A strength of the Major System is that someone can think of a number, consider its phonetic sounds, and have a good chance of remembering the word which uses those sounds. Eg. Item 13 uses a t or d to represent 1, and it uses an m to represent 3. By thinking '..t..m...', I can recall 'Tom'. That helps me to recall the image which I use to represent position 13 in a pre-prepared list.
Another way of providing oneself with a clue is to a number position is to use themes:
0). Town hall [0+]
1). Pre-history [50+]
I build up a list of 50 images related to the theme of a town hall; then I build up a list of 50 images related to the theme of pre-history. Together, they are a pre-prepared list of 100 items. If I have 20 lists of 50 items then that is a list of 1000 items all together.
I have built a list of 1000 items in that way. What is more, item 01 is related to the theme of the town hall but also to the theme of pre-history. Theme 0+ meets theme 1 to produce peg item 01. Going the other way, the theme of pre-history follows item 50 of the town hall. So if I think of an image to do with pre-history (50+ ..) which also involves a town hall (+0) then I get item 50.
I stopped building the list once I reached 1000 because it was difficult creatively to construct it. However, the list is made once and for all now and I can concentrate on using it. However, the images which i thought up are only useful to me; you would need to think up images that suit you - which involve a combination of 2 themes.
From the table below, I derive the table of about 400 list items which appears after it:
| +50 offset | +1 Offset | Theme |
| 0 | 0 | town hall / government / judicial office / law |
| 50 | 1 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour |
| 100 | 2 | holiday and modern beach |
| 150 | 3 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans |
| 200 | 4 | construction / factory |
| 250 | 5 | hospital |
| 300 | 6 | office business |
| 350 | 7 | old age / retirement |
| 400 | 8 | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism |
| 450 | 9 | Period drama, old royalty |
| 500 | 10 | Victorian , whodunnit, early to mid 1900s |
| 550 | 11 | war in general |
| 600 | 12 | 1960s & 1970s / laid-back attitude / psychedelic |
| 650 | 13 | 1980s-2000 / modern development |
| 700 | 14 | shopping arcades |
| 750 | 15 | sci-fi / computer / electrical |
| 800 | 16 | school / university |
| 850 | 17 | pub / bar / disco / theme night |
| 900 | 18 | police / prison / crime |
| 950 | 19 | animation |
| 20 | ocean surface | |
| 21 | ocean below surface / sunken vessel / submarine / scuba / tectonics / aquarium | |
| 22 | desert, middle east, bazaar, pyramid | |
| 23 | railway, bridges, underground metro | |
| 24 | horror / supernatural | |
| 25 | super heroes | |
| 26 | slum, under-developed countries | |
| 27 | village | |
| 28 | media , glossy magazines , sensationalist journalism, marketing, celebrity | |
| 29 | space / aliens | |
| 30 | mine / subterranean cave | |
| 31 | farm, countryside | |
| 32 | snow, ice, mountain | |
| 33 | sport, park, leisure | |
| 34 | toys , games and indoor hobbies | |
| 35 | wild west / adventurer | |
| 36 | oriental (samurai feudalism, modern look) | |
| 37 | museum / gallery / great buildings | |
| 38 | airport, flying, sky | |
| 39 | fairground | |
| 40 | music | |
| 41 | fashion / cosmetics | |
| 42 | motor vehicle / road | |
| 43 | food / restaurant | |
| 44 | home & garden | |
| 45 | disaster / emergency response / scandal | |
| 46 | comedy | |
| 47 | romance | |
| 48 | cabaret / theatre | |
| 49 | Famous people |
The derived table of 400 list items. You will see that every 50 items, a new interpretation of the 50 themes happens but based on another theme.
If this still makes no sense to you then please read my other explanation of this system.
