Interwar Merch

A design about old school hep cats and jump and jive dancers. Black and white vintage photo. Black couple dancing

Dreamland cinema opened on the 22nd of March 1935, showing Richard Boleslawski’s The Painter Veil, starring Greta Garbo. It was built as part of the Dreamland amusement park by the remarkable John Henry Iles, who also developed the nearby Lido at Cliftonville. The cinema was inspired by the modernism of German cinema design. The building also influenced Oscar Deutsch and his many Odeon cinemas. In my artwork, I have attempted to return the building to the same state as on its opening night.

1930s Soul - an Art Deco design for anyone who has a deep emotional connection to the decade, or would choose to live in that era if given the chance.

The Plaza Cinema was beacon to the residents of Port Talbot. Some of the audience even elevated to feature on the same screen they had watched. Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Sheen have all talked of the influence the Plaza had. Inspiring them to pursue acting careers.

Between the first and second world wars, the German Weimar government decided it could repay its war debts by printing money. This devalued the currency immensely and resulted in hyperinflation, leading to the release of billion and trillion mark notes. Image from the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History.

Ladybower, the largest reservoir in the derwent system viewed from the dam. These dams provide drinking water to many cities in the north of england.