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.

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Street Scene with Classic Cars

 

Go on, have a guess of where and when.

The think it's 1963, and the Banco Nacional de Fomento in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Nice Building

We've not had many slides from Paraguay.

Bonus - 

And This Is AFTER Photo-Enhancement

 

This was a very under-exposed slide (second image here), and my first thought was "If some felt the need to keep this for XX years, it must be of  great historical importance.

A quick brightness and tone adjustment, and ...

...nope.  Person in car. Dull.

Bonus - Antipodean Map of the world. 

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 - 

The Happy Ring ?

 

No info on this slide, except for a date of October 1967. From the selection of cars, my first thought was "That must be London."

But I was wrong.

With a bit of investigating, I believe that this is actually Dublin in Eire. The "Happy Ring" building was strangely of little help...initially, but did eventually help after finding this image.

Nowadays, that area is very similar, but MUCH leafier. https://maps.app.goo.gl/8RPGTC1GtrTkEskh9

Nice.

Bonus - The reasons medieval people slept in cupboards

So, That's the end of November.

 

December tomorrow. Ow Shit.  Another year almost over.

This slide was marked "Zion Natl Park - Utah - Russ Nov 1950".

Yup. Looks Awesome.

Bonus - 

It was a Simpler Time

 

This is from a set / box marked as "Camp - Koosharem, Utah", and with slides dated 1949 and Oct/Nov 1950. So, gulp, 75 years ago. Nice.

Most of the slides show men enjoying a deer hunting camp, and a proper camp in tents, rather than some swanky luxury cabin. Mmmm, Venison.

Bonus - Of all things in the US Presidential campaign that made me cringe, this was the most painful.

Singer Loomis flubs national anthem performance at third-party presidential debate: 'I f---ed it up, can I go back?'

Sand-Skimmer

 

Well, maybe not skim.

Lumberer?

Off On A Road Trip

 

The weekend is here, and it's time to pile everyone into a car, and head off for some mischief.

Bonus - How to Shoot an Anvil 100 Feet in the Air - You Have Been Warned

Out Standing In His Field

 

Leaving aside the dreadful pun, this is actually quite an interesting slide. 

Obviously, no info on the slide - not even a date for it, so it's fun to look for clues.  The colour slide, suit, bow tie and two-tone shoes make me think 1940s or 50s, but the vehicle doesn't look particularly oversize like most American cars.  

In fact, it looks very much like a  Ford Popular. That model was produced by Ford UK, and the fact that it has a steering wheel on the right, and an AA badge seems to confirm that We're Not In Kansas.

The scenery and the field of....crops doesn't help much.

More interesting is the car number plate - " B-4570 US Forces in Germany."

Also interesting - 

Woodchurch Carnival Queen

 

Summer time, and time for another slide from the Woodchurch Carnival 1968 set.

What's not to love about this slide?

Bonus - 

Taxi !!

 

Looks like somewhere in Germany, so maybe I should shout the German word for taxi, which is...

   . TAXI !!

Bonus - One in Three Biden Supporters Think Trump Shooting Might Have Been Staged.   ( Sigh... :-(  )

Sunday - Church and Fur Coats

 

Hi Everyone.

It's Sunday, and time for everyone to put on their Sunday Best clothes (skinned animals if possible), leap into their monstrously large Station Wagons, and head off to hear some parable that gives them reason to look down on the poor and needy.

Bonus - The Red Lipped Batfish

Oops

 

No info on this ere slide, but .... Oops.

Sorry.  Meeting of the Neighbourhood Watch committee tonight, so I have to head off and hide the stuff that I nick from neighbours' gardens.

Bonus - 

Leaving in a Bug

 

Leaving (or arriving) , we feature Maureen in today's slide. In a VW Beetle. 

Maureen is an honours student of home economics and slaughterhouse butchery, and is looking for a serious boyfriend.

Bonus - ‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world

Banished to the Driveway

 

While the ladies of the party collectively change into something more comfortable, they gentlemen are banished to the driveway to wait.

The unseen moments of Massachusetts wife-swapping parties.

Bonus - Swimming lessons for German Shepherd Puppies

UK Car Nostalgia

 

Cars of my youth. Ah.

From 1978, this slide clicked so many buttons for me...especially as I owned an Austin Princess.Oh yes !

Bonus - 

The Guys Admire Franks New Car

 

Summer 1969, and Frank's bought this years model of the ... well, something.

No doubt it has a big block engine, space for 6 bodies in the trunk, and awallowing nature on corners.

Bonus - Violent pictures of North Korean anti-American propaganda art, 1950-1970

At the 1991 Antique Car Run

 

It appears to me like this is 1991's New London to New Brighton  Antique Car Run, and you won't convince me otherwise.

Glad to say that the run is still ongoing. (As in, it's still run annually, not that some of the 1991 cars are still to get to the finish line.)

http://www.antiquecarrun.org

Bonus - 

Off To Their New Life

 

As usual, limited information, other than being processed in September 1966, but I interpret this is Jack and Diane, heading off from their wedding, ready to start a whole new life together.

The battered old car isn't really part of the fairy-tale wedding, but .... not everyone gets a convertible.

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