| Scene | Topic | Specific | Association |
| 0000 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | town hall / government / judicial office / law | town hall |
| 0001 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | excavation protest |
| 0002 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | holiday and modern beach | consumer protection show |
| 0003 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | war enactment society apply for licence |
| 0004 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | construction / factory | back-hander |
| 0005 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | hospital | anti bed loss poster |
| 0006 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | office business | tax man |
| 0007 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | old age / retirement | good pension from civil service. Pay off mortgage. |
| 0008 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism | historic site perimeter |
| 0009 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | Period drama, old royalty | antique chandelier |
| 0010 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | Victorian , whodunnit, early to mid 1900s | lie-detector test equipment |
| 0011 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | war in general | recruitment poster |
| 0012 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | 1960s & 1970s / laid-back attitude / psychedelic | 'Nam protest |
| 0013 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | 1980s-2000 / modern development | West Wing |
| 0014 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | shopping arcades | selling birth certificates |
| 0015 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | sci-fi / computer / electrical | Hansard electronic look-up |
| 0016 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | school / university | reference library of statutes |
| 0017 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | pub / bar / disco / theme night | unruly drinker before magistrate |
| 0018 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | police / prison / crime | riot gear police at town hall |
| 0019 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | animation | obey law role model animation |
| 0020 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | ocean surface | fountain at steps |
| 0021 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | ocean below surface / sunken vessel / submarine / scuba / tectonics / aquarium | Poseidon statue |
| 0022 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | desert, middle east, bazaar, pyramid | camel quarantine |
| 0023 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | railway, bridges, underground metro | bridge across from civil registry office to other building |
| 0024 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | horror / supernatural | griffin statue |
| 0025 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | super heroes | gavel related |
| 0026 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | slum, under-developed countries | council-funded sanctuary for poor |
| 0027 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | village | squire |
| 0028 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | media , glossy magazines , sensationalist journalism, marketing, celebrity | monthly town news freely dispensed |
| 0029 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | space / aliens | sun mosaic in foyer |
| 0030 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | mine / subterranean cave | video conference court |
| 0031 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | farm, countryside | farmer contesting subsidies |
| 0032 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | snow, ice, mountain | gritting area |
| 0033 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | sport, park, leisure | bin law -> litter lout |
| 0034 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | toys , games and indoor hobbies | defective toys confiscated |
| 0035 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | wild west / adventurer | indigenous indians allowed land |
| 0036 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | oriental (samurai feudalism, modern look) | closure of shop licence at official's desk |
| 0037 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | museum / gallery / great buildings | sculpture of blind justice |
| 0038 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | airport, flying, sky | skyline nice of mayoral building |
| 0039 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | fairground | eviction protest |
| 0040 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | music | star wants royalties |
| 0041 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | fashion / cosmetics | security officer outfit |
| 0042 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | motor vehicle / road | traffic wardens |
| 0043 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | food / restaurant | vending machine in foyer |
| 0044 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | home & garden | flower beds outside |
| 0045 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | disaster / emergency response / scandal | siren system |
| 0046 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | comedy | room for social talks such as comedy |
| 0047 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | romance | Cher in film Moonstruck |
| 0048 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | caberet / theatre | Jeffery Archer play |
| 0049 | town hall / government / judicial office / law | Famous people | Ken Livingstone (London politician) |
| 0050 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | town hall / government / judicial office / law | spear throw settle dispute |
| 0051 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | hominid |
| 0052 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | holiday and modern beach | hibernation |
| 0053 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | jungle tribe welcome Romans |
| 0054 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | construction / factory | flint production site |
| 0055 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | hospital | banana leaf stretcher |
| 0056 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | office business | vine string fax |
| 0057 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | old age / retirement | eaten by cannibals |
| 0058 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism | jungle missionary |
| 0059 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | Period drama, old royalty | tribe king |
| 0060 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | Victorian , whodunnit, early to mid 1900s | Jane |
| 0061 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | war in general | zulu-like conflict |
| 0062 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | 1960s & 1970s / laid-back attitude / psychedelic | psychedelic experiences with fungi |
| 0063 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | 1980s-2000 / modern development | lion sleeps tonight |
| 0064 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | shopping arcades | basic market with meat |
