Staghounds

Well...That's rather....umm.....graphic.

Dogs attacking and bringing down a stag. Perfect subject for a public sculpture.

Bonus - Huge Cocaine Submarine.

Deep Blue Sea

Well, I suppose it could be the coast beside Aberdeen...but I think not.

Bonus - Possibly the only Oscar-winning music video : Tom Waits For No One.

...and Mother joins in the games

Oh yes. It's a real slide. It may look like an advertising set up, but it's a genuine family slide.

A game Mom...and Pop a few folk back...join in the kids game of Tug-Of-War. And a fashionable bunch they are too. Those short are just so 1970's.

Bonus - If you like those short shorts.... this may bring back memories and raise a smile.

Chipmunk Coffee Addict

Yes, even chipmunks love the taste of that Costa Coffee Mocha-Latte. It's what keeps them on edge and bundles of energy.

Bonus - From a time when values were different...

...except if you happen to know the truth

Simple, but I call it Home

Yes, it's a hard life running the SlideGuy Blog, so there's nothing better than relaxing at home after a hard day scanning and tweaking. And this is what I head home to : my own modest 18 Bed Chateau. I forget which of the wings this mirror is in, but I'm sure I'll wander into it again sometime.

Bonus - A new style for ZZ Top ?

More Fish !

Yes, it's an inexhaustible supply of fish slides.

But at least these two have a mighty haul of perch.

Bonus - "Smack My Bitch Up" performed by The Beatles

Elephant...I think

Until today, you may have thought that it was impossible to take a boring picture of an elephant.

Such a magnificent, distinguished animal.

I beg to differ.

Bonus. Perfect Man-Prezzie?

Edgar...with George

Obviously enjoying their coach trip around Cornwall. Looks like Polperro, I think.

Bonus - Dog Tired

The Fire Service

Manilla, I'm guessing. The chief are clearly proud, and who would blame them. Spiffing red vehicles and sharp uniforms.

Bonus - An abandoned lifeboat at world’s end

Forest Floor

Looks very professional, doesn't it?

I needed a new background for my mega monitor, so...thought you folks might appreciate it as well.

Bonus : Interior decoration tips - Bog Roll.

La tombe de Rabelais

Yes, another Celebrity Grave slide.

This time, a suitably gothic romantic tomb for Rabelair, the French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist. He was the man who popularised the philosophy of "Do What Thou Wilt".

Even better was his will : "I have nothing, I owe a great deal, and the rest I leave to the poor."

Bonus - The Snow Monsters of Japan

Comfortable Numb

Ah Yes. The warm fuzzy glow of a Morphine Hit. (Or was it Heroin?)

Whatever, Ben's Granny seems to be enjoying it...

Bonus - The m ost depressing thing is that there's probably a market for these monstrosities.

Bonus 2 - Long Stabby Things

Happiness

People sometimes ask me "Slideguy, do you always make snide and witty remarks about all the slides's subjects?"

And I sometimes say "No."

Bonus - An octopus who lives in a beer bottle

Where We Dumped The Body

A quiet back water at Lumberton Gravel Pits.

Bonus - recreate old photos as you are now

Tank!

A Type 95 Light Tank, if I'm correct.

Wikipedia seems encouraging.

Bonus - Friendly stingray slaughtered in front of screaming children. Sounds like a song title by Jad Fair.

Back In Your Box, Slave

Uncle Charlie, as usual. Really deserved his name. What a charlie!

Bonus - Bruce Lee - Panchuka

A Field of Observatories

Like an outbreak of field mushroom, a rather impressive shot of mountain ridge of telescopes. Cracking Slide, what ?

Bonus - Worst Taxi Ride EVER!

Mavis goes Shrimp Tickling

Demonstrating her abilities in the ancient Cornish practice of Shrimp Tickling, we have Mavis Ottershaw.

Basically, shrimps wedge themselves under rocks, but "tickling" causes them to loosen, where the fisherman can scoop them into a bucket or, traditionally, a gusset.

Bonus - How to board a moving train.

Ooooooo. So close

Just scanning a new batch of slides, and realised that if the photographer had actually focused for this slide, it would have been an absolute doozy of an image.

But, unfortunately...

Bonus - Vintage Star Wars images...

You May Miss The Bride

Doh. That photographer is NOT going to be popular. Doesn't he know that every picture at a wedding reception has to feature the bride smiling like a lunatic?

There's no prize for a picture of bride and groom, with the bride hidden by some drunken oaf whispering the result of the 3.45 at Kempton Park into her shell-like, while the groom is attacked by a matt black vampire butterfly (goth-moth?).

If there was a prize for such, this would be a winner !

Bonus - Red Panda wants in. Cute, obviously.

Bonus 2 - Journalism Tip. Listen carefully to your source.

15 Feet of Pure White Snow

Well, that's a Nick Cave song reference, but I'm not sure that the white crystalline powder he was referring to was really snow.

But, there sure is plenty of clean white snow in this slide...or at least there is now. It may come to you, but I do sometimes have to embark on a little Photo-Manipulation.

Yes, Photoshopping (or actually PSPing) out the myriad of specks on the original slide. As you can judge from this raw scan.

Bonus - Well, that could have gone better...

Bonus 2 - As could this ..... ouch

Arnold Rickenbacker

Resident gigalo at the East Mushville Country Club.

Bonus :Happiness is a warm towel, when you're a Langur

Tank Traps and Giant Fence Support

No info on this slide (naturally) but another in the box was included a sign partially in Hebrew. So, Israel seems like a fair bet, and that would be supported by the dry earth and hastily assembled defenses. As for the structure in the background - the groove sure looks like it's made for a jumbo sized fence panel.

Bonus - Creative redubbing. NSFK

Woodchurch School Carnival

Just received a box of slides dating to 1967-68, from a resident of Woodchurch, Kent, and revolving around the primary school. Cracking stuff, and this is one of the least interesting. I guess I've started by collection for next year's calendar early.

Bonus - Ah. Vintage Ronnie Reagan advert. Great

Bonus 2 -

Andy's Birthday Party

In honour of Zoo-Boy's birthday, let's travel back to his third birthday party. With that amount of sugar, no wonder he ended up hyperactive.

Bonus - Rare vehicle for sale (needs engine)

Biology - with Mr Hooker

At Fred McMurray High School, Mr Hooker is a legend for his Practical Biology lessons.

Here, he's taking Class 7B from 1967 into the big wide world and demonstrating the life cycle of the BlowFly. Lovely.

Bonus - The Best of Sexual Harassment Stock Photography

Damn You, Dr Beeching!

A sight to dismay all you rail-fans out there, and I suspect there are a few.

The Railway Station at Upper Downtown, in Great Middlewych, Derbyshire, soon after the station was closed as part of the Dr Beeching cuts of the 1960s.

Bonus - Man claims Parkinson's drug turned him into a gay sex addict‎

Nice...umm...Sky!

It's so....untroubled by clouds. Or features.

Truly a Tedious Tuesday slide.

Bonus : Exclusive - Gay Marriaghe Killed The Dinosaurs.