Typewriter = status symbol

1937 Harrods 17 262567

The photos taken at a hotel turned out particularly well, as these next 3 show.

A Torpedo 17 can be seen in my blog header

Sent from my new Harrods 17

Another account of the London type-in

There's not much I can add to Rob and Piotr's accounts of Sunday's type-in, so my post will mostly be photographic, and I'll look at the individual typewriters used. I've also included a scan of one of the pages that got typed during the type-in, on the Harrods. We shuffled them around a bit so there are words from most of us.

The Harrods is an absolutely brilliant machine. I wasn't sure what to expect, given my love of late 1950s Torpedoes, with this being from the early '30s. It had a professional servicing before I bought it and it shows.

The first Kolibri I've ever used—the East Germans once again made an engineering marvel built up to a standard rather than down to a price. (Sorry, Empire Aristocrat) It came with this lovely green ribbon spool.

The Imperial needs a bit of work and cleaning up, but it still exceeded my expectations and I'm quite impressed with the touch.

The chips were rather good, too. The conversation was, of course, even better. Even though it's the only type-in I've been to, I'd say it's the best kind—informal and with food.

Sent from my Harrods Torpedo

Fox Island Torpedo / London type-in/out

Fox Island bridge

possibly living (or recently dead) sand dollar

dead sand dollar

More photos of the Torpedo 18b can be seen at its typewriter database gallery.

The 2014 London type-in/out will be held in the South Kensington area. The meetingplace will be the Science Museum entrance, seen in the picture below from Google Maps. If it's raining, we will meet right inside the entrance, otherwise by the benches outside.

The plan then will be: If raining or forecasted to rain, go to the Hoop & Toy pub (same as last year's type-in location). If clear, go to a selected outdoor location with convenient tables and shelters for a type-out.

Sent from my new Torpedo 18b

save the date: london type-in/out

you'll know where, when the time is safe

but for now, there's still 50 days