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The mystery of the Ramsey Street spoon.

The mystery of the Ramsey Street spoon.

There once was a spoon in Swansea (this isn't a poem though, so the rest wont rhyme) It said 'Property of Ramsey Street' on t...

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Labels: Acquired, Australia, Just Things, Lost, Ramsey street spoon, Random Things, spoon
New Oil on Canvas

New Oil on Canvas

An impressionistic memory of an invented seascape. Oil, Gesso and Spray Paint on canvas. Finished with dark grey painted sides. Signed on th...

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Labels: Artfinder, For Sale, Just Things, Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Painting
What happened to Hamfatter.

What happened to Hamfatter.

Eoin O'Mahoney and the band Hamfatter first came to the countries widespread recognition after an appearance on the TV show Dragons ...

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Labels: Acquired, Band, Hamfatter bib, Just Things, Random Things
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Oil on canvas.

Breachland Bay.  An impressionistic memory of an invented seascape. Oil, Gesso and Spray Paint on canvas. Finished with dark grey painted s...

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Sometimes, I like not camping.

Sometimes, I like not camping.

It's lovely and sunny this morning, which is putting me in the mood for a bit of camping. I love camping you see. I really appr...

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Labels: Camping, Festivals, Mud, Music, Observed
I like the sea.

I like the sea.

I like the sea. I like how mean and moody it can look, and then moments later, it can look completely still and utterly serene. I look ...

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Always 32

Always 32

Always 32. Giclee print  on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper. Limited edition of 10 50 × 50 cm (unframed) / 40.8 × 30.6 cm (actual i...

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Labels: For Sale, Giclee print, Just Things, Trees
Dinner with Squirrel Girl.

Dinner with Squirrel Girl.

I heard a knock on my window yesterday. I opened the curtains and found a little squirrel looking straight at me. As she looked quite...

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Labels: Animals, Food, Observed, Random Things, Squirrel
Trees a crowd.

Trees a crowd.

During the 1999 eviction of the Crystal Palace protest site, I found myself up a tree, in a fairly tiny treehouse. There were three of us...

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Labels: Crystal Palace., Observed, police, protest, Trees, Wood
Something random.

Something random.

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Labels: Images, Observed, Photograph, Random Things
Only once a pirate.

Only once a pirate.

Sometimes, I get the urge to dress as a pirate. I'd love an excuse to do it, and despite having a small boat, I never do. I'd li...

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Labels: Acquired, Dead fish, Glass, Pirates
Never meet your heroes.

Never meet your heroes.

I used to quite fancy this actress off the telly. I wont name her, but she completely made my Saturday nights for years. Eventually, I mo...

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Labels: Actress, Drinks, Found, Random Things
Toilet Humour

Toilet Humour

I heard a noise in the garden yesterday, so I went to investigate. Three strange lads were urinating loudly against my bedroom wall. I as...

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Labels: Observed, Random Things, Toilet
Waiting for zombies.

Waiting for zombies.

I'm actually all ready for the Zombie apocalypse. I've got stacks of bottled water, tins of beans and loads and loads of noodles....

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Labels: Acquired, Danny Wallace, Noodles, Random Things, Zombies
Take care of the keys.

Take care of the keys.

I've always been quite a careful person. I've (so far) never lost a wallet, and keys have been  especially looked after. Without t...

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Labels: Found, Keys, Lost, Metal, Random Things
When Di died.

When Di died.

I woke up warm. It was a beautiful morning and I'd been sleeping on the roof of a house in Brighton. I often found myself on rooftops,...

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Labels: Diana funeral., News, Paper, Random Things
Sweet dreams.

Sweet dreams.

It's fair to say that cake and sweet things in general are very close to my heart. If it's sweet, great. If it's sweet and st...

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Labels: Acquired, Food, Marshmallow, Random Things
Paralympic Games London 2012

Paralympic Games London 2012

That's very much to Sainsbury's  and the Waterloo Novatel for sending us at random-things.co.uk a fat envelope of rail tickets, a...

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Labels: Anish Kapoor, Legends, London, Observed, Paralympics.Olympic swimmers, The Orbit, Water
Diesel power.

Diesel power.

After Sir Jimmy Savile died in October 2011, it was decided that many of his personal possessions would be auctioned off for charity. T...

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Labels: Acquired, Diesel, Dog, Jimmy Savile, Organic, Random Things
All the crotal bells.

All the crotal bells.

I got up early today. The whole house did in fact, as I'd set my alarm for stupid o'clock in the morning. After a while, a ginger...

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Labels: Acquired, All the bells. Crotal bells, Art, Key, Metal, Music, Olympics, Random Things, Stones
There once was a slug....(part 1)

There once was a slug....(part 1)

I'm not a big fan of slugs, in fact I utterly despise them. In 1992 I went 'wild camping' with some friends in Clyne Valle...

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Labels: Acquired, Alys Fowler, Metal, Random Things, Slugs, Tongs
Some very mini, tiny cars.

Some very mini, tiny cars.

I'm not a car nerd, I don't really care for the fancy fast ones, or the noisy ones with big exhaust pipes. Well, maybe a little. P...

