The Lights....The Lights

 

Another "No Context" slide image, without even a date to describe it.

It might be a post-rapture image, presuming that automobiles are also part of the "ascending to Heaven" sctick.

But, undoubtedly a tedious image.

Bonus - I don't know who the artists is, but This Is Awesome.

 ( Possible inspiration)

The Canals of Matlock Bath

 

In the autumn of every year, the Derbyshire village of Matlock Bath decorates its canals and buildings to attract tourists. Back in 1976, the went full-on ambitious, and chose a theme of The Buildings of Venice.

As you see, it was very successful, and this 90% scale version of the Palazzo Pisani Gritti would convince most architects, even though it's just a tarted up rugby changing rooms.

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The Proud Family

 

 Someone's proud of the wee little crotch-fruit that they produced.

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Beachcombing

 

On the last Saturday in September (for this year at least), it seems suitably nostalgic to hark back to days of yore, when the family would scour the sea shore for flotsam, jetsam and mislaid bundle of cocaine, floating on-shore from narco-subs.

I think that the location is Weston-Super-Mare, but I could (probably) be wrong.

Bonus - I'm glad to see that I missed the Rapture a few days ago. Doomsday Scoreboard

The Blurred Curse

 

Interesting and inexplicable phenomenon.

On the beach at the sunny resort o Isle of Whithorn, it is impossible to take a in-focus picture, As you can see.

No-one has every explain how or why....it just is.

Bonus - Do You Need Tom Confess Anything?

Thursday is Lamp Day

 

Fascinating slide image, with no info on it. (Except - March 1973)

(It might be the Alhambra in Spain, but that's just a hunch.)

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The first Chill of Autumn

 

Buttoned up in a thick woollen coat, of a fashion that hasn't existed for forty years, and sporting a strange design of hat... young Melissa is off to church.

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Back from Newton Stewart

 

Now, it can be revealed.

I've been on holiday, in the crazy town of Newton Stewart, in Dumfries and Galloway.

And now I'm back.

This slide is probably not NewStew, but who knows.

However, it looks like Louisiana Supreme Court Building in the centre.

Bonus - Bear Claws

A Man and his Miniature Railway.

 

Down in the basement, something stirs.

"Choo-choo !"

Yes, men have been obsessed with their kid's train sets for years.

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Is that a ....1903 Panhard et Levassor?

 

Another no info slide, but it seems like a safe bet that it's at the end of the London To Brighton Vintage Car Run.

And, that looks like a 1903 Panhard et Levassor .... and indeed This One.

And on the left, and even more luxurious... a Renault 12

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The sunken path

 

It may not look like the M1 Motorway, but these sunken paths were often the main paths between towns and village sin medieval Britain. 

Bonus - How to Teach Your Kids Poker, the Easy Way

It's getting Autumnal.

 

I may have to start wearing a vest.

Maybe.

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Passive-Aggressive.

Mike's Retirement Meal

 

No wonder he looks happy. Today is Mike's last day as Richard Nixon's Frog-Stuffer.

One of the more obscure roles in the US Presidential Staff, even now, I cannot reveal what the role entails.

But he's happy to stop.

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What's a Labubu?

My Quiet Country Cottage

 

In response to very nearly one request, he's a shot of my own personal forest retreat, where i commune with nature, and consume heroic quantities of mushrooms.

No, I'm lying. Obviously.

It's the Jardins du Trocadéro from the Eiffel Tower.

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Pretty, but dull.

 

Ummm.

Yeah.

A slide.

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This is how life was

 

...in the aspirational homes of the mid sixties.

What's interesting (amongst so many thoughts) is the TV Dinner tray and stand, but no TV. Weird.

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At The End Of The Day ...

 

Sometimes, you just have to enjoy the dusk.

Bonus - Pong Clock 

How Rare !

Mrs Dorothy McSpleen illustrating the unique "Sloping Horizon" off the coast of Clacton.

The Phenomenon appeared in 1827, apparently after the local minister The Very Rev Cuthbert FitzHugh was found in a...compromising position...in the vestry with the verger.  On his funeral pyre, Cuthbert cursed Clacton's Haddock Fishing Boats  with an uphill final stretch to get to the harbour.

The slope was being reduced using money from the European Union, bit ... well,   Brexit Bonus.

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The Onion Harvest

 

Another delightful Half-Frame slide. There's a certain charm to them, but the quality can be quite good.

Obviously, someone's small-holding produced a bumper crop of inions, and this is the way to dry them out for better preservation.

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Russian Street Scene

 

Usual story on lack of info, but

This seems to be Saint-Petersburg (Russia). The Astoria hotel, Saint Isaac's Square.

Probably from around here.

Bonus - Lest we forget...

Really?

A Station In The Snow

 

The Autumn weather is getting colder, but not this cold yet.

Just a nice little train station, probably in America, but...y'now... no info on the slide.

However, that doesn't always stop me. I think this is Ridgefield Park station, in New York.

A Photo from Flickr.  and Google Streetview

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The First Commercial Oil Well in Oklahoma

 

Yup.  That's what the stone says.

A.K.A. Nellie Johnstone Number One.

and

Completed April 15, 1897.

Fascinating

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Opening Weekend for the NFL 2025

 

So, I thought this slide would be slightly appropriate.

Obviously, this is not a NFL Team's home pitch...it looks like a High School or Collage. But where?

Looking closely, I saw that the band had a "Sequoia ", which immediately made me think of the College of the Sequoias. But nope, the city in the background is clearly built in the hills, whereas Visalia is built on the flat.

But then, in a dream, a Patagonian Toothfish with the face of JD Vance told me to search for Kezar Stadium, and ...lo and behold, this image from 1950.

So, that led to this website .. and I'm certain it's a match. 

And it was the first home of the 49ers and the Raiders!

Bonus :  Nah.  I'm hungry.

The Colours of Summer

 

Frustratingly, there's no info on this side.

But, from my extensive knowledge of bushes and shrubbery, I am confident in saying "That's not a daffodil."

Bonus - Derby magician hopping mad after his rabbit lands him £429 council bill

Magic Stuart (on the left)

The Mystery Rock of Glen Tarff

 

Yes, THAT famous Mystery Rock of Glen Tarff.  

Why is it mysterious?  No-one remembers. 

Where exactly is it?  Sorry, privileged information.

Bonus - Squished.

Street Scene with Classic Cars

 

Go on, have a guess of where and when.

The think it's 1963, and the Banco Nacional de Fomento in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Nice Building

We've not had many slides from Paraguay.

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Enjoying The Sun

 

Maisie and Edna, proving that Halifax is not just Dark Satanic Mills.

Bonus - Cycling on ice ... with two saws.

Deckchair under Stress

 

Actually, a deckchair under Euphemia McGlumpher and he Grandkid "Alberta"

Not much more to add to that.

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Man on his deathbed

Motions his wife closer and whispers, “I want you to wait 6 months after I’m gone and then marry George”. 

Wife responds, “Marry George? I thought you hated George”! 

And, with his last breath, says, “I do”.

Melanie's Birthday

 

Yes, today is my chum Mel's birthday, and she's xx today ! Congratulations.

Of course, that's not Melanie in the slide image. Or at least, not my Melanie.

Bonus - Louis Wain: The Man Who Drew Millions of Far-Out Cats

Just Hanging Around

 

Trying to be cool, to impress The Cool Kids.

And failing.

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