| 0065 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | sci-fi / computer / electrical | counting shells |
| 0066 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | school / university | boomerang lesson |
| 0067 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | pub / bar / disco / theme night | hut bar |
| 0068 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | police / prison / crime | rainforest police |
| 0069 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | animation | animated lion |
| 0070 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | ocean surface | canoeists |
| 0071 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | ocean below surface / sunken vessel / submarine / scuba / tectonics / aquarium | spear fishing |
| 0072 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | desert, middle east, bazaar, pyramid | quicksand |
| 0073 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | railway, bridges, underground metro | rope bridge |
| 0074 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | horror / supernatural | Congo ape |
| 0075 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | super heroes | Kraven |
| 0076 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | slum, under-developed countries | 13th Warrior |
| 0077 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | village | tribe village |
| 0078 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | media , glossy magazines , sensationalist journalism, marketing, celebrity | National Geographic image |
| 0079 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | space / aliens | Predator first film |
| 0080 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | mine / subterranean cave | King Solomons mines |
| 0081 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | farm, countryside | mango farming |
| 0082 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | snow, ice, mountain | misty mountain |
| 0083 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | sport, park, leisure | bungee jumping |
| 0084 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | toys , games and indoor hobbies | corn doll |
| 0085 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | wild west / adventurer | adventurer's hat |
| 0086 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | oriental (samurai feudalism, modern look) | Great Wall |
| 0087 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | museum / gallery / great buildings | pottery |
| 0088 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | airport, flying, sky | hang-glide |
| 0089 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | fairground | poison dart accuracy game |
| 0090 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | music | African band |
| 0091 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | fashion / cosmetics | basic cloth |
| 0092 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | motor vehicle / road | Congo logging road |
| 0093 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | food / restaurant | skewered boar |
| 0094 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | home & garden | tree-house |
| 0095 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | disaster / emergency response / scandal | ant invasion |
| 0096 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | comedy | hyena laughing |
| 0097 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | romance | Raquel |
| 0098 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | caberet / theatre | troops variety show |
| 0099 | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | Famous people | Alexander the Great |
| 0100 | holiday and modern beach | town hall / government / judicial office / law | Jaws town meeting |
| 0101 | holiday and modern beach | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | cruise Patagonia |
| 0102 | holiday and modern beach | holiday and modern beach | sunglasses |
| 0103 | holiday and modern beach | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | visit Collossum |
| 0104 | holiday and modern beach | construction / factory | craftsman |
| 0105 | holiday and modern beach | hospital | wrist injured from pool |
| 0106 | holiday and modern beach | office business | rep dvd desk |
| 0107 | holiday and modern beach | old age / retirement | pebble beach at Brighton |
| 0108 | holiday and modern beach | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism | banquet party night |
| 0109 | holiday and modern beach | Period drama, old royalty | Monaco snaps |
| 0110 | holiday and modern beach | Victorian , whodunnit, early to mid 1900s | poison in drink |
| 0111 | holiday and modern beach | war in general | post-war holiday resort |
| 0112 | holiday and modern beach | 1960s & 1970s / laid-back attitude / psychedelic | hay cart |
| 0113 | holiday and modern beach | 1980s-2000 / modern development | Majorca service |
| 0114 | holiday and modern beach | shopping arcades | grappa shop |
| 0115 | holiday and modern beach | sci-fi / computer / electrical | football in bar |
| 0116 | holiday and modern beach | school / university | reading by pool |
| 0117 | holiday and modern beach | pub / bar / disco / theme night | open-air disco |
| 0118 | holiday and modern beach | police / prison / crime | Alcatraz tour |
| 0119 | holiday and modern beach | animation | talking shark |
| 0120 | holiday and modern beach | ocean surface | lie-low float |
| 0121 | holiday and modern beach | ocean below surface / sunken vessel / submarine / scuba / tectonics / aquarium | scuba |
| 0122 | holiday and modern beach | desert, middle east, bazaar, pyramid | rug seller |
| 0123 | holiday and modern beach | railway, bridges, underground metro | shuttle train to airport |
| 0124 | holiday and modern beach | horror / supernatural | Jaws |
| 0125 | holiday and modern beach | super heroes | Baywatch |
| 0126 | holiday and modern beach | slum, under-developed countries | Rio |
| 0127 | holiday and modern beach | village | Cornwall setting |
| 0128 | holiday and modern beach | media , glossy magazines , sensationalist journalism, marketing, celebrity | Standard family advert for a resort |
| 0129 | holiday and modern beach | space / aliens | Ford Prefect |
| 0130 | holiday and modern beach | mine / subterranean cave | pot-holing |
| 0131 | holiday and modern beach | farm, countryside | Famous Five |
| 0132 | holiday and modern beach | snow, ice, mountain | mountain ramble (eg. Palin) |
| 0133 | holiday and modern beach | sport, park, leisure | volley ball |
| 0134 | holiday and modern beach | toys , games and indoor hobbies | magnetic chess |
| 0135 | holiday and modern beach | wild west / adventurer | Rhinestone Cowboy |
| 0136 | holiday and modern beach | oriental (samurai feudalism, modern look) | not liking shipwrecked people |
| 0137 | holiday and modern beach | museum / gallery / great buildings | beach painting |
| 0138 | holiday and modern beach | airport, flying, sky | water-skiing with parachute |
| 0139 | holiday and modern beach | fairground | wild west theme ride |
| 0140 | holiday and modern beach | music | calypso steel drum |
| 0141 | holiday and modern beach | fashion / cosmetics | swimwear |
| 0142 | holiday and modern beach | motor vehicle / road | beach jeep |
