{"id":176,"date":"2022-08-02T05:59:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T05:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2024-09-20T08:49:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T08:49:26","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/links\/","title":{"rendered":"Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following web pages have information about John Walker.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Material&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/jw-articles-in-mln\/\">previously published<\/a>&nbsp;in Match Label News<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prestonparkmuseum.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preston Park Museum and Grounds<\/a> (also see our dedicated page for Preston Park Museum <a href=\"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/preston-park-museum\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heritage.stockton.gov.uk\/articles\/people\/john-walker-inventor-of-the-friction-match\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockton on Tees Borough Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stocktonteesside.co.uk\/john-walker-of-stockton-on-tees---inventor-of-the-friction-match.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stocktononteeside.co.uk<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>added 5 May 2023<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofmatches.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of Matches<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Walker_(inventor)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia on John Walker<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1927 article in Nature Magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/119495a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Centenary of the Friction Match&#8221;<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>added 5 May 2023<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teesvalleymuseums.org\/blog\/post\/john-walker-and-the-friction-match\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tees Valley Museums<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lostteesside.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lost Teesside<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>added 10 Sept 2024<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/ahistoryoftheworld\/objects\/hQR9oN5LTeCLcuKfPDMJ9A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC History of the World in 100 objects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeupinbritain.uk\/Match?redirect=no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Made up Britain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockton.gov.uk\/famous-john-walker-match-recreated-for-popular-bbc-tv-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockton on Tees Council and Preston Park Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/picturestocktonarchive.com\/2012\/10\/26\/22-quayside-john-walkers-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockton Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisisstockton.co.uk\/history\/John_Walker_The_Match.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This is Stockton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/northeaststatues.com\/2022\/03\/25\/the-many-indignities-of-john-walker-inventor-of-the-friction-match-stockton-on-tees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The many indignities of John Walker<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Northern Echo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/opinion\/leader\/14673289.striking-resemblance-inventor-friction-match\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Striking Resemblance to John Walker<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>added 30 Nov 2022<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The progressive rock band Gil Galad have recently&nbsp;announced the release of a new studio album <strong>\u201cA Record of the Unworldly and the Strange \u2013 An Ingenious Man \u2026\u201d <\/strong>which was inspired by John Walker. More details can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/gilgalad.uk\/a-record-of-the-unworldly-and-the-strange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;on their web site and you can download the album&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gilgalad1979.bandcamp.com\/album\/a-record-of-the-unworldly-and-the-strange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> on their Bandcamp page <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>added 30 May 2024<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following videos have information about John Walker.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JRq_7iPkRUs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Victorian Pharmacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O3gfxuNqSjE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">True Inventor: John Walker<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>added 12 June 2023<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are links to the Science Museum&#8217;s collection and some matchboxes which are relevant to us<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\/objects\/co159225\/cardboard-matchbox-for-lucifer-matches-match-boxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cardboard-matchbox-for-lucifer-matches-match-boxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\/objects\/co159003\/matchbox-large-cardboard-match-boxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">matchbox-large-cardboard-match-boxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\/objects\/co8077019\/matchbox-containing-s-jones-lucifers-match-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">matchbox-containing-s-jones-lucifers-match-box<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\/documents\/aa110067481\/day-book-of-john-walker-chemist-and-inventor-of-the-friction-match\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Walker&#8217;s Day Book image<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\/objects\/co8077012\/the-day-book-of-john-walker-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Walker&#8217;s Day Book description<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\/people\/ap25353\/walker-john\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Walker biography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\/search\/categories\/firemaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firemaking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\/objects\/co64345\/bryant-and-may-collection-of-fire-making-appliances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bryant-and-may-collection-of-fire-making-appliances<\/a> note the last sentence &#8220;It includes a rare example of a friction match made by the original inventor, John Walker of Stockton-on-Tees, in 1826.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are some other useful links.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beamish.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beamish Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pyro.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Pyrotechnists Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following web pages have information about John Walker. Material&nbsp;previously published&nbsp;in Match Label News Preston Park Museum and Grounds (also see our dedicated page for Preston Park Museum here) Stockton on Tees Borough Council Stocktononteeside.co.uk added 5 May 2023 History of Matches Wikipedia on John Walker 1927 article in Nature Magazine &#8220;The Centenary of the [&hellip;] <a href=\"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/links\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<i class=\"icon-arrow-line-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-176","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}