The Horror of Suburbia

 

No, it's not CGI. People did used to look like this.

These are the Fanshawe's (pronounced Featherstonehaugh.)

• Roger is an Investment Banker, in both technical and rhyming slang senses)
• Julie is a part time teacher who collect knitted toilet paper covers in her spare time
• Kevin (left) enjoys mathematics, Latin, accountancy and dressing up in mum's clothes.
• Wolfgang (right) believes he's a changeling, but wants to be a Tax Auditor when he grows up.

The sign in the background appears to be "Curtis Woo...." which makes me this this might be Curtis Wood Park Road in Hern Bay, with it's shitty half-timbered stockbroker houses...Like this  but life is too short to find an exact match.

Bonus - The Earth with high and low sea levels.

A Sunday Out at the Park

Sunday Afternoon.

Great for just lazing about. Great for heading off to the park, and riding the open wagons on the miniature railway.

Great.

Bonus - from One to One Hundred

 

Les Travelleurs

 

The blue beret's give these dudes a definite Gallic Flare.

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Chilling in the back garden

 

Yes, the heatwave continues.

Today, Pub Lunch with chums, then back garden (shady spot) for relaxation

Bonus - Too Hot

The Family That Poses Together...

 ...stay together.

A surprisingly modern looking family, tho' this dates from August 1961.

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Superbowl Watch Party?

 

As the slide dates from 1979 (and probably England), they would have been watching Superbowl XIII. The Steelers defeated the Cowboys by the score of 35–31.

As said before, 1979 clothing wasn't all New Romantics and Post-Punk - A lot of fashion was ... unfashionable. Like the carpets.

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The start of an adventure...

 

"I remember that it was a Thursday that by adventure started. I was showing Dad my home-made Nuclear Clock, reflecting only slight un-ease about the geopolitical situation.

My brother has having his hourly de-bogey-ing, courtesy of Mrs Gladwin, our neighbour.

Mother was boiling some fish-fingers in the kitchen, little expecting the unscheduled arrival of the 47th Airborne Division a few hours later."

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Assessing the Christmas Present Haul

 

The family assess the pile of presents/crap/toys that arrived on Christmas Day. Mmmmm   Embroidery Kit...

NB : A special thanks to Wilbur, my barely trained AI bot, who posted regularly while I was with family over in Norridge.

Bonus - From them guys at B3TA..

A Simpler Time

 

Of course, not everyone can have a wildly expensive and expansive Christmas. Not everyone has the money / space for an eight foot tree and dozens of presents underneath.

But for everyone, Christmas can be a magical time, especially with the family involved. And those curtains.

Bonus - Musically - Meh. But I like the video. 

The Proud Family

 

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

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Socialist Pudding?

 

The Murgatroyd Family, just as they were being Teleported up to the USS Enterprise.

The post title?  I dunno.  Sitting on the sofa this evening and the phrase "Socialist Pudding" entered my brain, and refused to leave. 

Google AI says ""Socialist pudding" is not a recognized term in the context of cooking or food culture. It's possible that the term might be used in a humorous or satirical way, perhaps referring to a simple or "mass-produced" pudding in a socialist vein, or it could be a new, localized expression. Without further context, it's difficult to determine its specific meaning."

Yeah.  Written on slide "1973 June 18, us with Carlsberg's"

Bonus - A bicycle, pencil sharpener, 300lb of raw meat: US presidential gifts and the rules governing them

Return To The Love Compound

 

Ah, the turn of the decade.

After lovely little Mary Jane became Flower-Child Astral-Primrose, and ran off with Willian "Bear" McGurk, and sprogged out three lovely children with minimal future. And the lived happily at Colonel Sid's Love Compound, until reality set in.

Yes, 1970.

Bonus - Nun Boxes.

Shining Out Like A Shaft of Gold

 

Technically, this a Bad Photograph. Too much contrast between light and shade, meaning that most of the family appear as dark shadows on a dark background.  

BUT I LIKE IT.  The photographer captured the exact moment that Millicent react to the gopher scurried 

up he leg. She chose the wrong day to "Go Commando".

Bonus - Pope Donny?

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.

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Family Party 26-12-63

 

And written on this slide was just "Family Party 26-12-63".

Fascinating to see just how minimal the Christmas Decorations / Card / Symbols are in this household. I could speculate why... but that would achieve little.

Bonus - Mmmmm Cheese sandwich.

Time for a Bracing Walk

 

After the excesses of Christmas, what could be better that a bracing walk in the countryside.

In this case, it would appear to be in Timbuktu.

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Merry Christmas from The Derpendoofer Family

 

Hope You're Having An Excellent Day !

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Today's Yule Lad - Nope.   The good news is that they're all leaving, one per day, starting with Stekkjarstaur "Sheepcote Clod"

Who Like Short Shorts?

 

Well, not THIS family for sure.

They say that style never goes out of fashion, but this load of bulk purchases from Sears' catalogue.... Hmmmm.

Bonus - Iceland vs Iceland

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T'was Sixty Years Ago

 

This slide had just the right look for a blog post today.

Then I noticed the date stamp: September 1964.

Yep. Perfect for the end of summer mood here is Slideville.

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Rural Family in Summer

 

The evenings are beginning to get shorter, so let's celebrate the arse-end of August with this redneck family.

Bonus - CHRONOLOGY OF WAKEUP CALLS Compiled by Colin Fries, NASA History Division