The Cheeky Bus Driver

 

Looks like a coach trip, with a cheeky chappy driver who caught the attention if the the photographer.

Slide is dated May 1970, but other than that .... nada.

The passenger door location makes be think it's continental Europe, an indeed the front of the bus reminds me of this MAN coach.

Bonus - The thousand-year story of how the fork crossed Europe, and onto your plate today

For Fathers Everywhere, This Day

 

Actually, Unknown man, unknown location, unknown date, unknown parental status. You're welcome.

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"Looks Like Rain, Dear"

 

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

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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

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"No Bicycles"

 

...but what is the hidden message?

The photographer clearly posed this young lady beside that sign....but why?

You don't suppose that there was some implication about being the village bike, do you?

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Vickie and Bob have a Break

 

November continues, and Vickie and Stringy Bob have decides to get away from the hustle and bustle of bust London life, for a quiet, relaxingweekend at the beach.

Back in 1967.

Bonus - Rarely seen headlines ...  World’s largest GPS penis traced across Bannau Brycheiniog for charity

The Anytown (Anystate) High School Marching Band

 

It seems like just another late 50's, early 60's High School Marching band, out for a parade. The only interest, I thought, was in trying to figure out "Where?"

Nope. Couldn't narrow it down.

But then, close up, I noticed three large letters in the background, and ... Gulp.

Bonus - So, 412 is the limit.

The Anxious Debutantes

 

From my limited knowledge of young ladies' fashion history, the outfits for these two Southern Belles looks late fifties /Early Sixties.

But what do I know?

I do know that from their facial expressions....something is wrong.  A broken suspender belt?

Bonus - How World War II led to the invention of super glue

Bert and Gert's Fiftieth

 

Congratulations to Wilbert and Gertie Waddlemeyer, on the event of their fiftieth wedding anniversary

Fifty years of welded bliss. Nice !

Bonus - .The Bizarre Cottage Industry of YouTube Obituary Pirates

Hilda's Ethnic Hat

 

There's nowt like having breakfast outside, when you're on holiday, and Hilda starts the day perfectly with some eels-on-toast,  black coffee and a a locally-sourced stray hat.

She's looking forward to wearing it to the Country Club when she's back at home .... it's bound to allow some boasting of her foreign travel.

Bonus - Postmortem Tanning: An Unusual Postmortem Event

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Someone's on Holiday

 

Looks like Brenda is having a few days off from the hectic world of Welsh Merchant Banking, and having a few days in ... well ...   That scenery looks rather like Kingston-upon-Hull. But I could be wrong.

Bonus - Food delivery by drone is just part of daily life in Shenzhen

Random Tourists and an Oom-Pah Band

 

Due to the ongoing Covid Crisis, this season's Vienna New Year's Day Gala Concert will be a more modest event, as this rehearsal photo shows.

Actually, understanding how lazy tabloid hacks are, this isn't the Vienna Convert rehearsal. It's the practise for this season's Superbowl Half-Time show.

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Coiffure

 

"First appearing in English in the 1630s, coiffure derives from the French verb coiffer, which can mean "to arrange (hair)" or "to cover with a coif (any of various close-fitting caps, such as that worn under a veil by a nun)." The word is now used as a somewhat fancy way of saying "hairdo." Be careful not to confuse it with "coiffeur," which refers to a man who works as a hairdresser (and of which "coiffeuse" is the female equivalent). You may also encounter "coif" used to mean "hairstyle" - in such cases, "coif" is operating as a shortened form of "coiffure."

Bonus - Real or Wind-up?

My Mother the Car was an American fantasy sitcom that aired for a single season on NBC in 1966. Thirty episodes were produced by United Artists Television. The premise features a man whose deceased mother is reincarnated as an antique car, and she communicates with him through the car radio.

"No Bicycles"

 

An early example of anti-bicyclist prejudice.

Slide dates from 1979, but from the subject's fashion sense, it could have been any time from 1934 onwards.

Bonus - The mystery of ancient roman dodecahedrons. And it's probably been solved !

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