The Postcard Writer

 

"Dear Ethel, I am writing this from the quayside, where I have been turning tricks for £..."

It's been years since I last got a postcard...and that's not really a surprise with the bloody price of stamps nowadays !

Bonus - Also remembering Ozzy - Puddles Pity Party

War Pigs

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

Dinah in Devon

 

Actually, it might be Cornwall.

Anyway, Dinah seems to be enjoying her holiday in the southwest, and is still favouring the "Bullet Bra" look.

Bonus -  Our Latest Superhero - The Disappearing Cuttlefish

Canal Boat Trip

 

So, having had an odd half hour to myself, I scanned in a box of slides - something I've not done for ... months.

The 1971 Wedding fashions can wait for a suitable weekend, but this one seemed appropriate for families off on holiday, and looking for things to do. Hint, hint.

Yes, there will be other slides of their trip on the "Tivertonian" in August 1976.

Bonus - Why is there a statue of a diver inside Winchester Cathedral? William Walker

Longing for Escape

 

Good News, Everybody.

This slide has some info on it. 

"Devon 1971 Ware's House"

Not much, but enough. Would any reader like to take on the challenge of GeoLocating this exact location??

Bonus. Just when you thought that (prospective)  politicians couldn't shock you any more....Jonty Campbell

Bonus 2 - Local Newspapers' Headlines - always good for boggling of the mind. Derby man freezes dead owl in row with property developer

Trowelsworth Tor

 

The slide is helpfully marked with "1980-06-Plymouth Reg Guides above Trowelsworthy Warren" which tells you almost everything you want to know.

Oh, that that big block is an unfinished plinth for a flagpole at Devonport Dockyard.  Great Trowlesworthy Tor.

Bonus - PEA SOUP AND PANCAKES – SWEDEN’S THURSDAY FAVOURITE

Bonus 2.  People. Some people just deserve to be sodomised by a herd of horny adolescent rhinos.

Freddie the Fashionista

 

Yesterday, we had Jo modelling her casualwear. Freddie took that picture.

Today we have roles reversed, with Freddie modelling a drab brown sweater, and Jo driving the 35mm rangefinder camera.

And they're still in Devon. 

Bonus - Age-Related Test

Jo's Devon Trip (again)

 

Continuing our retro hipster fashions series, here we have Jo posing for her (his?) significant other, and practising her Kay Catalogue posing skills.

I guess the unisex look was cool back in the mid sixties.

Bonus - It's all about perspective 

Pastoral Petting Pursuits

 

Hallelujah!  We have some info on this slide !    

Barby, Sheila pet lamb, Gillhouse Farm, 1963 Aug.

Which is, like, nice. I suspect that this Gillhouse Farm is in Devon.

Bonus. 

Milton Abbot

 

Milton Abbot. You may know it as a small village in Devon, but the name will be recycled in my forthcoming novel. "A Sprinkling of Pepper".

It's the story of a series of bafflingly grotesque murders, where the victims are turned inside-out, being investigated by Professional Potato Carver and Amateur Detective Dr Milton Abbot. Aided by his sidekicks Marston Montgomery and Findo Gask, he tracks down the bizarre truth behind the murders. (Spoiler Alert - Baptists and Nectar Cards).

I'm hoping it will be optioned by Netflix before I've even written it.

Bonus - Why 'Spirited Away' is the greatest animated film of all time

A Pint and a Passenger Train

NOT the ideal location for a quiet night.

Still, it's preferable to having some sooty steam engine passing by at 3.00am.

Bonus -

Check Out My Shiny Strides

Yes, it's Devon's Numbero Uno Fred West impersonator...and he's got his special pants on show.

And by pants, I mean trousers.

Bonus - Expectation vs Reality.

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Jody, Posing in Devon

There's a box-full of Jody on her Devon holiday, posing demurely for her cameraman companion.

And no, she's not nude for any of the photos.

Sorry Nick.

Bonus -  News Articles that make me laugh, then despair.

• Russian space suit redesign halts lucky pee ritual

• Babies develop 'werewolf syndrome’ after medicine mix-up in Spain

Standing At The Crossroads...

...waiting to do a deal with Mr Scratch.

One of the geekiest part of this hobby of mine, possible geekier that the the original photographer photographing roadsigns in September 1975, is trying to find the exact location of slides.

Maureen, On The Rocks

Maureen achieved fame by coming Second Runner-Up in the Miss Devon Butchers Beauty Contest 1968.

The high-point of her life, I'm afraid.

Bonus - The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

Video       Fan Art

Have You Seen The Other Side?

This was from a box of slides markd as "Devon", and certainly it looks like Devon or Cornwall.  This is supported by the pub sign on the right, and it's mention of Plymouth.

However, I'm be fascinated to know where.

Alas, I cannot make out the name of teh pub, and the sign on the lefts says "Have You Seen The Other Side?".

Googling doesn't help much.

Any suggestions?

Bonus - Small Details

A Dirty Weekend

Ethyl (on the right) told her husband that she was off to a Girl's Brigade Young Leaders' Reunion in Padstow, but in reality, she was in Minehead, with her Managing Director Norman ("AKA The Aylesbury Lothario").  A dirty weekend of ... well, you can guess what transpired.

Oh, there will be hell to pay when the Church Prayer Group find out about this.

Bonus - The Japanese words for “space” could change your view of the world

Bonus 2 - Ten Years Since It Started.
Breaking Bad in One Minute.

The End of Summer

Last day of September, so Autumn starts tonight.  Oh well.

So let's look back to Summer done past, and bask in the sun.

Bonus - (crowd joins in )
Bonus 2 - The Mystery Behind Crater Lake's Old Man

Dartmoor 1975

That's all the info that was on the slide. Dartmoor. 1975.

However, I suspect that these two naughty scamps are called Debbie and Samuel.   Hello Debbie and Sam!

I wonder when became of these two in later years.

Bonus -

Jo, In Devon

No details on the slide, but the original box had a scrawled "Jo in Devon" note on it. So, who am I to argue.

Bonus - Three-quarters of UK children spend less time outdoors than prison inmates

Bonus 2 - When Banksy did The Simpsons intro...