Just Hanging About with Pals

 T'was a bit of a bleached washed out slide, but with a bit of jiggery pokery, it's sort of acceptable.

From Sept 1963, and I remember playground equipment that looked like this. Probably unacceptable to modern Health and Safety.

Bonus - Happy Birthday Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Melanie's Birthday

 

Yes, today is my chum Mel's birthday, and she's xx today ! Congratulations.

Of course, that's not Melanie in the slide image. Or at least, not my Melanie.

Bonus - Louis Wain: The Man Who Drew Millions of Far-Out Cats

Two Lovely Girls.

As per the blog title.

No sarcasm or snide comments.

( Shocking )

Bonus - 

Who Likes Short Shorts?

 

Not these three gals, that's who.

According to the slide, they are " Zola Barbara Mary June 1959". So, that's nice.

Bonus - 

School mis-led me...

Fruit Meringue as Headwear

 

So, apparently, in the remote Watzachapl Region of Peru, it's is the fashion for mothers to bake meringues and fill them with fruits and berries for their daughters to were on the Fest Day of Saint Celia.

Who Knew?

Bonus - 

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

School Field Trip to Dove Valley

 

Some lovely girls on a school trip to the Dove Valley, back in 1970. Whether it was for a geography project, or just as a day out .... who know?

In response to very nearly one comment, yesterday's meal out at Seven was fine.  Good food, but a bit noisy for an old fart like me, and a PITA prepubescent waiter who had a sky high opinion of themselves.

Bonus - Security...

Are You Almost Ready For Christmas?

 

Have you looked out you special new Christmassy Outfit?

Decorated the Tree yet?

Post for that creepy photographer from next door?

Bonus - 

Travel Safety !

Cruising with Lucy and Judy

 

Rescued from their marooning on a Pacific desert island, Lucy and Judy seem none the worse for wear.

Bonus - ‘Frozen Finger’ in Treatment of Anal Fissures. Yes, Improbable Research.

Russell Johnson 19th

 

Alas, that title was the only information on the (out-of-focus) slide.

We will probably never learn who Russell Johnson was, nor what happened on his nineteenth birthday (or on the 19th of the month.)

Bonus - Creative and Educational. A Bristol Stool Scale Birthday cake.

Daisy Chain (No, the decent sort.)

 

If you were to Google for two teenage girls, making a Daisy Chain, there is a chance that you might encounter some modern slang terminology.

That would not be wise, in a home or office scenario.

Bonus - ...and in the news today "The analysis has revealed it to be, at the very least, the first known example of a disembodied phallus made of wood recovered anywhere in the Roman world."

The Smilers

 

A nice smiley picture for a sunny, hot weekend.

I suppose I could have spent hours cleaning up the slide, and de-spotting. But, it's too darned hot.

Bonus - 

Sharon, The Skipping Girl

 

Hands up who wants a totally wholesome of Sharon, skipping, beside her best friend Gudrun.

< counts silently >

OK.... here you are !

Bonus - Every Single Scandinavian Crime Drama

Bonus 2 - 

Two Girls on a Miniature Train Ride

 

No info on this slide, but "We're not in Kansas, Toto."

At least that's my assumption, based upon the mountainous background. (Slide was Very underexposed, so not the best quality, even with photoshopping.)

Bonus - Endurance wreck: Ernest Shackleton's lost ship found off Antarctica

Sorry. A bit distracted today.

Skating on The Fletcher's Pond

 

Nostalgia, cold winters, "Too Cold For Snow", skating using an old frozen banana instead of skates, etc etc etc

You know the stories.

Bonus - Duelling Balloons.

Bonus 2 - 

It's Melanie's Birthday !

 

Yes, today IS Melanie's Birthday.

Now, my Melanie is slightly older that the girls in this slide, but it seemed to be appropriate. I wonder what these grinning girls are getting in their Lucky Bags.

Bonus - A Visual Guide to the Fake Fleets and Inflatable Armies of World War II

Happy Birthday Sister

 

Today is my sister's birthday. Her XXth birthday to be completely open and honest.  Happy Birthday!

(No, this isn't a slide of her or her chum, but... it could be.)

Bonus - Urine for a Treat.  Nine Fascinating Facts About Urine

The Pretty Girls Club

 

Back Row - L-R   Esther, Hester, Abbie
Front Row - L-R   Lauren, Kitty
Now shown - Abigail (visiting granny), Nora (cleaning cess-pit)
Not Pretty Enough - Marietta.

Girl Gangs are the cruelest.

Bonus - After the Yugo-Soviet relations broke down in 1948, the Yugoslav authorities were looking for an alternative source of cultural inspiration. They found it in Mexico

Bonus 2 - Technology Inspired By Nature

The Beetle Girls

 

Sunshine and time for a bit of a road trip.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that looks like a Volkswagen Beetle.

Bonus - Photo of massive tree being hauled down Vancouver Island highway sparks global outrage

The Tree Dwellers

 

Before you can build your first starter-home tree-house, it's a good idea to just climb that tree and see if you like the area, the outlook, the micro-climate and the local insects.

Only when you're happy should you ask Daddy to build yu that retreat.

Bonus - Every Single Scandinavian Crime Drama