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In 1922 Marske beach was the place where Malcolm Campbell started to trial his land speed record in his Sunbeam V12. Stats: 350hp top speed 138.08 mph.

 

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I came across this heroic story while walking on the beach today. Someone had left a memorial note and some flowers.

This is the report about a tragedy that happened 110 years ago on the beach just below my house in Marske.

Disaster struck the Picknett family a few weeks before Queen Victoria's death in 1901. Early in the morning of 9th January 1901, the 200 ton steam trawler 'Honoria' was returning to Hull with a good catch of fish when she lost her bearings in stormy and foggy weather. Hoping to pick up a familiar landmark, her skipper edged  nearer the coast. It was bitterly cold with heavy snow showers and around 2.30 in the morning the trawler ran aground opposite Cliffe House at Marske.

Her crew burnt distress signals and the coastguard called out Redcar Rocket Brigade and the Saltburn Lifeboat. Both went promptly to the rescue. The Redcar brigade soon had a line across, but this became fouled and the breeches buoy would not work. More rocket lines were fired and the Saltburn lifeboat was brought along the sands.

She was launched shortly after 5am. and managed to get alongside the stranded vessel, but in the darkness she fouled a rocket line and her bowman was pitched overboard. Fortunately his life jacket buoyed him up and, as he washed shoreward, he was dragged from the breakers by anxious spectators.

Seven Redcar fishermen heard of the boat's distress. They pushed a coble on its wheels the three miles to Marske to launch it nearer the stricken steamer. Not knowing that the Saltburn lifeboat had rescued the crew from the trawler, they launched their coble and rowed out through the heavy seas. They had only gone a short way when they also fouled a rocket line, which caught under the halyard pin on the gunwhale. In an instant the coble was upset and five men were thrown into the water. Two were snatched to safety, but Richard (Dick) Picknett and Thomas Hood's sons, John (Jack) and Edmund, were thrown overboard by the rough seas and drowned. The crew of the trawler was taken off by the Saltburn Lifeboat.

 

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Just browsing through a 1913 copy of Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book - some amazing concoctions including Rook Pie, Baked Larks and Roast Plover - yum!

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I really like the look of Edhv, a design agency based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The office space is particularly smart overlooking the rail goods yard. I'm just browsing through the Edhv portfolio book kindly sent to me by Leslie Folker. There's some great photos showing how the office was transformed and an amazing range of projects from identities to installations - 'At Edhv we do not specialise in anything'.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/790355/JF.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5AkU2dv8ku1H John Furnival john furnival John Furnival Sat, 08 Jan 2011 06:25:00 -0800 Oh the memories..... http://www.johnfurnival.com/oh-the-memories http://www.johnfurnival.com/oh-the-memories

Looking through a 1981 Letraset catalogue brings back all the memories of using these products to produce artwork - looking back it must have been so inaccurate.

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Corners with Letraline were a nightmare!

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Did anybody ever use these head illustrations...

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or these?
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And then there was Letraset's version of Cow Gum
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/790355/JF.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5AkU2dv8ku1H John Furnival john furnival John Furnival Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:50:00 -0800 Robin Day http://www.johnfurnival.com/robin-day http://www.johnfurnival.com/robin-day

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Sad to see that furniture designer Robin Day has died (reported by http://twitter.com/#!/brianminards) . Robin and his wife Lucienne did so much to to contribute to post war design in Britain.

At Origin Creative we have Robin's classic 'Forum' chair (above) although he is probably best known for his famous polypropylene stacking chair.

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The jury's out on the new brand identity for the Museum of Liverpool designed by Pentagram. What do you think? The project is the largest newly built museum in the UK for over a hundred years and is the world’s first “national” museum devoted to the history of a regional city. It's a pity that the Salford project is so behind. 

 

 

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Masterchef Pro - How many flippin logo's can you get into the vision of a programme then - one on the uniform, one on door, one on the window, one on the wall, one on that stainless steel thingy at the back - the art director needs shooting! 

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This was an amazing view - not sure how the rainbow managed to frame the blue sky bit!

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Ferrets, ducks, pigeons, goats and oversized vegetables - it must be the Stokesley Show 2010.

 

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Yesterday, on the way back from North Yorkshire we stopped off at Salts Mill in Saltaire near Bradford. This place is brilliant and the food is great. If you like David Hockney's art, love books or just like an creative day out you will love this place. Saltaire is a model village built by Titus Salt and is an inspiration in itself. The dog on the napkin is DH's dachshund. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/790355/JF.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5AkU2dv8ku1H John Furnival john furnival John Furnival Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:52:00 -0700 Don't you just love maps? http://www.johnfurnival.com/dont-you-just-love-maps http://www.johnfurnival.com/dont-you-just-love-maps

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I can't wait to submit my first map to HDMA (Hand Drawn Map Association). I do loads of mapping from showing people how to get to A to B from mapping out projects and project plans. The HDMA site is brilliant.

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Just in the throws of writing my first murder mystery - it's much harder than it looks. Trouble is I know who's done it!

I've submitted my synopsis to a professional writer to see how it stacks up.... 

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Woken up at 5.00am to a slightly dramatic scene on the slipway to the beach. The portable caravan / toilet was on fire. The caravan is part of an initiative to provide beach guards and facilities through the summer. It is also part of a bigger more contentious scheme for permanent play facilities – a scheme that local residents don’t want. The plot thickens!

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Just received my copy of the super size Monocle Mediterraneo, the latest offering from Winkcontent. A bit of stimulating reading for the summer. It's great to have a piece of crisp fresh print that smells good too.

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Nice item on the BBC news website about typefaces.....read more here.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/790355/JF.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5AkU2dv8ku1H John Furnival john furnival John Furnival Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:42:00 -0700 Making a stand http://www.johnfurnival.com/making-a-stand http://www.johnfurnival.com/making-a-stand

There is a bit of campaign running in Marske by the Sea to save the beach from being developed with of all things – a playground! Surely the beach, which is vast, is a big enough playground for anyone. The playground is planned on a slipway where fishermen have kept their boats and tractors for decades if not centuries. Sometimes I think local authorities are mad.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/790355/JF.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5AkU2dv8ku1H John Furnival john furnival John Furnival Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:24:00 -0700 Thinking ahead? http://www.johnfurnival.com/thinking-ahead-15 http://www.johnfurnival.com/thinking-ahead-15

It's been a busy and exciting few days in London talking to businesses about sustainability projects and what constitutes fit for purpose communications - tough times doesn't mean that communication has to stop it's just about maximising cost effective and very creative solutions. The client communication teams are envisioning two years ahead and are building strategies to reach that goal. It's quite inspirational to talk about where we want to be, not where we are now.

Sent from my iPhone4 because I'm not in front of my MacBook Pro.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/790355/JF.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5AkU2dv8ku1H John Furnival john furnival John Furnival Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:20:00 -0700 Why can't we have more like this? http://www.johnfurnival.com/why-cant-we-have-more-like-this http://www.johnfurnival.com/why-cant-we-have-more-like-this

Dead interesting post by Dan Hill about an architectural gem, 10 Hills Place, London, by Amanda Levete Architects.

It’s just off Oxford Street and home to the London HQ of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu (and local firm Attik). The Dentsu website is pretty cool also.

There's much more here. Thanks Dan for the story.

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