New Year's Eve 1966

To all of my reader, hope your have a great Hogmany.

Bonus - How The Media Will Report The Apocalypse

Entrance T' Mill

Looks less windswept that my home today.

Possibly Cheshire.  Possibly not.


Bonus - The British Accent game

Bonding with Granny

That's a fine mullet that young Travis is developing.

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Office Christmas Party

If I had the time, I'd have de-dusted this slide and used it as a Christmas Card, but alas, time is short.

Bonus - Google's Review of the Year

War...What is it good for?

Kiddy Playrides.

Strangely, I can't imagine rides like this being popular today...

Bonus :
Nightmare Kiddy Playgrounds

Look What We Got

Undated, but rest of box seemed to be of 1956.

Hope you got what you wanted...

Merry Christmas, One and All

"12-25-1956 Christmas dinner at Skalleys - Marie Axland, Claribel and Lens"

It's Art, Man

Maybe you'll get a masterpiece like this is your Christmas Stocking.

Or maybe not.

Bonus - Now THIS is how to put on a swim cap. (CFB)

Judy - and her pangs of ennui

This excellently timed snap catches the exact moment that Judy's ennui kicked in. Up to that point, life had been easy.

But...Vietnam, being a teenager, drugs,   cheerleading.... it all got too much.

Bonus - The Best Charts of 2013

Dirty Habits

Tho' to be more accurate, "dust on the slide, making the surplices look dirty" is more correct, but less amusing.

"1955 Christmas St Pauls"

Bonus - Time Lapse Photo of Seagull flying over Rome

The Santa Vigil

Young Billy Buzzcut was so excited that he crept downstairs to try and catch Santa delivering the presents.

Silly beggar fell asleep and missed it all. However, he did end up with a mental image of a naked Dad tip-toeing around with some stockings.   Years of therapy followed.

Bonus - Jeremy Lion's 12 Days of Christmas. Hic.

Lazy Days

Last workday today, so I'm looking forward to a few days lazing around like this bloke.

Except in winter.
And without a lilo.
And not in a lake.

Sorry. Bad analogy.

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Indoor Christmas Picnic.

In my work office today, there was a fuddle. (Think potluck lunch, but with less effort).

Looked miserable, and I think I'd rather have been at this odd-looking event. (Slide processed January 1950.)

Bonus - This is me...Honest.

Parisian Street Scene

Were this slide in focus, it would be excellent.

Alas, It isn't, and it isn't.

Bonus - A Tattoo is not just for life, it's forever. 

A Festive Treat of Tedium

As we edge towards Christmas, I know you'll all be frightened about me forgetting your Tedious Tuesday Treat.

Fear not. Today's is a doozy.

And the handwritten note on the slide makes it even better.

" on Hydrofoil to Communist China - Macau "

Bonus - Chaos in Exeter !!

Playing In The Dappled Shade

Ah.   The sweet days of youth.



As opposed to Sweet Bird of Truth. (Was going to link to The The's tune, on youtube.... but the official video appears to have been "disappeared".

Bonus - Evidence - The Internet existed in the 1960's 

Dasher and Prancer, Comet and Cupid, Vixen

But Rudolph escaped, thanks to a deal with the hunters.

Payback for their bullying regarding his shiny nose.

Slide marked "Charly, Elmer, John Marsh, Fred, Wiles jr - Oct 1950"

Bonus - 9 Legendary Monsters of Christmas

Cherokee Six - N898W

Surprisingly, this may be the only photo of Piper Cherokee Six aircraft N898W on the Interweb.

The slide is marked "Lorraine JUne 1967", so it must be one of the very early aircraft. Nice.


Bonus - This is me - at play

All Aboard The Bieber Bus

As this slide dates back to the 1970's, it's unlikely that this bus is anything to do with the Canadian Talent Vacuum Justin Bieber

Bonus - Car Park + Light Dusting of Snow = Chaos

The Legship Suspension Bridge

A bit of a surprise.  Legship Suspension Bridge - erected 1962 - Span 210ft.

I thought I'd have a little Google, and a bucketload of info would appear. But...no.   Very little info.   In fact. No evidence that Legship has a suspension bridge.  How odd.

Bonus - Father has created a series of illustrations based on things he’s said to his kids.