| 0143 | holiday and modern beach | food / restaurant | battered onion rings |
| 0144 | holiday and modern beach | home & garden | beach condominium home |
| 0145 | holiday and modern beach | disaster / emergency response / scandal | tidal wave hits beach |
| 0146 | holiday and modern beach | comedy | Weekend at Bernie's |
| 0147 | holiday and modern beach | romance | Grease |
| 0148 | holiday and modern beach | caberet / theatre | Punch & Judy show |
| 0149 | holiday and modern beach | Famous people | Judith Chalmers |
| 0150 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | town hall / government / judicial office / law | Cicero the orator at the Senate |
| 0151 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | tribal dancer at a party |
| 0152 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | holiday and modern beach | chilled out Phoenician lifestyle |
| 0153 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | severed sandal |
| 0154 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | construction / factory | A-shaped wooden frame with rope for lifting stone. |
| 0155 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | hospital | maggots from Gladiator film |
| 0156 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | office business | slave auction |
| 0157 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | old age / retirement | retiring gladiator |
| 0158 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism | Romans build a UK fortress |
| 0159 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | Period drama, old royalty | old Claudius |
| 0160 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | Victorian , whodunnit, early to mid 1900s | Lydia |
| 0161 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | war in general | arrow scene at start of Gladiator |
| 0162 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | 1960s & 1970s / laid-back attitude / psychedelic | toga party |
| 0163 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | 1980s-2000 / modern development | Russell Crowe |
| 0164 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | shopping arcades | forum taverna |
| 0165 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | sci-fi / computer / electrical | ROM comic |
| 0166 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | school / university | Socrates lecture at steps |
| 0167 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | pub / bar / disco / theme night | skin of wine |
| 0168 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | police / prison / crime | Praetorian Guard |
| 0169 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | animation | Ray Harryhausen creation |
| 0170 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | ocean surface | galleon |
| 0171 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | ocean below surface / sunken vessel / submarine / scuba / tectonics / aquarium | cache of gold coins found at a site. |
| 0172 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | desert, middle east, bazaar, pyramid | shekkel sketch |
| 0173 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | railway, bridges, underground metro | aquaduct |
| 0174 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | horror / supernatural | gorgon |
| 0175 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | super heroes | Galacticus |
| 0176 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | slum, under-developed countries | slave conditions. Flogging |
| 0177 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | village | villa atrium |
| 0178 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | media , glossy magazines , sensationalist journalism, marketing, celebrity | marketing Caligula |
| 0179 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | space / aliens | Monty Python sketch |
| 0180 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | mine / subterranean cave | concrete basic geology materials |
| 0181 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | farm, countryside | Tuscan countryside |
| 0182 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | snow, ice, mountain | Gladiator scene (led into forest) |
| 0183 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | sport, park, leisure | Arena crowd |
| 0184 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | toys , games and indoor hobbies | Backgammon |
| 0185 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | wild west / adventurer | Barbarians at the gate |
| 0186 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | oriental (samurai feudalism, modern look) | Silk road |
| 0187 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | museum / gallery / great buildings | Greek vase with people on it |
| 0188 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | airport, flying, sky | Rock-throwing equipment |
| 0189 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | fairground | fire-eater |
| 0190 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | music | pan pipes |
| 0191 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | fashion / cosmetics | cloaked soldier with helmet |
| 0192 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | motor vehicle / road | chariot |
| 0193 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | food / restaurant | Spaghetti |
| 0194 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | home & garden | small statue to a god |
| 0195 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | disaster / emergency response / scandal | Mount Versuvius volcano |
| 0196 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | comedy | Frankie Howard (Up Pompeii) |
| 0197 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | romance | Gladiator love interest |
| 0198 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | caberet / theatre | mask depicting happiness |
| 0199 | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | Famous people | Augustus Caesar |
| 0200 | construction / factory | town hall / government / judicial office / law | Illegal labourers |
| 0201 | construction / factory | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | Jurassic Park laboratory for hatching eggs |
| 0202 | construction / factory | holiday and modern beach | sand suppliers for disappearing beaches: a truck of sand |
| 0203 | construction / factory | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | ironsmith forges a sword in a Roman style. |
| 0204 | construction / factory | construction / factory | conveyor belt |
| 0205 | construction / factory | hospital | plastic glove supply |
| 0206 | construction / factory | office business | long pencil wood before cutting into many pencils |
| 0207 | construction / factory | old age / retirement | spritely elderly worker |
| 0208 | construction / factory | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism | Maintaining Hadrian's wall |
| 0209 | construction / factory | Period drama, old royalty | Rebuilding the burned Winsdsor Castle |
| 0210 | construction / factory | Victorian , whodunnit, early to mid 1900s | Numbers tv show episode with the engineer and the skyscraper |
I successfully created a list up to 1000 but you can achieve a lot with a smaler peg list.
