It's been a quiet day today. I worked at home editing the recordings I'd produced on Wednesday. At lunchtime I cycled to the Owl in the Oak, Julie walked, and we had lunch there, it was really busy, possibly prompted by the news that 14,000 people had used the Pier to Pier way in its first month. In the evening however I began reading The Blue Fields by John Moore, the final book in his Brensham Trilogy. Inside this small paperback was this flyer for the John Moore Museum, printed in a style not seen now. Simple, informative and without images mostly. Today such leaflets without captivating imagery, bright colours and clever fonts would be laughed at. We seemingly can't read dense text now as a society, modern readers only exhibiting the attention span of a gnat. But what struck me more were the entrance fees, 25p for an adult. Was the 1980's that long ago? Today it would be £6 for the same experience.
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