Behind the Veneer: The South Shoreditch Furniture Trade and Its Buildings [pdf] | Hacker News Reader

Behind the Veneer: The South Shoreditch Furniture Trade and Its Buildings [pdf]

historicengland.org.uk

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It's still possible to get furniture made in the area - https://www.untothislast.co.uk have a workshop at the top of Brick Lane that you can visit. They also deliver by cargo bike which can look pretty impressive for the larger items.

I found this by looking up “French Place” where two branches of my family lived.

I imagine there are quite a few other similar pdfs on this web site but can’t think of a way to access them.

I suppose I could do a Google search for type:pdf on that site.

Why does talking things through come up with a solution rather than just thinking it?

Værsgo, as my grandmother used to say:

site:historicengland.org.uk type:pdf

Is this too much detail for a DM?

“National Farm Building types”

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/nat...

Storehouses of Empire: Liverpool's historic warehouses

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/sto...

Signal boxes!

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/iha...

Yes, I saw that too, there’s just so much in there.

it's coloquially known as 'rubber ducking'. its been studied extensively in pedagogy. In short, having to arrange the thoughts in your own way in order to explain it 'forces' the brain to fill in the gaps and move the data from recall memory to more abstract deductible type of memory (at least this was the theory years ago when I studied it. I imagine there are funky new fMRI studies that have a more nuanced view now). This is why it's recommend to take notes in a lecture, even if you have no intention of keeping them, or why 60% of classroom learning (in children) is peer-to-peer, not instructor-to-peer

A wonderfully presented publication with lots of colour photos. Should be of interest to anyone in woodworking or cabinet/furniture making.

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing

Indeed, lived there for many years, walked past most of the buildings and although I've seen some of the signs didn't realise the area was so concentrated in veneers and furniture.

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