast of churches and cathedrals. Mourner of Brutalist architecture.Tumblr (3.0; @commonorgarden)http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/09ad22ca9c0e801fa8c82c2e5d569138/tumblr_mn7yc7apKU1qaf98mo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/005b61fd8a243445040ab0085999664f/tumblr_mn7yc7apKU1qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1daa776dce78ce400a7b3fa04e4d1185/tumblr_mn7yc7apKU1qaf98mo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Gaynor Chapman</p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51096143113http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51096143113Wed, 22 May 2013 22:28:55 +0100designillustrationartistposter artLondonhistory<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7679fcc2cb07973ba5fc22111ebe74a0/tumblr_mn7sppyqp21qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>London Transport poster</p> <p>1976, Harry Stevens</p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51087075660http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51087075660Wed, 22 May 2013 20:27:25 +0100designLondonBritishposter art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ab1bf22919a2a595486869d8440b72ae/tumblr_mn7re89ypa1qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>London Transport poster</p> <p>1962, Warren Kenton</p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51085175321http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51085175321Wed, 22 May 2013 19:58:54 +0100illustrationLondon TransportLondon UndergroundGreenwichLondonposer art<p>Okay. When I went to bed my photos had 6 notes and I had 290-odd followers. I wake up to them having 1,950 notes and 740-odd followers.</p> <p>Hello all. Thanks for following me, I&#8217;m not totally sure what just happened.</p>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51053143908http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51053143908Wed, 22 May 2013 06:55:44 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2be2dbd998087bdba07e45588c4e370c/tumblr_mn5unmvbzx1qaf98mo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> West Hampstead station<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/85b252922bd0d641907c2014b569e67a/tumblr_mn5unmvbzx1qaf98mo4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Victoria station<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e8496040e816dee30f70766d8ee38eb/tumblr_mn5unmvbzx1qaf98mo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Angel Islington<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2525c0bfb6cf01a457b66a80db37a78d/tumblr_mn5unmvbzx1qaf98mo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Waterloo station<br/><br/> <blockquote> <p>London</p> </blockquote> <p>Flickr has had a re-boot and, as a result, it has released all of the photos of mine it previously had locked up under the ‘Flickr Pro’ paywall. As a result I suddenly have access to 3,000 photos I took between 2007 and 2012 when I was much more interested in photography.</p> <p>I’m going to be slightly self-indulgent and choose a few of my favourites to post in location-based sets. The first being ‘London’.</p>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51002233449http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/51002233449Tue, 21 May 2013 19:14:00 +0100photographyLondoncitiesphotographers on tumblr<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b803ee5ed99ef1b21d5bc962f639745/tumblr_mn4978Y8AX1qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bf392cf3fbe88e64037ccb9d4d7843a1/tumblr_mn4978Y8AX1qaf98mo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Guildford Cathedral</p> <p><em>1936, Edward Maufe</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Photos by the excellent <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecadman/" target="_blank">Steve Cadman</a> who is doing an important job of documenting a lot of less-than-glamorous 20th century architecture.</p>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50935255042http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50935255042Mon, 20 May 2013 22:33:00 +0100architectureGuildfordSurreycathedralchurchmodernism<p>Yahoo is buying Tumblr for $1bn, there are about 100m blogs on Tumblr. That means each and every one of our blogs is worth ~$10 to Yahoo, even the ones I only use to store photos and paste text into.</p> <p>Sweet.</p> <p>It does beg the question, however, of how they managed to work out that Tumblr is worth $1bn. If there isn&#8217;t another, huge tech bubble being created I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on.</p>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50857204046http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50857204046Sun, 19 May 2013 23:25:57 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e72552aac4806c842ea49b5233a7926d/tumblr_mlywikwNPh1rtq037o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote>Queen Street station, Glasgow</blockquote> <blockquote><em>c1960</em></blockquote></p>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50514951633http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50514951633Wed, 15 May 2013 20:59:43 +0100railwaysGlasgowBritish RailwaysBritish Rail<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CfgRGW9Ghik?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Quizzlestick</p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50443876148http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50443876148Tue, 14 May 2013 22:10:21 +0100comedyAdam and Joe<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d700c47e549fe1bd8dd1bd76bac5997/tumblr_mmlpccBFLG1qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Falmer House, University of Sussex</p> <p><em>c.1970, Basil Spence</em></p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50112018866http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50112018866Fri, 10 May 2013 22:07:24 +0100architectureBasil SpenceinteriorsUniversity of Sussexmodernism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/199fb5c51e00240f3a5d6a0fc633850c/tumblr_mmlo6ljVFO1qaf98mo1_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63b88ef73163971d0056e7376abed7c2/tumblr_mmlo6ljVFO1qaf98mo2_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/78cd114e7f5477bacd760173537c03fd/tumblr_mmlo6ljVFO1qaf98mo3_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7cc3334d9ae893b9f6b49724c2821e57/tumblr_mmlo6ljVFO1qaf98mo4_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/07a72f3dc568a38622f2835e95a2bf0a/tumblr_mmlo6ljVFO1qaf98mo5_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2720af8e286848164a5a2c779c2a7d1a/tumblr_mmlo6ljVFO1qaf98mo6_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOtN_Hw2B4c" target="_blank">Cybernetica</a></p> <p><em>1972, British