Streetwalking to Hillwalking.

 

After 45 years of walking the streets in the red light district of Stenhousemuir, Lorna needed a change. "I'm tired to stretching my legs just to earn a few shillings."

So, Lorna then took up hill-walking, meaning she stretches her legs for free now.

And next year, she hopes to bag her first Munro.

Bonus - although potatoes alone do not provide complete nutrition, you can survive for years on a diet of nothing but potatoes and buttermilk.

Another Taj Mahal shot

 

"...and this is Marjorie in front of the Taj Mahal, but Gustav wasn't beside her in this picture, due to him spontaneously combusting."

Bonus - Donald J Trump (the J is short for Genius) is at Davos in Switzerland for the WEF. He's just said  "Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German". Davos is in the German speaking part of Switzerland.

Bonus 2 - US House candidate buys nazis.us domain to redirect visitors to homeland security

Dolly and the Dolphins

 

Dolly, resplendent in pink, as usual, takes a stroll along the boardwalk.  

In the background, "SEA WORLD" and "TRAINING DOLPHINS SCHOOL, so I'm thinking that this is possibly Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA.

Or, it could be Guilford in England.  I really dunno.

Bonus - 

After the Party

 

As the New Year Party winds down, Mrs Shenkman chats with her husband and they start to unravel, who, what when and why of their infidelities. 

The recriminations would last until Easter.

Bonus - The Web Design Archive

Like a Galleon under Full Sail.

 

What a woman.

I wouldn't mess with her.

Bonus - Japanese zoo fails to breed two hyenas after both turned out to be male

Bonus 2 - 

The Colours of Autumn

 

One of the many great things about Autumn, the russet shades of many trees and shrubs.

Lovely.

Bonus - 

Borrowed, without permission, from B3TA.com

Long Distance Relationships

 

Something that the youngsters (by which, I mean the under 40's) don't understand about the past was the difficulties of maintaining a long distance relationship.

Before the uniquity of Mobile Phones, and before the rise of email, it was the telephone that allowed people to connect and catch up.

And before everyone had an in-house private land-line, public call-boxes were often the key.

Bonus - B3TAn HappyToast has the inside  scoop on Trump's Remodelling of the White House. 

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

Graduation Day

 

Oh Happy Day !

Bonus - 

Obviously

That's some wild wallpaper, Yvonne

 

Not saying I like it.

 Not saying I hate it.

But ... Wow.

Bonus - 

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

Bonus 2 :

An Italian Getaway

 

From the Beryl Blood selection of slides, this is from Box 10 - Italy.

No date, or location, but from the fashion .... and the ridonculous sun hat... I'm guessing early 1960s.

As for location - I think Portifino. It hasn't changed much. 

Bonus - Scientists Identify Fungus Turning Spiders Into “Zombies” in Northern Ireland

Hilda, Ready for some Skinny Dipping

 

Before "Dogging" and "Wild Swimming" were socially acceptable activities (in Hampshire at least) Skinny Dipping was the outdoor nudity activity of choice for the commuter belt round London.

Here, Hilda Brackenshaw prepares for a dip in WasteWater, one of the filthiest of the lakes in the Lake District.This slide, and the subsequent "artistic" images was taken by her husband / gimp / fluffer George.

Bonus - 

...and a box of Peek Freans within reach.

 Margaret Billingsly-Drabble never knew when hunger may strike, so dotted around her house were a series of Broken Biscuit Boxes (remember them?).

In the spare bedroom - Huntley and Palmer, but in the front room - Peek Frean.

Bonus - 16 deaths and 40,000 homes destroyed, but one statue survived. It’s God’s mercy at work!

Click for big. 

Everyone Enjoys a good Carol

 

Especially when Carol looks as good as this.

Actually, not sure if the slide really is a Christmas-time slide, or just a model in a red dress, but I really could < Sexist banter deleted>

Bonus - How A Fake Band Made A Christmas Classic

Today's Yule Lad - Ketkrókur    Meat Hook Uses a hook to steal meat.

Edith, from the Accounts Department

 

I'm guessing that that's the Grand Canyon, but I dunno.

Bonus - Practical Betterments

The Happy Graduate

 

Copilot

Analysing the image: Faces may be blurred to protect privacy.

Sent by Copilot:

The image shows an individual wearing a yellow graduation gown with a red tassel on the cap. The person’s face is [NOT] pixelated for privacy. The background is a solid, dark color, possibly a wall. This image likely represents a significant achievement, such as the completion of an academic program. 

Bonus - The Evolution of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’

Beryl in a Bustier with Buster

 No, I don't mean that Buster the Bulldog was in same bustier as Beryl. You're misreading that on purpose.

This is another slide for the Beryl Blood sets of boxes, and I have a suspicion that this is a self-timer self-portrait.

Bonus -  Skydiver Luke Aikins Jumps 25000 Feet Into Net With No Parachute

Leonora and Chico

 

When she arrived in town, she introduced herself as Leonora Marquez, with he canine companion Chico. She was the exotic flower of Morecambe Bay

Alas, it's wasn't long until the police identified her as Hettie Grimshaw, the Ottley Black Widow, and she spent the next 30 years in HMP Clitclink.

Bonus - 

Shirley, Enjoing The Sunshine

 

While supping some Bovril from a polystyrene coffee cup.  Glamourous.

Bonus 1 - Marble Sculptures of the Limbs Of Queen Victoria’s Babies

Bonus 2 - 

If I fits...