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[Macscrooge]

On 11/04/2024 at 15:03, LightBulbFun said:

The carriageless horse?

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, Macscrooge said:

The carriageless horse?

I was thinking the Horsley semi-horse, the rare predecessor to the more well known horsely horseless?

[lesapandre]

On 06/04/2024 at 19:42, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Q - I think your ejector-seat needs more work . 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

I was thinking the Horsley semi-horse, the rare predecessor to the more well known horsely horseless?

It's just...so...wrong. Or, not quite right. Or, horseshite.

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[martc]

Booze crooze, French styleeee.

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Mosley Street, the first street in the world to be lit by electric street lights (absolutely nothing to do with Edison who DID NOT invent the electric light bulb), NuT, September 29th 1970.

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A pedestrian attempts to leap across a flooded road near Hyde Park, London, 1939.⁠ Did he make it? Dunno, but I think he's in for wet socks.

[martc]

Durham Market Place.

[Austat]

Warwick, 1972.

[MiniMinorMk3]

17 hours ago, martc said:

Looks like the kids had too much fizzy pop on the picnic and went a bit rouge.

[MiniMinorMk3]

17 hours ago, martc said:

Mosley Street, the first street in the world to be lit by electric street lights (absolutely nothing to do with Edison who DID NOT invent the electric light bulb), NuT, September 29th 1970.

Looks like an Alan Mann Cortina

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

7 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Looks like the kids had too much fizzy pop on the picnic and went a bit rouge.

Readily enough, I think the problem is just cosmetic ...

[rattlecan]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Looks like the kids had too much fizzy pop on the picnic and went a bit rouge.

It definitely wouldn’t have been fizzy pop back then, it would have cost a small fortune. Weak cordial was the best you could hope for 😀

[MiniMinorMk3]

Another picture of kids jumping on scrap cars in Elswick in 1978 (see picture of 1100 being attacked above). The photographer was Tish Murtha.

[Remspoor]

11 hours ago, Austat said:

Warwick, 1972.

Bloody Maxist  think that they can park anywhere.

[martc]

Consett. The 'petrol' sign in the background was the Atkinson & Browell garage - owned by Rowan Atkinson’s family.

Sad face.

[lesapandre]

14 hours ago, Austat said:

Warwick, 1972.

Was also a popular spot with Standard/Triumph - they used it for various car adverts...

[DSdriver]

On 01/03/2024 at 12:53, MiniMinorMk3 said:

it was a good idea but the less educated threw croissant at her

[rattlecan]

1 hour ago, DSdriver said:

it was a good idea but the less educated threw croissant at her

Surely most would throw a velvet type material at her & all from the same direction 😉

[Bfg]

18 hours ago, Austat said:

Warwick, 1972.

I'm pretty sure that building on the right is the Lord Leycester Hospital.   I used to work just around the corner from it c.1980.

"The Lord Leycester Hospital started life as just the Chapel of St James the Great, which was built over the West Gate of Warwick in 1126 by Roger de Newburgh, 2nd Norman Earl of Warwick.

The site of the hospital's main building and gardens was donated by the Earl of Warwick in the 14th century, to the United Guild of the Holy Trinity and St George, under license to the young King Richard II (son of Edward - The Black Prince - Prince of Wales).  After the dissolution of the guild in the 1540's (..by Henry VIII) the site was transferred to the Corporation of Warwick which used the buildings as a Burgh Hall and grammar school.  In 1571, the Corporation presented the property to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leycester, who wished to found an almshouse / hospital for aged &/or injured soldiers and their wives, under royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I.   It was run by 12 resident brethren (originally soldiers) under the charge of a Master.

In 1617 its Great Hall was used to entertain King James I on his visit to Warwick. The town was in debt for 10 years as a result !   In 1694, a great fire spread through the streets of Warwick. Started at the Friends Meeting House, just across the High Street from the Lord Leycester Hospital, the fire was driven up the street's timber buildings by a strong south-westerly wind. It consumed virtually all buildings in its path. Thus, the original medieval timber-framed houses were destroyed and, in due course, replaced by the handsome stone and brick built buildings that you see today. Of the ancient buildings, only the Lord Leycester Hospital and its near neighbours survived.  The hospital continued to serve its purpose. More of it's historical significance < here >

The almshouse, known after its founder as the Lord Leycester Hospital, continues in existence up to the present day.  In 1966 the accommodation and facilities had been modernised, and the restored hospital was (re-)opened by Queen Elizabeth - the Queen Mother.  Today the hospital is still run by a Master, a retired officer of the armed forces. Eight ex-servicemen and their wives are provided with flats in return for their past services. They serve as guides for visitors to the Grade 1 listed building. A stone urn in the Master's garden is 2,000 years old. It was originally part of an Egyptian nilometer. what's one of those ? see < here >

https://www.lordleycester.com

... just thought you might like to know

 

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[sheffcortinacentre]

9 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Can you hear bad to the bone?

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