Vintage, pretty, ‘ebb tide’, Huntley and Palmer buscuit tin showing sailing scenes.

We stumbled across this tidal curiosity. We guess there were many  such tins depicting classic scenes and times of British life – and the ebb tide was one of them. And maybe a reference to retirement, old age – and biscuits!? The drawings are lovely – reminiscent of Delft tiles.

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About Owain Jones

I am an emeritus professor of Environmental Humanities, Bath Spa University, UK. I trained as a cultural geographer and have published many academic articles and books on various aspects of place, landscape, memory, nature-society relations, and, specifically, on tides and tidal landscpes.

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