10 May 2009
Booze & Fags
So the archive is going well, there are now over 130 members who have collectively contributed over 850 pictures. Thank you all, keep up the good work. If you not involved yet then get on board and find out more before adding your pictures.
The approach I’m going to take from now on is to focus on categories of products. Some more information is here but above is a little montage of the first category, ‘Booze & Fags’ (see more here). I hope you like it, I’ll be doing more like this in the coming weeks.
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