Item 0167 involves the calculation (3 x 50) + 17 = 167. Theme 3 is 'sword and sandals..'; theme 17 is 'pub/bar..'. So I first think of Roman times and a pub or bar item in Roman times. I recall the wine skin. That is item 167. If I had to memorise 200 facts, fact 167 could be imagined in a story involving a wine skin. In that way, I would be able to recall it by thinking about the wine skin and seeing its story.
Here are some more peg images:
| 0211 | construction / factory | war in general | secret lab for electronic products |
| 0212 | construction / factory | 1960s & 1970s / laid-back attitude / psychedelic | orange block of flats |
| 0213 | construction / factory | 1980s-2000 / modern development | yellow brick modern house |
| 0214 | construction / factory | shopping arcades | new shop front signage |
| 0215 | construction / factory | sci-fi / computer / electrical | CAD software for 3D models of buildings |
| 0216 | construction / factory | school / university | polystyrene building model |
| 0217 | construction / factory | pub / bar / disco / theme night | new style layout for a modern bar |
| 0218 | construction / factory | police / prison / crime | warehouse staff acquiring goods |
| 0219 | construction / factory | animation | Bob the Builder |
| 0220 | construction / factory | ocean surface | ship builders yard |
| 0221 | construction / factory | ocean below surface / sunken vessel / submarine / scuba / tectonics / aquarium | telephone cable under the water |
| 0222 | construction / factory | desert, middle east, bazaar, pyramid | transport a heavy stone on wooden rollers |
| 0223 | construction / factory | railway, bridges, underground metro | railway maintenance crew |
| 0224 | construction / factory | horror / supernatural | workshop at end of Terminator movie |
| 0225 | construction / factory | super heroes | Iron Man |
| 0226 | construction / factory | slum, under-developed countries | metal shelter material |
| 0227 | construction / factory | village | local builder |
| 0228 | construction / factory | media , glossy magazines , sensationalist journalism, marketing, celebrity | Printers business: equipment for the production of publications |
| 0229 | construction / factory | space / aliens | Scottie |
| 0230 | construction / factory | mine / subterranean cave | Tunnel-drilling equipment |
| 0231 | construction / factory | farm, countryside | barn wood beam manufacture |
| 0232 | construction / factory | snow, ice, mountain | Rope entwining process |
| 0233 | construction / factory | sport, park, leisure | pink gravel grinding (for a sports track) |
| 0234 | construction / factory | toys , games and indoor hobbies | chess piece carver |
| 0235 | construction / factory | wild west / adventurer | Western movie town façade construction |
| 0236 | construction / factory | oriental (samurai feudalism, modern look) | forge overlaying steel sword |
| 0237 | construction / factory | museum / gallery / great buildings | hammer together a picture frame |
| 0238 | construction / factory | airport, flying, sky | shell of a plane while it is being built |
| 0239 | construction / factory | fairground | pitching the tent |
| 0240 | construction / factory | music | Kraftwerk |
| 0241 | construction / factory | fashion / cosmetics | cheap buy-in-bulk cosmetics |
| 0242 | construction / factory | motor vehicle / road | car-building robot |
| 0243 | construction / factory | food / restaurant | food science vat of mixed food |
| 0244 | construction / factory | home & garden | Glass window manufacture |
| 0245 | construction / factory | disaster / emergency response / scandal | Toxicity monitor |
| 0246 | construction / factory | comedy | plank collision slapstick (someone turns around while carrying a plank) |
| 0247 | construction / factory | romance | An Officer and A Gentleman ending |
| 0248 | construction / factory | caberet / theatre | Lumberjack song |
| 0249 | construction / factory | Famous people | Ford |
| 0250 | hospital | town hall / government / judicial office / law | Ambulance-chasing lawyer (like in The Client) |
| 0251 | hospital | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | Thawing out an Ice Age man |
| 0252 | hospital | holiday and modern beach | Doctor is relaxing but his beeper pages him |
| 0253 | hospital | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | Hippocratean oath to look after the patient |
| 0254 | hospital | construction / factory | injured labourer |
| 0255 | hospital | hospital | stretcher rushed along a corridor |
| 0256 | hospital | office business | managers and issues of morale |
