{"id":4353,"date":"2026-01-21T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/?p=4353"},"modified":"2026-05-28T07:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:00:57","slug":"on-line-exhibitor-tom-gibbard-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/2026\/01\/21\/on-line-exhibitor-tom-gibbard-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Gibbard (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Portrait of Tom by Heather Gibbard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Exhibit : Bookmatches, a brief history<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been a BML&BS member since 1968 but have collected all my life starting in the early 1950s or even late 1940s. I am also a member of the West and Midlands Phillumenists for whom I edit a quarterly magazine.<\/p>\n

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My father in 1968<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My father was a railwayman and he started to keep boxes during the war when some appeared with propaganda and patriotic slogans. <\/p>\n

While my father’s collection comprised boxes and labels mine concentrates on bookmatches, presently only those relating to the British market.  Even this is a huge subject and my collection comprises about half a million items.<\/p>\n

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Click here<\/strong><\/a> to return to the Exhibition Catalogue.<\/em><\/p>\n

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