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Labels: Acquired, Mini, Random Things, Toys
Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare (in my shed)

Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare (in my shed)

Practically everyone will already know  Sarah Beeny from such TV programmes as Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare and Property Ladder.  Wha...

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Labels: Acquired, Photograph, Random Things, Sarah Beeny, Sheds
Never eat yellow snow.

Never eat yellow snow.

I found this random thing in a posh part of Bristol and for many years I kept it in my wallet. It appears to be a lady having a lovely wee...

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Labels: Bodily fluids, Found, Photograph, Random Things, Toilet, Yellow snow
Ten random things.

Ten random things.

Since 2007, an annual competition to celebrate sheds and shed building has taken place all over the UK. Andy was one of the entrants in ...

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Labels: Acquired, Metal, Plastic, Random Things, Sheds
Ai Weiwei's seeds.

Ai Weiwei's seeds.

For two and a half years, 1600 Chinese artisans took on the task of hand making one hundred million porcelain sunflower seeds. These see...

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Labels: Acquired, Art, Random Things, Sunflower seeds
A mixed box of old things.

A mixed box of old things.

Helen Birmingham very kindly send me a mixed box of random things. Amongst the items inside the vintage tea sample box were a fossilised ...

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Labels: Acquired, Ex-Living, Fossil, Microscope slide, Random Things
Things from under the floor.

Things from under the floor.

In our dining room, there was a small hole in the floorboards. I had to lift the boards one day, and in the dust beneath the hole were th...

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Labels: Collections, Dolls, Found, Random Things, Toys
A giraffe in Scarborough.

A giraffe in Scarborough.

Whilst out looking for an old WW2 pillbox near Scarborough today, I spotted in the distance, what looked surprisingly like a random giraff...

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Labels: Animals, Giraffe, Observed, Random Things, Scarborough
Random Cappuccino.

Random Cappuccino.

This wonderful creation was expertly crafted by Angie, using a real cup of cappuccino and a hand made stencil. For $5, I reckon it was a ...

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Labels: Organic, Photograph, Purchased, Random Things, Signs
A stiff little hammer (or a very dead bird).

A stiff little hammer (or a very dead bird).

I found a dead Yellowhammer by the side of a road yesterday. I picked it up and put it in my pocket, as my girlfriend and my daughter squ...

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Labels: Birds, Dead, Ex-Living, Found, Random Things, Yellowhammer
Concrete boxes.

Concrete boxes.

by Phlegm One of the things that I really quite like are concrete constructions. They're usually too big to take home, but they d...

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Labels: Beach finds, Concrete, Conflict, Observed, Pillbox, Places to Hide, Random Things, WW2
A rare white poo.

A rare white poo.

When I was growing up, white dog poo was a common sight. Nowadays it's as rare as rocking horse poo (almost). There are many theori...

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Labels: Found, Organic, Poo, Random Things, Retro
Hospital fashion (or stupid sponge slippers).

Hospital fashion (or stupid sponge slippers).

The other night, I ended up having a ride to hospital in the back of an ambulance. It was a pretty busy few hours, with drugs going in,...

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Labels: Acquired, HNPP, Hospital, Random Things
A diver like me.

A diver like me.

I found this little man on a beach near Swansea. A little diver that dived out of the sea and onto the sand. He actually looks how I fe...

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Labels: Beach finds, Found, HNPP, Plastic, Random Things, Toys
Compliments cost nothing...

Compliments cost nothing...

I once gave someone a compliment. She stuffed it in this bag and gave it me back. I never bothered again. We split up soon after. I&#...

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Labels: Acquired, Paper, Random Things, Signs
Hooray, hooray, it's the First of May.

Hooray, hooray, it's the First of May.

Mayday, Mayday Hooray, hooray, it's the First of May. Outdoor sex begins today. What shall we do if it starts to rain? Go inside a...

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Labels: Observed, Paper, Random Things, Signs
My slider from Sheffield.

My slider from Sheffield.

When I was nine years old we used to 'play on the railings' in our break times at Gleadless middle school in Sheffield. These thi...

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Labels: Found, Random Things, Sheffield, Stones
Braille Radio Times (or dot to dot).

Braille Radio Times (or dot to dot).

The Braille method of reading for people with a visual impairment, was designed by a Frenchman called Louis Braille in 1825. This system o...

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Labels: Acquired, Paper, Random Things
Under wraps - paper and ribbon.

Under wraps - paper and ribbon.

I get lots of random things delivered and I love not knowing what's in a package before I open it. Sometimes, the packaging is so spe...

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Labels: Acquired, Packaging, Paper, Random Things, Wrapping
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  • The mystery of the Ramsey Street spoon.
    There once was a spoon in Swansea (this isn't a poem though, so the rest wont rhyme) It said 'Property of Ramsey Street' on t...
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  • Always 32
    Always 32. Giclee print  on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper. Limited edition of 10 50 × 50 cm (unframed) / 40.8 × 30.6 cm (actual i...
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    The other night, I ended up having a ride to hospital in the back of an ambulance. It was a pretty busy few hours, with drugs going in,...
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    I used to quite fancy this actress off the telly. I wont name her, but she completely made my Saturday nights for years. Eventually, I mo...
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