This Black Magic box was produced in 1953 to celebrate the Coronation. All mY vintage Black Magic TINS can be seen on my original website at:

        www.kenford.me.uk/page194

This cardboard Black Magic box, also from the 1950s, uses the original classic design.

 For more vintage Ovaltine items go to:   www.kenford.me.uk/page192

Two vintage Horlicks mugs and a very large jar.

Also a 2021 Christmas Special Edition jar.

In 2021 I came across my old AA key that was used to gain entry into AA phone boxes like the one shown on the left. It had the original AA logo on it. I managed to get two later ones with the newer sloping A's on them.

Having started collecting London's Empress Hall programmes in 2021 (see HERE) I got this badge from the 1950s to compliment them.

This bronze medallion doesn't fit any of my collections although similar ones were made for World Fairs. The Great Wheel revolved at  Earl's Court from 1895 to 1906

The medallion I've acquired this year was issued in Blackburn to commemorate the 1901 Coronation and also the Golden Jubilee of the Borough. Mill owner W. H. Hornby was the first mayor of the town in 1851 and became mayor again 50 years later. At one time between the two he was the local M.P.

Also added to my collections and  related to Blackburn, where I live, is this 1928 invoice for Cephos. This powder, for the relief of colds and flu, contained caffeine and aspirin and was developed in 1917 by a local chemist, Harold Miners. It was manufactured in the town until taken over by Beechams who stopped production in 1975.

I mentioned this acquisition to fellow 'Friend of Blackburn Museum', Marian Kitchin, who kindly passed on to me an original packet and a tube that had contained Cephos tablets. The tube must be older than the packet since it uses the original graphics.