Transport Films</em></p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50110253815http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50110253815Fri, 10 May 2013 21:42:21 +0100Euston1970svintageBritish RailBritish Transport Filmstravel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ea90e260ce8b063076d56d10229a997/tumblr_mmlmuh1F301qaf98mo3_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d06d91755a7fc89bc919e864477d6be5/tumblr_mmlmuh1F301qaf98mo2_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bb2cd2c998b4d5db9052191876fdf6c5/tumblr_mmlmuh1F301qaf98mo1_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1eb5d02cf05ce150cd9b5dbf3472ed6d/tumblr_mmlmuh1F301qaf98mo4_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c672f28176fe6aefd1a393ed2d3bdb44/tumblr_mmlmuh1F301qaf98mo5_r1_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOtN_Hw2B4c" target="_blank">Cybernetica</a></p> <p><em>1972, British Transport Films</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Ideally you should be listening to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho_Od3o9OLg" target="_blank">this</a> whilst watching these.</p>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50108261101http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50108261101Fri, 10 May 2013 21:13:00 +0100British RailSNCFrailways1970svintagetravelBritish Railways<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a9acd7b5c74de0e614be0d608015e447/tumblr_mmjxhqRaMw1qaf98mo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>British Rail corporate identity; Ships, Ports and Hovercraft</p> <p>1976</p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50040624907http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/50040624907Thu, 09 May 2013 23:08:14 +0100designBritish RailBritish Railwaysdesign research unit<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ebe2d92cee4047caaca6008c3829d37f/tumblr_mmiq0jsHxB1qaf98mo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/85d10d90c4e572a2451ed30c0ad55370/tumblr_mmiq0jsHxB1qaf98mo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c76c192cbb6eb4c75181e5e726c59d21/tumblr_mmiq0jsHxB1qaf98mo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>London Transport poster headers</p> <p><em>1961, Victoria Davidson</em></p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49997341639http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49997341639Thu, 09 May 2013 07:29:07 +0100illustrationLondon UndergroundLondon1960sdesign<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ade005cb84bd6d544942459f6366b87/tumblr_mmipro4Dp01qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>London Transport poster</p> <p><em>1959, Victor Galbraith</em></p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49997147571http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49997147571Thu, 09 May 2013 07:23:46 +0100designLondonLondon Undergroundposter1950s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ac9e5ff424f432b935c549c834a15ed8/tumblr_mmi07euYjE1qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Oh how I wish I could watch BBC Look East on iPlayer. I’d like to catch up on what’s going on back home and have the warm and familiar feeling of a bit of East Anglia in my life. The friendly chat and light news at the end of the bulletin, the reassuring joy of spotting people and places you know and care about.</p> <p>BBC local news is great, the names of the shows are a bit of a throw-back and everyone has their childhood presenters (mine shown above; Stewart White and Susie Fowler-Watt). </p> <p>Look North, North West Tonight, East Midlands Today, Midlands Today, South Today, London News, Points West, South East Today, Reporting Scotland, Wales Today and Newsline. </p> <p>Where do you belong?</p>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49957855242http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49957855242Wed, 08 May 2013 22:11:00 +0100BBCLook EastEast AngliaNorfolkNorwich<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/22d830ecf714a4b427a1481b301ab7ec/tumblr_mmea2wu5fj1qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b006bbad24c9abfd4646247cfac95cbf/tumblr_mmea2wu5fj1qaf98mo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb6cc7ee4473767a54d4ee3e3fc9a31a/tumblr_mmea2wu5fj1qaf98mo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9ccdb71c5a4c532b8e129d4a476ad155/tumblr_mmea2wu5fj1qaf98mo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/61c36d0e7b33fc5af33b749da71d2340/tumblr_mmea2wu5fj1qaf98mo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Romsey Abbey<br/>St Andrew, Mottisfont<br/>St John on the Wall, Bristol<br/>St Cyriac, Lacock</p> </blockquote> <p>Old churches are a hobby of mine, here’s a photographic description of why.</p>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49797806709http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49797806709Mon, 06 May 2013 21:54:32 +0100churcheschurchEnglandChristianarchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7ed1a4692142b6debba1453ee2dfb1c1/tumblr_mme25ak2b91qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>London Transport poster</p> <p><em>1960, Hans Unger</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Loving the little roundel in the bottom-right and the geometric pigeons.</p>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49794574073http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49794574073Mon, 06 May 2013 21:12:00 +0100LondonLondon Undergroundposterposter artmodernism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f7a4779c8164fd42ff34b4d7055374f4/tumblr_mme22rlaMU1qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>London Transport poster</p> <p><em>1966, Hans Unger</em></p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49791129623http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49791129623Mon, 06 May 2013 20:24:10 +0100John NashLondonLondon Undergroundposter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/85f825208b640daaeb3837c31af68133/tumblr_mme1xllJHK1qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>British Railways poster</p> <p><em>1960, Hans Unger</em></p> </blockquote>http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49788143007http://commonorgarden.tumblr.com/post/49788143007Mon, 06 May 2013 19:36:39 +0100British RailwaysEdinburghGlasgowposterHans Unger