| 0257 | hospital | old age / retirement | old patient |
| 0258 | hospital | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism | Injured reenactment society participator |
| 0259 | hospital | Period drama, old royalty | matron style |
| 0260 | hospital | Victorian , whodunnit, early to mid 1900s | Elephant Man's room |
| 0261 | hospital | war in general | Convalescence area for shell-shocked victims |
| 0262 | hospital | 1960s & 1970s / laid-back attitude / psychedelic | Tall hospital block |
| 0263 | hospital | 1980s-2000 / modern development | machine that goes ping sketch |
| 0264 | hospital | shopping arcades | shop on site with magazines, etc. |
| 0265 | hospital | sci-fi / computer / electrical | NMR machine |
| 0266 | hospital | school / university | Consultant |
| 0267 | hospital | pub / bar / disco / theme night | student doctors becoming drunk |
| 0268 | hospital | police / prison / crime | Police take a statement from a patient at a hospital |
| 0269 | hospital | animation | Someone dressed as a life-size animation visits a children's ward. |
| 0270 | hospital | ocean surface | Water-ski accident victim is tended to |
| 0271 | hospital | ocean below surface / sunken vessel / submarine / scuba / tectonics / aquarium | stomach pumping of half-drowned person |
| 0272 | hospital | desert, middle east, bazaar, pyramid | continental illness treated |
| 0273 | hospital | railway, bridges, underground metro | train crash victims treated |
| 0274 | hospital | horror / supernatural | Coma movie |
| 0275 | hospital | super heroes | Doctor Strange |
| 0276 | hospital | slum, under-developed countries | impoverished person's symptoms associated with poverty. Eg. Face sores. |
| 0277 | hospital | village | Doctor on call covers a local village area |
| 0278 | hospital | media , glossy magazines , sensationalist journalism, marketing, celebrity | Soap opera set in a hospital |
| 0279 | hospital | space / aliens | Psychiatric wing has someone who claims to have seen an alien |
| 0280 | hospital | mine / subterranean cave | Mine disaster patient |
| 0281 | hospital | farm, countryside | Vet |
| 0282 | hospital | snow, ice, mountain | Hypothermia patient |
| 0283 | hospital | sport, park, leisure | Football injury patient |
| 0284 | hospital | toys , games and indoor hobbies | child with toy stethoscope |
| 0285 | hospital | wild west / adventurer | 'cowboy' surgeon [fake qualifications] |
| 0286 | hospital | oriental (samurai feudalism, modern look) | martial arts weapon accident victim |
| 0287 | hospital | museum / gallery / great buildings | art therapy |
| 0288 | hospital | airport, flying, sky | heliport for patients on roof of hospital |
| 0289 | hospital | fairground | Fairground boxing injury |
| 0290 | hospital | music | hospital radio station |
| 0291 | hospital | fashion / cosmetics | nurse outfit |
| 0292 | hospital | motor vehicle / road | ambulance parking at A & E entrance |
| 0293 | hospital | food / restaurant | Hospital food tick-box menu |
| 0294 | hospital | home & garden | sleeping quarters for visitors of intensive care patients |
| 0295 | hospital | disaster / emergency response / scandal | flu caught from hospital bed area |
| 0296 | hospital | comedy | situation-comedy involving a hospital |
| 0297 | hospital | romance | doctor/nurse date. Eg. Extreme Measures film |
| 0298 | hospital | caberet / theatre | entertainer sings for patients |
| 0299 | hospital | Famous people | Florence Nightingale |
| 0300 | office business | town hall / government / judicial office / law | human resources disciplinary meeting |
| 0301 | office business | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | christmas party barbarity |
| 0302 | office business | holiday and modern beach | company takes staff on a summer holiday as a perk |
| 0303 | office business | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | Latin motto in a director's office |
| 0304 | office business | construction / factory | Maintenance done to upgrade door swipe card entry system |
| 0305 | office business | hospital | medical examination before being allowed to join the company |
| 0306 | office business | office business | Ricky Gervais from the programme 'The Office' |
| 0307 | office business | old age / retirement | Leaving do, gold watch presentation |
| 0308 | office business | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism | coat of arms make the reception area look nice |
| 0309 | office business | Period drama, old royalty | Director has aristocratic name and appearance |
| 0310 | office business | Victorian , whodunnit, early to mid 1900s | Archive files go back to early 20th century |
