Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home.
—Shelby Foote
Your 1830 Warehouse was the world's first railway warehouse, for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. I would never have known, but for a series of stamp postcards commemorating the anniversary of the railway's opening.
I tried to create a link using the "Create a Link" link below but it wanted to create a whole new post and by that time I had already published mine. So sad. I've been wanting to use that for the longest time.
Ah the 7;23 commute to Liverpool Street.
ReplyDeleteThat was never my passion! Perhaps I should rethink what my passions are! Perhaps....
ReplyDeleteYour 1830 Warehouse was the world's first railway warehouse, for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. I would never have known, but for a series of stamp postcards commemorating the anniversary of the railway's opening.
ReplyDeleteI tried to create a link using the "Create a Link" link below but it wanted to create a whole new post and by that time I had already published mine. So sad. I've been wanting to use that for the longest time.