Albion Archives - Museum of Photocopies

PINS – Rule Forty-three: Arcs of fire

We need to work out our arcs of fire. The enemy need to be accurately hit, of course. Otherwise they’ll hit you, soft lad. Peruse these images of confusion and also check out this post, and try to avoid similar quandaries when calculating your arc of fire.

A filtered photograph of a collage using photocopies and drawings and clippings from various sources, some photocopied. It shows the Curator in a quandary. He’s trying to work out his arc of fire, because he can’t get through to those he needs to. Maybe he never will.

A filtered photograph of a collage using photocopies and drawings and clippings from various sources, some photocopied. Including a drawing of a short eared owl in flight, bringing messages. The Curator is in a quandary. He’s trying to work out his arc of fire, because he can’t get through to those he needs to. Maybe he never will.

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-four: Danger Zone, Steady Up!

Oh heck, things are getting tricky, the Danger Zone can be an uncertain place full of experienced people who don’t give a damn and maybe you’re not the sort of character who should be there. But this is PINS and PINs is a life we’ve all been through. More Danger Zones are described here. For now, draw your qwayout of trouble, it’s the only way. Don’t be soft!

A photograph of a drawing from a surveryor’s notebook from the 1970s. These quick sketches of revelatory dreams, remembered during a spring in Accrington in 2022, and using fountain pen and biro, are to be used as charms for when you enter the Danger Zone.

A photograph of a drawing from a surveryor’s notebook from the 1970s. This quick sketch,using fountain pen and biro, of a German plastic soldier, made by Airfix from the First World War wielding a flame thrower, was remembered during a spring in Accrington in 2022. It is to be used a a warning for when you enter the Danger Zone.

PINS – Rule Thirty: Marching on an empty stomach

The Museum doesn’t like to unduly quote Napoleon, for as we all know, Boney was a warrior, Boney was a thief. But he was right when he said, an army marches on its stomach. Here are some images to make you think about marching on your stomach. Click here to find out how you can march on a full one.

A photograph of a photocopy of a painted record cover made by the curator in Leiden in 2004. The figures are full of stomach, as they are dancing energetically. This is the state to be when you march on a full stomach.

A photograph of a photocopy of a painted record cover made by the curator in Leiden in 2004. The figures are full of stomach, as they are sat down, stuffed. Definitely the after effects of a buffet. This is the state to be when you march on a full stomach.

A photograph of a photocopy of a painted record cover made by the curator in Leiden in 2004. The figure has a menacing glow and has pushed his head through a door. This is the state to be when you march on a full stomach.

PINS – Rule Twenty-nine: Where are our Enemies?

In PINS, and in life, we have to know where our enemies are. Luckily we have some rules to show where they are. You can read about them here. For now here are some images to help you work out where your enemies are.

A photograph of a photocopy of a drawing from a book on Derek Jarman’s work, using felt tip pen, photocopied on another photocopy of a print. It shows some sinister men. This image can make you think about your hidden enemies, and prepare for them.

A photograph of a photocopy of a drawing from a book on photographs of Estonians in the east of the country, taken in 1940 and 1993, using felt tip pen, photocopied on another photocopy of a print. It shows some a nun and a rogue. This image can make you think about your hidden enemies, and prepare for them.

A photograph of a photocopy of a drawing from a book on Derek Jarman, showing a friend of his, using felt tip pen, photocopied on another photocopy of a print. It shows some sinister men. This image can make you think about your hidden enemies, and prepare for them.

PINS – Rule Twenty-five: Units

Units can be anything. They don’t even need to be real, it’s all explained here. But they have to take orders.

The first photograph of four photographs of photocopied hand-drawn pamphlets, A4 folded using dippen and ink, showing astrological star signs. Sell them to the GULLIBLE in East Lancashire. Don’t tell your dad, but you can make units out of them.

PINS – Rule Twenty-four: The Electoral College

It’s time to describe the people who run things. We think these people are members of something called the Electoral College.

The Electoral College is written on the back of a TERRIER ADJUSTMENT SHEET. This must mean it’s important, especially it’s got typed-out instructions on the front and the College names are written out in copperplate using a dip pen and ink, on the back. Here are some photocopies to help PUT A FACE TO A NAME for your own Electoral College.

The first photograph of four photographs of drawings of a photocopy of a photograph using colour pencils, showing a Polish Pilot called Richard. That is all we know putside of a dedication to the curator’s grandmother in a Polish-English dictionary. Maybe he can join the Electoral College in your game of PINS.

PINS – Rule Twenty-three: The Light Outside

It’s important to know where you can get good light and also where you can sing light comic opera without being laughed at. Both are essential ingredients to PINS. You can find out more here, or peruse the photocopies for clues below.

A photograph of a photocopy of a drawing of a local resident going up past Rising Bridge, Accrington. Them East Lancashire folk can be chippy and independent-minded. Bolshy, even, they laugh at light comic opera. They know about good places where the light is. One place is near the Haworth Art Gallery.

A photograph of a photocopy of a drawing of a local resident going to the butchers in CLayton-le-Moors. Them East Lancashire folk can be chippy and independent-minded. Bolshy, even. They know about good places where the light is. One place is up the street, where the Eric Morecambe memorial plate is.

A photograph of a photocopy of a drawing of a French bloke, from a book lent to the curator by a Liverpool friend who liked a Good Moan, and a North West Area cub scout badge for use on Church Parade, where you can hear all about the Apocalypse. Them East Lancashire folk can be chippy and independent-minded. Bolshy, even. They know about good places where the light is. One place is Cambridge Street, Accrington, or the corner of Queens Road West, where you can see the light on the Coppice.

PINS – Rule Nineteen: Maps – More Special Features – Imagined Worlds

One of the points of PINS is escape. Escape from your job, ambition, dedication and mucking in. This post allows you to contemnplate the idea of escape, through judicious use of the photocopies found here, and work it into your own idea of PINS. More information, here.

A photograph of a photocopy of a collage using photocopies and mixed media, showing a WELSH WOMAN, who originally found her place on a postcard from the early twentieth century. She lives in an imagined world, which can be mapped. Can you do similar?

A photograph of a photograph showing a plate of K2, a Stadia Rod. This instrument can map an imagined world. Can you do similar?

A photograph of a photocopy of a collage using photocopies and mixed media, showing a LANCASHIRE WOMAN, who originally found her place in a different photograph taken in Manchester, in the mid twentieth century. She now lives in an imagined world, which could be mapped. Can you do similar?

PINS – Rule Sixteen: Making Maps

We think that PINS originated partly through a love of making maps. This means to play PINS you will need to make maps, in as peculiar a manner as you can. We tell you how to do so, here. Meanwhile, maybe these photocopies can bring some inspiration.