June 2024 - Museum of Photocopies

PINS – Rule Forty: How To Hide #2

Hiding properly is an art and can be driven by many situations. Make sure you hide in the way that’s most effectiveand shows most gumption. Find out more, here. You can’t be cloth-eared, or a numb nuts when you’re hiding. Savvy?

A photograph of a photograph of a wall of an abandoned priory somewhere in East Yorkshire. The pic has been filtered: and can be photocopied. The Photocopier can tell you from the experience of his wanderings in the late 1990s that the North of England was a good place to hide. Nobody went there.

A photograph of a photograph of a wall of an abandoned priory somewhere in East Yorkshire. That priory had had some work done over time, I can tell thee. The pic has been filtered: and can be photocopied. The Photocopier can tell you from the experience of his wanderings in the late 1990s that the North of England was a good place to hide. Nobody went there.

A photograph of a photograph of trees, on a hill in East Lancashire, looking though the gap between a field wall and gate. The pic has been filtered: and can be photocopied. The Photocopier can tell you from the experience of his wanderings in the late 1990s that the North of England was a good place to hide. Nobody went there.

PINS – Rule Thirty-nine: How To Hide

In PINS, it’s important to know how to hide. Now, hiding means you have to first “pinpoint target positions or places vulnerable to the Enemy.” Only then can you hide successfully. That’s all explained in detail here. Don’t forget to make a gridded table while you’re at it. For now have a look at, and maybe photocopy these images to help you along the way.

A photograph of a photograph of an ancient street sign in Northumberland that has been filtered: and can be photocopied. It depicts the Photocopier’s wanderings in the North of England in the late 1990s, when he was hiding from all sorts of stuff.

A photograph of a photograph of an ancient petrol pump in Co. Durham that has been filtered: and can be photocopied. It depicts the Photocopier’s wanderings in the North of England in the late 1990s, when he was hiding from all sorts of stuff.

A photograph of a photograph of rather portentous-looking trees in East Lancashire that has been filtered: and can be photocopied. It depicts the Photocopier’s wanderings in the North of England in the late 1990s, when he was hiding from all sorts of stuff.

PINS – Rule Thirty-eight: Yet More Manoeuvres

‘Where are we going?’ We don’t know because we are on manoeuvres. And will be all summer, for as long as it rains, any road. Find out more, here. Below are some images that will help you get about, wherever you are.

A photograph of a photocopy of a page from a book called Practical Wargaming from 1971, where the author, unbeknownst to himself, tries to process the trauma and pain of his service thirty years later. You can see the plastic troops photographed, photocopied then photographed again (HOO scale, Airfix) are on manoeuvres.

A photograph of a photocopy of a page from a booklet advertising the delights of Towneley Hall, Burnley, (the road past Hapton, if tha’s askin’). The dog and its owner are on manoeuvres.

A photograph of a photocopy of a page from a booklet advertising the delights of Towneley Hall, Burnley, (the road past Hapton, if tha’s askin’). This family, from 1967, are on manoeuvres down Lime Avenue. This photo, photographed, photocopied then photographed again, must have been taken on a Sunday as that’s what Lancashire did on a Sunday, back then.

PINS – Rule Thirty-seven: On Manoeuvres

When we are on manoeuvres we need to know how to look out of the back of the Morris Oxford’s window, or ensure we wear the correct cricket whites. You can find out about that here. For now, peruse these images that were once taken by persons unknown, or once known but no longer, on manoeuvres.