RMS Caronia

RMS Caronia was a 34,183 gross register tons (GRT) passenger ship of the Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line). Launched on 30 October 1947, she served with Cunard until 1967. She was nicknamed the "Green Goddess" by the people of Liverpool because her livery resembled that of the local trams, also known as "Green Goddesses".[1] She is credited as one of the first "dual-purpose" built ships: suited to cruising, but also capable of transatlantic crossings. After leaving Cunard she briefly served as SS Caribia in 1969, after which she was laid up in New York until 1974 when she was sold for scrap.

This slide was dated as November 1958, and the background is rather industrial, so it's possible that this was taken while the Caronia was in dry dock for repairs.

Bonus - The building of the USS Macon.

Oh Look. A Sud-Aviation Caravelle

Yes, in the distance, A SA Caravelle. Probably belonging to SAS.

Bonus - Play This.  I'm begging you...

Arrival Of The Gringos

Obviously, my first thought on seeing this slide was "Apocalypse Now".  My second was "Fitzcarraldo".   My third was "Where's Wally?"

Bonus
Inappropriate Golden Books: From The Godfather to The Graduate

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Very Late Addition

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Pearl Harbour +72

Yup.   I'm sure you've realised, but today is the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbour.  ""

This, I believe, is the Honolulu Memorial.





Bonus - solve for X

Answer

Dachshund and Snow

Poor wee tyke.  Likely to freeze his Loblocks off if the snow's more that 3 inches deep.

Bonus - The Blues Brothers' mall car-chase scene, perfectly recreated in Lego

The Graduates

What sort of Hicksville College would stage a graduation ceremony at the local gridiron pitch ?


Oh.    Princeton.   Oopsy.

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Top Of The Mountain State

Well that's obvious.  

Mountain State means that this is West Virginia, which means that the highest point is "Spruce Knob" (No sniggering at the back).  And the good news is that the observation tower is still 900ft from the car park.


Bonus -  A Good One today.
The fascinating story of the buried Ferrari Dino.

And, a video of it. 

Just Three Weeks Away

Christmas.

Yessss.   Prime picture taking season, so you might expect a whole raft of slides of decorations, presents unwrapping and exciting kids.

What a horrific prospect.

Bonus : The rather startling architecture of Brooklyn Army Terminal

Archeology In Action

From a box of slides containing many of Hadrian's Wall sites, so I'm guessing that this is a similar one.

Bonus - O_o

Burnley's Musical Nun.

The Artist's Workshop

Go on, admit it.  You weren't expecting such an excellent slide.

Well, sometimes there's a good un. Or even a splendid slide.

Bonus - THE EXTRAORDINARY NAZCA PREHISTORIC BALLOON

Twilight

Blah, Blah, Blah.

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Eggs

from 1968 (I presume) some painted eggs.

Bonus - The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Bi-Polar - Definition

A bear who's grizzly in the morning, but all-white in the afternoon.

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The Statue

No info on who or  where, blah blah blah.

But, Debunking Time !

Claim:   The number of hooves lifted into the air on equestrian statues reveals how the riders died.

Status:   False

Snopes 

Bonus - Thar She Blows

Tracey Island?

Sure looks like it's the secret base for International Rescue.

Bonus - “People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it’s impossible to count them accurately.” — Oscar Wilde

Grandma Jones

Bonus - the Klein Bottle is what happens when you merge two Moebius Strips together

Verne Orr Motors

Those wacky Americans sure love  parade.

Today, the Pasadena Saint Chrysogonus Day Parade.

Bonus - Teamwork

The Kennedy Street Irregulars

Sworn to defend Kennedy Street from Girls, Communists and those ruffians from Lincoln Street.

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Ted and Wilma

The Local Market

Ah. The beautiful colours of Kodachrome.

More intriguing is "Where"

The rest of the set were stereotypically American, but this car park has British Cars and a statue that looks rather British King -ish....  Bermuda?   But those hills in the background.

My Guess is Cape Town.

Bonus - Strange Vehicles

Dave's Syndrome

Just like this man, I believe that's for the past few day's I've been suffering from "Dave's Syndrome" .

To nurse me back to health, please send towels.  And cheese.

Bonus -