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right thought i would start this topic and see who does what hobby or collections

i start it off

ive collected general coins from around the world since i was 10 have a big tin, so if im abroad or find any in my loose change they go in the pot

also collect pnc first day cover (pnc = coins and stamps together)

You mean other than GRO certificates?

I have a few first day covers, but haven't been very good at ordering them recently.

I have a wide selection of the books of Mervyn Peake, not only did he write things like the Gormenghast trilogy but he illustrated a number of other people's books as well, some of you may have 'Prayers & Graces', a humourous little book that was published just after WWII and was very popular.
I also have just about every one of Leslie Charteris' Saint books.

snoopysue wrote:You mean other than GRO certificates?

I have a few first day covers, but haven't been very good at ordering them recently.

A bit off subject - but who is the photo on your profile Snoops ?

I was just going to ask that!!

I collect mosquito bites. Currently have seven on the right hand and four on the left. I think the big red one on the first knuckle joint of the right hand pinky is my favorite.

MarkCDodd wrote:I collect mosquito bites. Currently have seven on the right hand and four on the left. I think the big red one on the first knuckle joint of the right hand pinky is my favorite.

chuckle

I personally don't think you should be encouraging Marky to make fun of Peterd's thread!!
This is obviously a serious attempt,for whatever reason,by Pete to encourage us to talk about our hobbies!!
Sorry Pete!!

Antie Em wrote:

snoopysue wrote:You mean other than GRO certificates?

I have a few first day covers, but haven't been very good at ordering them recently.

A bit off subject - but who is the photo on your profile Snoops ?

It's my great grandfather Harvey Jinks, and comes from an election poster from 1930 - first photo I have of one of my great grandparents. So maybe the start of a new collection!

Rob wrote::roll: I personally don't think you should be encouraging Marky to make fun of Peterd's thread!!
This is obviously a serious attempt,for whatever reason,by Pete to encourage us to talk about our hobbies!!
Sorry Pete!!

Sit back in yer chair and I'll plug it in!

My son also collects mosquito bites. He even managed it in the snow on the Isle of Skye. I myself collect books.

smoky wrote:My son also collects mosquito bites. He even managed it in the snow on the Isle of Skye. I myself collect books.

What sort of Books?

Books in vast numbers! Literature, history, poetry, plays, books on WW1 and WW2, illustrateds, volumes of short stories, philosophy, psychology, etc. I am also trying to collect the first thousand numbered Penguin paperbacks in the rust-coloured edition. I like reading!

Model Fire Engines...about 120 of them,
all different and from all over the world.
Must be mad!!!!!!!

sparkstopper wrote:Model Fire Engines...about 120 of them,
all different and from all over the world.
Must be mad!!!!!!!

The danes would say that you are environmentaly damaged! But really it's only a kind of busman's holiday!