Memory lane (4)

The thumb drum purchased quite some years ago in a shop near Warren Street, mentioned, for example, on November 26th 2010 in the other place, à propos of a performance of Hamlet at the Ovalhouse.

Looks to have been made by a village smith, beating the sounding irons out of scrap of some sort.

Still needs to be tuned and I have still to learn to play it, but I thought a more prominent hanging might result in at least a little use. So retained.

Also reminded that it is perhaps time that I had another go at my jigsaw of Olympia, last seen in the flesh some forty years ago when the 'Jeu de Paume' was still an art gallery. There is an illustration at June 13th 2012 in the other place, but the accompanying text suggests that the jigsaw had not been bought at that point, although by June 25th it clearly had been. Puzzle 15 of series 1.