Is Boris Johnson a Time Traveller?

 

No info in this slide, tho' the whole box seems to have dated from the early 1970s.

Yes, there behind the young anglers is the distinctive mop of hair belonging to Boris Johnson.

Or am I wrong?

Bonus - 

Bring On Contestant Number 3

 

Representing Wayne County, we have Agatha von Thursburg 34 - 20 - 36.

Agatha is a trainee chicken therapist, who's hobbies include shouting at pigeons, wearing too much make-up, and playing the zither.

Yes, the 1974 Miss St Petersburg Beauty Pageant brings all the perves in.

Bonus - 

Portrait of Joshua Reynolds.

 

I get that Sir Joshua Reynolds was an English painter who specialised in portraits. The art critic John Russell called him one of the major European painters of the 18th century, while Lucy Peltz says he was "the leading portrait artist of the 18th-century and arguably one of the greatest artists in the history of art."

But why would someone want a poor quality slide image of him?

This being Maria Jones portrait of him, for Plympton. 

Bonus - Tesco deploys 'Dalek-style security' guards with Northern Irish accents in UK stores to scare off thieves

Walkies !

 

A command that would chill to the bone, for any 1970's UK doggie. (Barbara Woodhouse)

This might be in the Peak District, but I'm not sure.

Bonus - Why JFK’s original coffin had to be disposed of in the middle of the ocean

Oh. A hill.

 

It's Tedious Tuesday again, and today we have. A hill.  Maybe a mountain.

Actually, even sadder....I recognise it. 

It's Mam Tor. The "Shivering Mountain" in Derbyshire.

It's actually quite interesting, tho' this slide hardly inspire anyone.

Bonus - Scientists just made guinea pigs listen to Adele for seven days… and the results are both surprising and worrying

Bank Holiday Event for Osbert and Mavis

 

Yes, they've finally done it. After a couple of years of friendship, and one disappointing knee-trembler behind Adkinson's Butchers, Bert and Mave have done it.

They've announced their engagement.

Nice.

Bonus - Make Everything OK

 

Scotty and his Mom

 

I was going to spend some time cleaning up this slide image. Fungal removal, colour correction, descratching and dust removal.

But is seems so evocative of the fifties in the current form.

No info, but but my guess is wee Scotty is on a trip to the Petrified Forest that hill in the background?.

Bonus - Well done Aberdeen.

The Birthday Picnic

 

One of the scamps here is celebrating a birthday.

Bonus - 

The Christening Party - Minus 1

 

The whole box of slides was devoted to Brenda (second from the right) and her recently sprogged child. But this slide is different in not featuring her crotch-fruit.

Bonus : I was walking past a farm, and a sign said, “duck, eggs”! I thought, “that’s an unnecessary comma”

….and then it hit me!

A Walk With Mummy

 

On this slide was writ "1965-Jun-09-Ladum-Bay".

Heck, almost sixty years ago !   And I guess that they mean Ladram Bay.

Bonus - Henry the giant crocodile, who has sired 10,000 babies, celebrates 124th birthday

Chill Out Time

 A sunny evening here at Slide Guy Central, so all the babes are congregating in my garden for Mojito's, cheese and crackers and Mint Juleps.

Nice. Might part-tay later.

Bonus . 

The Judge's Check

 

It would be great if this image was sharper, but I still like it.

I'm guessing Westminster Dog Show or similar, from the late fifties? Maybe?

And that's probably NOT Lassie.

Bonus - 

A Vision in Brown

 

A mother in brown fashion.

A baby in brown.

Furniture? Brown.

Gosh, the seventies were shitty.

Bonus - 

Possibly Bucharest

 

It probably says something about my psyche, but even with Tedious Tuesday slides, I often something of interest in many of them.

Today, f'rexample, I note that the building on the left has a LOT of TV aerials in the roof.

And ... that building on the right. Is that actually Romanian Athenaeum roof in the centre of Bucharest Romania??

Looks like it. Yes, rather nice inside too

Bonus  

Socialist Pudding?

 

The Murgatroyd Family, just as they were being Teleported up to the USS Enterprise.

The post title?  I dunno.  Sitting on the sofa this evening and the phrase "Socialist Pudding" entered my brain, and refused to leave. 

Google AI says ""Socialist pudding" is not a recognized term in the context of cooking or food culture. It's possible that the term might be used in a humorous or satirical way, perhaps referring to a simple or "mass-produced" pudding in a socialist vein, or it could be a new, localized expression. Without further context, it's difficult to determine its specific meaning."

Yeah.  Written on slide "1973 June 18, us with Carlsberg's"

Bonus - A bicycle, pencil sharpener, 300lb of raw meat: US presidential gifts and the rules governing them

The Bridal Spare

 

That was the tradition in Doncaster.

There was always a risk that the bride would say "I Don't" at the critical point. At which point, a pre-prepared Spare would be wheeled in, and after a quick move of the veil, the back-up would step up.

In this slide Gladys Harper (on the left) got cold feet, and Mavis Farnsworth (with the veil) stepped into the breach.

These reserve brides were usually on a 6-month contract, after which they would be on their way out....with a hefty cheque, or 60 head of sheep...depending upon contractual terms.

Bonus - 

The American Idyll

 

You may have noticed (or maybe you haven't) but I haven't been posting much here.  And yt, the world keeps turning, Popes still get elected, and Trump still does stupid stuff.

I've been otherwise occupied building a scale model of the building pictured above. Alas, I chose a scale of 1 : 1 so it was quite a complex task.

Bonus - 

Return To The Love Compound

 

Ah, the turn of the decade.

After lovely little Mary Jane became Flower-Child Astral-Primrose, and ran off with Willian "Bear" McGurk, and sprogged out three lovely children with minimal future. And the lived happily at Colonel Sid's Love Compound, until reality set in.

Yes, 1970.

Bonus - Nun Boxes.