On 5 February 1923, Longford's Cinema was showing "something extra good": The Swamp (US: Hayakawa, 1921), based on a story of big-city poverty by its leading man Sessue Hayakawa. Images: Longford Leader and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema1923 #Longford #SessueHayakawa #CinemaHistory #SilentFilm

30 Dec 1684: Arthur Forbes of Castle Forbes #Longford (where he’d been besieged in 1641) is created Earl of Granard #otd

Later involved in procuring the grant of the Regium Donum for the Presbyterian church in #Ireland

19th December 2015. The White Horse pub in Longford, Middlesex looking very festive.

#Longford #WhiteHorsePub

Pobody's nerfect. Sometimes a lettercutter has a bad day at the office. There's no [Delete] key on a chisel, so if something goes wrong you need to have some fallback plans. One of my infrequent blog posts lays out the options:

http://www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/blog/notquiteright.html

#lettering #taphophile #headstone #memorial #lettercutter #lettercarver #longford #derbyshire #handcarved