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

Little Nicky's Birthday

 

Yes, today is Little Nicky's Birthday, and car-obsessed Nicky Yaksandwich is playing in his new Carbon-zero, muscle-powered open-topped car.

And watching over him is his special friend Karina.

Bonus - Can't have a birthday without music...

Woop Woop

 That's The Sound Of Da Police.

Again

Aren't police officers looking young nowadays.

Bonus - Wow. 

What a rug design

 

Go outside and play with your cardboard box

 

The Seventies were a different time. 

It didn't matter if it was a bright but chilly February, when Uncle Bob visited your mum, you want outside to play with your favourite box.

Bonus - Shock of the old: 10 rotten and repugnant artefacts from dental history

A Boy and his Locomotive

 

The lad?  I'm calling him Simon. He looks like a Simon.

The Locomotive - No info on the slide, but it only took seconds to identify this as 46115 Scots Guardsman (LMS 6115 & BR 46115).

The sky - grey and lifeless.

Simon's Anorak - The Junior Fieldman, by British Home Stores.

Bonus - 

"When Our Carol Got Married..."

 

"ay, she looked all reet.

That Norman Wickerstaff turned out to be a bit of a wet blanket.  After the divorce, he went off to share a flat with a Hairdresser from Leeds, if you know what I mean."

Bonus - It’s illegal to burn a body in a floating boat anywhere in the U.S., and a single town in Colorado is the only place in the country where you can legally burn a corpse on a dry-land funeral pyres. 

The popular conception of what are commonly called “Viking” funerals – a flaming longship – aren’t historically accurate anyway […] “They (Vikings) were more likely to drag the boat ashore and burn it on dry land with the chieftain’s body and his possessions inside, or just bury the entire boat without setting it on fire,” Pray told Cowboy State Daily.

The Penguin Pool

 

Hopefully, this is the sort of concrete hell zoo enclosure that has been consigned to history.

And for all the folks saying that "Kids were better behaved when I was young", the sign on the right says.

" PENGUIN POOL

Visitors are asked to

stop children throwing

stones, bricks, paper, etc

as these can kill the

penguins.

King Penguins

Humbolot'

Penguins

From 5 Antartic

regions."

Bricks?  What the **** is wrong with people?

Bonus - the role of forestry waste in New Zealand’s cyclone devastation

The Great Platinum Jubilee Picnic

 

Yes, today is the day of the local Street Party for Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee. So far, outside seems rather quiet, with minimal activity. But.... it's bound to pick up ... right?

Actually, QE2 isn't attending her own celebration (clever girl) and is instead sneaking off to the horse racing incognito, with her naughty grand-kids.. So, I feel fully justified in not attending my local event.

Bonus - Quiz Time.   What is this?  

Nope.   It is, legally speaking, a fish.

Can I mention the pouffe in the background?

 

The word pouffe is derived from the French bouffer meaning to “puff” or “blow out”. It also refers to an elaborate style of female headdress. In dressmaking it referred in 1869 to a part of the dress gathered up in a bunch, and in 1884 also referred to over-stuffed cushions.

But that's a rather funky tipper pedal car thing that Johnny has.

Bonus - The Museum of Failure

A Surfeit of Nostalgia

 

When I saw this slide, my immediate thought was "Oh God I recognise that."  And for so many things. 

For folks of a certain age, there are many things you'll get a kick from. From the bowl of upright cocktail sticks (with cooked sausages or Cheese/Pineapple, I presume) to the twin-tub washing machine.

I wonder what you will see and appreciate...

Bonus - 

The Aunties and Our Hilda's Wedding

 

There's nothing to beat a good Yorkshire Wedding, and I'm sure the same Lovely ladies from Batley Townswomen's Guild will turn up for each and every one of them.

Lovely ladies...  Marvelous hats.    classy anoraks.

Bonus - The Enormous Hole That Whaling Left Behind

Bonus 2 - 

Jeffrey Potter - Train Spotter

 

And ...Yes ... He's wearing an Anorak.

LMS Royal Scot Class 6115 Scots Guardsman is a preserved British steam locomotive. Built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) as a member of the Royal Scot Class, it was later operated by British Railways.

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