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Postwar Wood Green 4 A view through the empty shop window of a branch of J Sainsbury on High Road, Wood Green, London. A sign in the window welcomes customers, both old and new, despite the shortages. Through the door can be seen two customers doing their shopping. Comment by Renato B on February 7, 2013 at 23:12 I remember my mother and I going into this J Sainsbury shop buying butter in the late 50's. Comment by Roy aka Smiffy on September 29, 2014 at 16:42 I remember this shop well. My mum liked Sainsbury's because the service was bet...

Last week, I learned that David M. Tilbrook has died, which made me sad. I did not know him personally and cannot say much about his life, but I studied his publications and software ideas a lot, and consider them interesting, especially from a historic perspective. Unfortunately, most of these things are on websites taken down already, so this post will refer to pages on the Internet Archive extensively. [Update 2020-01-16: His son Joe Tilbrook sent me a mail stating that http://qef.com/ is up again.] I first came across David when I researched the history of the QED editor,

“The Mystery of the Drawn Daggers” comes with a mailing of clues and objects which seem to have popped right out of the audio play and delivered to your doorstep.  Magnifying glass not included. We Happy Few is a small but dynamic theatrical company housed in the Washington, DC Capitol Hill neighborhood. Currently, they are producing dramatized audio versions of classic mysteries, but with a twist. Their excellent audio productions may be purchased with an optional package of artifacts which add a physical dimension to the audio play. During our past Halloween season, We Happy Few featu...