{"id":3197,"date":"2025-12-28T11:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2026-05-28T07:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:02:08","slug":"on-line-exhibitor-richard-tolson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/2025\/12\/28\/on-line-exhibitor-richard-tolson\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Tolson (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3235\" class=\"alignright fixed\" style=\"width: 162px;\">\n<div class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3235 \" src=\"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-Tolson-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-Tolson-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-Tolson-48x60.jpg 48w, https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-Tolson-56x71.jpg 56w, https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-Tolson-258x326.jpg 258w, https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-Tolson-112x141.jpg 112w, https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-Tolson.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Exhibit : <a href=\"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/on-line-exhibit-timeline\/\">Chronology of the global match industry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My parents read an article on matchbox collecting in the Daily Mail newspaper and as a result my society membership started in 1977. This was a few years after deciding to collect matchboxes, rather than big black beetles, whilst on a family holiday in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a new label, skillet or piece of information still gives me a thrill. My collecting interests are wide but I am particularly interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S._J._Moreland_and_Sons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>S.J. Moreland &amp; Sons<\/strong><\/a> Ltd of Gloucester, UK imports before WWII and issues from smaller countries.<\/p>\n<p>I am a member of the society committee where I enjoy working with the other committee members on various projects and issues. Also, I have been the society auctioneer since the last century.<\/p>\n<p>The hobby has been an important part of my life and the Society has an important role to play to ensure it is there for future generations.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/on-line-exhibition\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> to return to the Exhibition Catalogue.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhibit : Chronology of the global match industry My parents read an article on matchbox collecting in the Daily Mail newspaper and as a result my society membership started in 1977. This was a few years after deciding to collect matchboxes, rather than big black beetles, whilst on a family holiday in Bulgaria. Finding a [&hellip;] <a href=\"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/2025\/12\/28\/on-line-exhibitor-richard-tolson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<i class=\"icon-arrow-line-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-line-exhibitor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=3197"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3234,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions\/3234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}