Is It Baseball Season ?

 

I know that NFL / American Football (a.k.a. Hand Egg) is starting soon, but Baseball / Rounders.... I dunno.

Bonus - News that you did not need.

Bonus 2 - "I don't like my neighbour. Each night I walked my dog down our street, I paused outside their house and turned their TV off through their front window with our spare universal remote. One afternoon I came home to find their TV out by the bins. We now have a new bedroom TV"

Living Life To The Max

 

Another sunny day here in Derbyshire.

Perfect for a trip to the farm, in what looks like a Bitchin' shirt.

Bonus - For those, like me, who prefer chillier weather.

The Swing ... OF DEATH!

 

Yes, the picture is slightly blurred, but it does remind me of how potentially dangerous life was in the 1960s. 

I'm sure that such a swing would be banned in modern " 'eff n Safety" Britain.  Or so the Daily Fail would have is believe.

Bonus - Man Makes Kebabs

That Jacket ... WOW!

 

From the present time, 2026 for those who are time-travelling, there is a temptation to think of the late fifties as a very staid, boring, conformist in fashion, music and opinion. Just wait for the Summer Of Love and Hippies to arrive, that'll shake things up.

And then you see things like this lad's jacket. Yes, it's a tailored jacket work with smart pants, but ... Wow ! That's quite a statement.

Bonus - Hamster Balls

Hey Dad! You could fit a body in here...

 

The lad didn't realise that his dad was a loyal guy in the Stromboli family, and ... I've said too much.

Bonus - 

Robin on his Rocket

 

To his parents, it was a Raleigh Flipper Junior (with optional stabilizer wheels).

To Robin, is was a Rocket, zooming around the deepest extent of the known back garden, in the constellation of 84 Waterloo Crescent, Hove.

Bonus - 

Scotty and his Mom

 

I was going to spend some time cleaning up this slide image. Fungal removal, colour correction, descratching and dust removal.

But is seems so evocative of the fifties in the current form.

No info, but but my guess is wee Scotty is on a trip to the Petrified Forest that hill in the background?.

Bonus - Well done Aberdeen.

Woop Woop

 That's The Sound Of Da Police.

Again

Aren't police officers looking young nowadays.

Bonus - Wow. 

What a rug design

 

Little Timmy Pylon-Head

 

A perfectly good image a Type 42 and a Type 63B Electricity Pylon, spoiled by little Timmy wandering into the scene.

Naughty Timmy.

Bonus - 

Gary's First Hangover

 

Gotta start them early.

This first of many Morning after the night before in Gary's pointless life.

Bonus - John Oliver and Naz*-Era Fu*k Blankets.

Keep At Arms' Length

 It's just a fact of life.  Some babies are just stinky.

Such was the diagnosis for Archibald "Stinky" McGee, which explains the tent in the background.  Who would wish to risk their house with the cabbagey-skunky-ashtray odours of Stinky.  Thankfully, he grew out of the affliction at age 15.

Bonus -  RIP Maggie Smith.  

A Young Norbert Colon

 

Tho' he would later find fame as a character in the scientific journal "Viz", Norbert first found fame as BBC Radio Bracknell's "The Prepubescent Plant Botanist".

That changed after the infamous "Noodle Incident."

Bonus - 

Wilbur was astonished to see....

 

Let's play "Blankety Blank".

Walking through Central Park, Wilbur was astonished to see ....<Blank>

Your options :

1. A squirrel carrying an AK-47 Kalashnikov
2. The ascent to heaven of all the worthy, AKA The Rapture.
3. The arrival of a Vogon Battle-Cruiser
4. Mrs Victoria Olshansky cavorting naked on a horse. 

Postcards to the usual address.

Bonus - Debbie Harry is 79 years old today. Happy Birthday

Thelma's Hideous Crotch-Spawn

 

I think this is Thelma, from yesterday's post, but seven years later with some ugly child in tow. let's call him Gilbert, named after his Grampa Gilbert.

Bonus - The ethical issues of Killing Baby Hitler

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 - 

Bracing-by-the-Sea

 

February, and the weather 'round here is a little chilly. Good job that I have a day at home <smile>.

But this little lad seems suitable wrapped up for a walk on the boardwalk.

Bonus - Thoughts you have when you control the mightiest of Mighty Organs.

Another sunny afternoon

 

Here in 2023, it may be a little grey and overcast, but back in the year ... something, it was sunny and perfect for an evening in the sun.

This slide (sadly, blurred) is clearly related to this slide. 

Bonus - Classic British sitcoms like Fawlty Towers and ‘Allo ‘Allo! ‘contributed to Brexit vote’

Bonus 2 - The most dangerous substance known to man

The Menace, Dennis.

 

While I'm more aware of the Scottish one, I believe that this you scamp resembles the chuckle-free US one.

Strangely, the two strip cartoons are the same age. To the day. Both debuting on 12 March 1951

Bonus - Things Got “Opened” And People Saw Interesting Things Inside

Bonus 2 - 

Happy Birthday, Little Ian

 

Come on Blog-o-sphere, let's all celebrate Ian G's birthday. Yes, "Little" Ian is 50 today, and that's why we're having a party today. (Well, he is ...elsewhere.)

Now, I'm making no claims as to whether Ian G or any of his friends and family are featured in the wonderful slide featured here. However, there may be clues in it...

Bonus - Also Happy Birthday today to...Richard Wagner (Bombastic Composer), Arthur Conan Doyle ("Elementary"), Sun Ra (astonishing musician), Ted Kaczynski(Unabomber), Morrisey (annoying twat) and Katie "Jordan" Price (annoying slapper.)

Bonus 2 - Les radis rikikis de Kik 

A Boy And His ... Cake

 

Mmmmmm

Now I fancy some Cake.

I wonder what sort it is.

Bonus - Shenanigans Level - Expert.

Austrian train plays Hitler speech over loudspeaker