| 0311 | office business | war in general | safety helmets in case of building collapsing |
| 0312 | office business | 1960s & 1970s / laid-back attitude / psychedelic | Accountant has thick rim 1970s glasses |
| 0313 | office business | 1980s-2000 / modern development | photocopier |
| 0314 | office business | shopping arcades | sign for mail order stationery delivery |
| 0315 | office business | sci-fi / computer / electrical | Mail merge printing of a 100 letters |
| 0316 | office business | school / university | give a young person work experience |
| 0317 | office business | pub / bar / disco / theme night | Friday drinks |
| 0318 | office business | police / prison / crime | Security officers |
| 0319 | office business | animation | On joining the company, an anti-stealing animation is played to new staff |
| 0320 | office business | ocean surface | Manager unreachable because he is on a cruise holiday |
| 0321 | office business | ocean below surface / sunken vessel / submarine / scuba / tectonics / aquarium | Crisis meeting: the business is 'going under' |
| 0322 | office business | desert, middle east, bazaar, pyramid | Create a 'mirage' of profitability even though the company is not doing well |
| 0323 | office business | railway, bridges, underground metro | Employee is late to work because a train was delayed. |
| 0324 | office business | horror / supernatural | Artificial Intelligence traps staff in computerised environment |
| 0325 | office business | super heroes | Hong Kong Phooey |
| 0326 | office business | slum, under-developed countries | A charity for the homeless |
| 0327 | office business | village | Local post office/ grocery service for the village |
| 0328 | office business | media , glossy magazines , sensationalist journalism, marketing, celebrity | Donald Trump as the face of business on a magazine cover |
| 0329 | office business | space / aliens | Star awards chart for the employee of the month |
| 0330 | office business | mine / subterranean cave | cellar vault where junk is stored (such as old computer monitors) |
| 0331 | office business | farm, countryside | Milk delivery |
| 0332 | office business | snow, ice, mountain | Icy road conditions make people unable to come into work |
| 0333 | office business | sport, park, leisure | Staff football team |
| 0334 | office business | toys , games and indoor hobbies | computer monitor has a cute toy on top of it |
| 0335 | office business | wild west / adventurer | Manager morale boost speech - describing staff as pioneers. |
| 0336 | office business | oriental (samurai feudalism, modern look) | Seminar on the boom years of the Asian economies |
| 0337 | office business | museum / gallery / great buildings | Office art work |
| 0338 | office business | airport, flying, sky | Flying to a business meeting with a laptop computer |
| 0339 | office business | fairground | Staff lottery competition |
| 0340 | office business | music | porter area of a business plays music while working |
| 0341 | office business | fashion / cosmetics | look smart for an interview |
| 0342 | office business | motor vehicle / road | posh company car with salesman shirt hanging in the back |
| 0343 | office business | food / restaurant | sandwich delivery company visit an office |
| 0344 | office business | home & garden | opportunity to work from home |
| 0345 | office business | disaster / emergency response / scandal | fire drill |
| 0346 | office business | comedy | Gareth from tv comedy 'The Office' |
| 0347 | office business | romance | romantic character from tv series 'The Office' |
| 0348 | office business | caberet / theatre | Cabaret performance from tv series 'The Office' |
| 0349 | office business | Famous people | Richard Branson |
| 0350 | old age / retirement | town hall / government / judicial office / law | Complaint when old person has to work another 10 years before he is allowed a pension by government |
| 0351 | old age / retirement | prehistory and primitive island life, early primitive civilisation, jungle, barbaric behaviour | Eve: a common female ancestor of everybody |
| 0352 | old age / retirement | holiday and modern beach | Old people have a break at a 50s style holiday camp |
| 0353 | old age / retirement | sword and sandals, mythology, Greeks, Romans | Old person takes a Roman artifact to an antique show |
| 0354 | old age / retirement | construction / factory | Hearing aid product |
| 0355 | old age / retirement | hospital | Hip replaced |
| 0356 | old age / retirement | office business | A man hands over his business to his children |
