Eric The Smug

 

Eric, in his stupid sportscoat, posed with that daft pipe of his, at the white cliffs of Dover.

It would serve him right if the cliff would crumble and ...oh ... ahhhh... right, let's just quietly walk away.

Bonus - At dinner, my frustrated date said, “so napping and sitting around are seriously your only hobbies?? You told me that you were interesting!”

“No, no,” I corrected, “I said that I was into resting.”

Bonus 2 - 

Yes, more

It's Mother's Day

Here in the civilised world, today is Mothers Day. My best wishes go out to all mothers everywhere. (No, this slide is not mine.)

Bonus - Things you never knew existed  - Dinosaur Erotica

Bonus 2

 

The REAL Service Dog

 "OK Fido.  Momma needs her smokes.  Go to the Tobacconist and get 2 packs o' fags!"

Specially-trained Tab Terriers were common in Sheffield.

Bonus - On Greenland TV's Wheel of Fortune

Bonus 2 - 

The Mermaid Passage

 

Today's slide - a quaint part of Merry Old England - The Mermaid Passage, at the Mermaid Inn, Rye.

Legend has it that a mermaid was caught at sea, and was drowned in a vat of Liebfraumilch, by villagers who believed that she was a donkey.  Stupid folk.

Bonus - Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book

Bonus 2 - 

They're so funny

All Aboard The Rylen

 

When in Silkeborg (Denmark) why not take a trip on the M/S Rylen?

It's the stylish way to travel.

M/S Rylen, a popular boat operated by Hjejleselskabet, a company that offers boat trips and events in the Silkeborg Lake District, popular for sightseeing, social cruises, and events. 

Bonus : More of the usual

Another One For The Ladies

 

(or certain men.)

Kevin is a legally trained wombat wrangler, and a part-time Don Draper look-a-like.  He's looking for  a partner who can assist with his cataloguing of Pre-1939 ice-cream spoons.

Bonus - Yes, more

   

Blue Sky Thinking

 

Sorry. I've been distracted this evening, by "things".

But, in the nick of time....architecture, blue sky and tedium.

Possibly in Malta 

Bonus -

Yes, I'm still doing these

The Dance Demo

 

Again, I'm clueless.

The Slide markings said "1965 William E Baskett", but Googling that didn't turn up anything obvious.

Bonus - Germany, apparently

 

( Not Norfolk )

 

No info on the slide, other that a date Sept 1961 but 'm 99.9% sure that this isn't just outside Norwich.

I'm 96.1% certain that it's not even the UK. Canada perhaps?

Bonus:

A Winter WonderLand

 

Just a nice image today. The slide is dated January 1959, but other than that ... Nada.  So, just enjoy the image.

Bonus 

The Gargoyles

 

Yup. A bunch of gargoyles. 

Almost certainly at Notre Dame, Paris

Bonus.

Bonus 2 - No seriously, 

Desert Flower

 OK. Let's get back to "normal"

Quite a stunning bloom, innit.

Bonus - 

Still enjoying doing these

Reggie and Me

 

R.I.P. Reggie

 

You were an excellent cat.

"The New Home"

 

That's all that was on the slide "The New Home".

No information on when (I'm guessing 1970), where (guessing Telford new town) or who (guess Trevor and Madilyn). 

maybe someone has more info....   maybe not.

Bonus - 

( Yes, an old joke. )

Fishing Boats

 

Sometimes, I just appreciate a slide for what it is ... a captured memory of a distant time.

This one is from the Beryl Blood collection, in a box marked as "Blackpool". This is not Blackpool.

It's marked as "Jun-1964 Part of Harbour Bandol", so South of France. Before the Jet Set really got their claws into it.

Bonus - 

"Looks Like Rain, Dear"

 

You can fill in the rest of the joke in your own time.

Bonus - 

Bonus 2 - 

Kevin? Is that you?

 

Fundraising for the St Mark's Parish Church in Alrewas is a serious subject, but the annual Vicars and Vamps party is the community highlight for many.

Rev Kevin Flattley ("The Rev Kev") really does make an effort, and is unrecognisable as Doreen "Bury me in a Y-Shaped Coffin" Bradley.

Bonus - Magnetic Cows

Bonus 2 :

A Floating Dry-Dock?

 

Curious. This box had a series of Slide Mounts, each with a 35mm Black and White negative mounted in them. How rare. The seller claimed that they dated from 1937...and that might be reasonable.

This image had no description, but appears to be a floating dry-dock, so... COULD be the USS ARD-1. Or maybe something else.

Bonus :

Suburban Boating

 

Proof that you don't need the sea (or even water) to get the family to enjoy boating.

Another Half-Frame slide, and for some reason I think this might be in Wales.

Bonus - 

6001

Celebrating Slide Number 6,000

 

Good Heavens!

( Monocle falls out of eye socket )

That appears to be a naked lady, protecting he modesty with a bath-mat !

Well, why not.  This appears to be Slide Number 6,000 on this blog. (Probably not the 6000th posting on this blog, but... let not get side-tracked.) So, I thought you chaps would appreciate a "Hot Bit Of Totty From The Seventies."

Here's to the next X slides.

Bonus - 

An Italian Getaway

 

From the Beryl Blood selection of slides, this is from Box 10 - Italy.

No date, or location, but from the fashion .... and the ridonculous sun hat... I'm guessing early 1960s.

As for location - I think Portifino. It hasn't changed much. 

Bonus - Scientists Identify Fungus Turning Spiders Into “Zombies” in Northern Ireland

Hilda, Ready for some Skinny Dipping

 

Before "Dogging" and "Wild Swimming" were socially acceptable activities (in Hampshire at least) Skinny Dipping was the outdoor nudity activity of choice for the commuter belt round London.

Here, Hilda Brackenshaw prepares for a dip in WasteWater, one of the filthiest of the lakes in the Lake District.This slide, and the subsequent "artistic" images was taken by her husband / gimp / fluffer George.

Bonus - 

Meanwhile, in a modest building nearby...

 

...diabolical things are being planned.

Blogger's T&Cs mean that I cannot reveal what happened here, nor who these three folk are.

But, Donal Trump and Soup may be involved.

Bonus - 

The Climthorpe Fire-Cat Scandal

 

On of the local scandals which has rather faded from the Climthorpe village heritage is the 1978 Summer Fete Scandal.

It seemed a fairly standard summer fayre, with the Climthorpe and Fustleton Volunteer Fire Department putting on a demonstration of "How to rescue a cat from a tree" using the Dennis Rotating Fire Ladder. (Shown in the slide image)

What emerged later was that Mr Wilkins, the CFVFD stunt cat had wandered off for a snooze, and wasn't available for the demonstration. Rather than disappoint the masses, Fire Chief McDonald "borrowed" one of the Vietnamese Boat Folk kids from the Orphanarium display, put them in fancy dress cat costume, then chased them up a tree.

No harm done, and Sgt Fitzhugh wasn't minded to raise a report....but ill-feeling remained for several years.

Bonus - Why do we love telling stories about the end of the world?