Roads Best Not Taken

My father was a printer and typefounder. When his workplace introduced computer printing he encouraged them to make a museum of all the outdated typefaces and equipment; which went all the way back to wooden blocks. He told them it was the end of an era, but nobody cared, so it was all taken to the council tip.
We children would peel the splashes of lead off his work trousers, from the linotype? machine. Then we would chew it like chewing gum, because it was sweet. A few IQ points lost there I suspect.

"Council Tip" - is that an English locution for the rubbish heap?

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I've long been interested in the Valentine Diner. Not has a historic relic of post war America but for modernization and recreation for reducing costs of franchise restaurants in today's economy. Author Valentine in the 1930s created the concept of a prefabricated restaurant for small roadside operators. It wasn't until after the war, that he founded his own factory, The Valentine Manufacturing Company of Wichita Ks 1947. They made 12 different models that typically sat 36 diners...

((The photo is of a 1920's dining car restaurant))

James Lileks (View Comment):

“Council Tip” – is that an English locution for the rubbish heap?

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Yes, that’s where the dustbin men take all the rubbish.

James Lileks (View Comment):

“Council Tip” – is that an English locution for the rubbish heap?

And thanks for listening!

doulalady (View Comment):

Yes, that’s where the dustbin men take all the rubbish.

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