| 0357 | old age / retirement | old age / retirement | Old person watching snooker on television |
| 0358 | old age / retirement | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism | Coach trip for old people to go and look at a castle |
| 0359 | old age / retirement | Period drama, old royalty | Retired person has time to read classics such as Pride and Prejudice |
| 0360 | old age / retirement | Victorian , whodunnit, early to mid 1900s | Miss Marple: old lady investigates crime |
| 0361 | old age / retirement | war in general | old general character like in "The Four Feathers" |
| 0362 | old age / retirement | 1960s & 1970s / laid-back attitude / psychedelic | Soylent Green movie where Charlton Heston digests news of his friend's death |
| 0363 | old age / retirement | 1980s-2000 / modern development | George Burns' (old comedian) career continues strongly |
| 0364 | old age / retirement | shopping arcades | Old person has a bag on wheels: a trolley for carrying goods |
| 0365 | old age / retirement | sci-fi / computer / electrical | Old person lies about his age on the internet |
| 0366 | old age / retirement | school / university | Retired person attends college lectures |
| 0367 | old age / retirement | pub / bar / disco / theme night | Old person dressed ina 'young' way at a disco |
| 0368 | old age / retirement | police / prison / crime | Elderly person in fear of youths on street |
| 0369 | old age / retirement | animation | Mr Magoo - visually challenged animated man |
| 0370 | old age / retirement | ocean surface | old person on a boat cruise |
| 0371 | old age / retirement | ocean below surface / sunken vessel / submarine / scuba / tectonics / aquarium | old-fashioned diving apparatus with the air hose leading into it |
| 0372 | old age / retirement | desert, middle east, bazaar, pyramid | Omar Sharif in 'The Thirteenth Warrior' |
| 0373 | old age / retirement | railway, bridges, underground metro | A seat is offered to an elderly person on a train |
| 0374 | old age / retirement | horror / supernatural | Highlander movie: a man who does not age |
| 0375 | old age / retirement | super heroes | Aged super-villain doing the super-villain laugh. |
| 0376 | old age / retirement | slum, under-developed countries | tap-dancing old man: a street performer raising money for himself |
| 0377 | old age / retirement | village | Village where people are elderly |
| 0378 | old age / retirement | media , glossy magazines , sensationalist journalism, marketing, celebrity | ageing celebrity on the cover of a magazine |
| 0379 | old age / retirement | space / aliens | old man goes into space |
| 0380 | old age / retirement | mine / subterranean cave | old miner with cough from bad work conditions underground |
| 0381 | old age / retirement | farm, countryside | Jack Palance in 'City Slickers' film |
| 0382 | old age / retirement | snow, ice, mountain | Old person has difficulty walking in icy conditions |
| 0383 | old age / retirement | sport, park, leisure | aged but capable dancer |
| 0384 | old age / retirement | toys , games and indoor hobbies | old man muppet character |
| 0385 | old age / retirement | wild west / adventurer | old bounty hunter in 'Young Guns II' |
| 0386 | old age / retirement | oriental (samurai feudalism, modern look) | old people are respected in Japan |
| 0387 | old age / retirement | museum / gallery / great buildings | Art depicting an old person |
| 0388 | old age / retirement | airport, flying, sky | Leslie Nielsen in 'Airplane' |
| 0389 | old age / retirement | fairground | 'oldest man in the world' show |
| 0390 | old age / retirement | music | Older generation music. Eg. Val Doonican |
| 0391 | old age / retirement | fashion / cosmetics | old person in cardigan and cloth cap |
| 0392 | old age / retirement | motor vehicle / road | old person drives badly |
| 0393 | old age / retirement | food / restaurant | old person complains about the cost of a loaf of bread |
| 0394 | old age / retirement | home & garden | old person has an interest in gardening - despite weak knees |
| 0395 | old age / retirement | disaster / emergency response / scandal | old person can not afford winter heating bills |
| 0396 | old age / retirement | comedy | 'The Golden Girls' situation comedy |
| 0397 | old age / retirement | romance | old couple in 'When Harry Met Sally' |
| 0398 | old age / retirement | caberet / theatre | vaudeville singing performance by an old person |
| 0399 | old age / retirement | Famous people | Dame Barbara Cartland |
| 0400 | medieval, middle ages, castles, church, feudalism | town hall / government / judicial office / law | Saxon council hall |