A photo of the day thread

[The Old Man]

I was really upmarket and my favourite playthings were;

Original metal Meccano, with metal nuts and bolts with spanners to tighten everything up. No one supplied plans you just looked at real things and work out how to build them with the metal parts you had. I could be planning, working and manufacturing something for weeks.

The second was an old car, owned by my terminally ill uncle, who would not let anyone else drive it. At this time hardly anyone owned a private car. I have no idea what make or model it was but Uncle Phil was a big wheeler dealer so the car could have been from anywhere.

This is my memory of how it looked;

Complete with running boards and suicide doors, it was the very car that American Gangsters drove in the movies!

So there we all were, my cousins and I were all gangsters and the girls were the gangsters molls. It was a step up from playing Doctors and Nurses, Cowboys and Indians and characters from the recent war.

That car took us around the world without a wheel turning

 

[Cinderz]

Where in Fraserburgh did you stay? I'm heading up there this evening

Well worth a visit to the lighthouse museum in Fraserburgh.

 

[CWH]

Seen several of these building in northern Spain, it's a hórreo which is a grain store built off the ground on tapered stone legs to stop rodents from climbing and getting in. Came across a similar barns standing on mushroom shaped saddle stones in the south of England earlier this year.

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mushroom stones fetch a lot of money, to the extent that in some rural areas they're a target for thieves

 

[Two on Tour]

I was really upmarket and my favourite playthings were;

Original metal Meccano, woth metal nuts and bolts with spanners to tighten everything up. No one supplied plans you just looked at real things and work out how to build them with the metal parts you had. I could be planning, working and manufacturing something for weeks.

The second was an old car, owned by my terminally ill uncle, who would not let anyone else drive it. At this time hardly anyone owned a private car. I have no idea what make or model it was but Uncle Phil was a big wheeler dealer so the car could have been from anywhere.

This is my memory of how it looked;

Complete with running boards and suicide doors, it was the very car that American Gangsters drove in the movies!

So there we all were, my cousins and I were all gangsters and the girls were the gangsters molls. It was a step up from playing Doctors and Nurses, Cowboys and Indians and characters from the recent war.

That car took us around the world without a wheel turning

I'm with you on the Meccano, I was bought a couple of well use second hand sets with bits missing for a birthday as a kid. Any one remember Betta Bilda the cheaper version of Lego ?

The car looks like a late 1940's Hudson to me.

 

[CWH]

Any one remember Betta Bilda the cheaper version of Lego ?

Yes! brother had that, it wasn't considered a suitable toy for a girl though (but I sneakily built lots of houses and factories.....)

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[The Old Man]

I'm with you on the Meccano, I was bought a couple of well use second hand sets with bits missing for a birthday as a kid. Any one remember Betta Bilda the cheaper version of Lego ?

The car looks like a late 1940's Hudson to me.

Sorry that was a stock Internet photo to i

 

[Paul and Kate]

Cheers
RIP Nana clara
What a legend
We will miss you xxxx

 

[Louis]

Soaring in wave, stock photo not me,

But my best wave flight was to 17,000 feet and still climbing at a strong rate.

Unfortunately I did not have oxygen and had already recognised the onset of Hypoxia.

FAA regulations require supplemental oxygen when flying above 12,500 feet for more than 30 minutes or any time above 14,000 feet.

Talented folk.

Talented folk.

Aha no wonder, I do not watch that programme !

 

[DBK]

Seen several of these building in northern Spain, it's a hórreo which is a grain store built off the ground on tapered stone legs to stop rodents from climbing and getting in. Came across a similar barns standing on mushroom shaped saddle stones in the south of England earlier this year.

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The ones in Galicia are made of stone.

 

[Manic]

Hard sur mer

Sorry just noticed this should have read- Jard sur Mer.

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[DBK]

Sorry just noticed this should have read- Jard sur Mer.

Predictable ticks strikes again.

 

[Debs]

Start of a new day after my son's wedding yesterday.
This is our normal dog walk route at home but the sunrise was beautiful.

 

[Ambilkate]

Funsters having Fun

 

[Ambilkate]

Funsters having Fun at Pembrey

 

[Kevinthecat]

Out a tad late this morning with Laika the wonder dog.
Beautiful morning and on are walk were hundreds of others doing the 26 mile shine walk , raising monies for cancer research. Must say felt emotional seeing the messages on their backs why they were walking . With so much badness in the world we have to remind ourselves that there is more goodness in the world going on.
The photo is of the old Billingsgate market (low rise brick building) where the walk finished.

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[CWH]

The photo is of the old Billingsgate market (low rise brick building) where the walk finished.

That would have been a stunning building before all that rubbish was built behind it. And that's not just living in the past - I really see no architectural or aesthetic merit in the new stuff, it just bullies it's way onto the skyline and looks a mess. The market building, on the other hand, has both function and beauty.
A fascinating sort of a collage.

 

[movan]

Seen several of these building in northern Spain, it's a hórreo which is a grain store built off the ground on tapered stone legs to stop rodents from climbing and getting in. Came across a similar barns standing on mushroom shaped saddle stones in the south of England earlier this year.

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I could live in one of those. Really hippie .. love it.

 

[movan]

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Start of a new day after my son's wedding yesterday.
This is our normal dog walk route at home but the sunrise was beautiful.

Beautiful Debs. An aid to unscrambling the day to day worries of the world. Xx

 

[Two on Tour]

I could live in one of those. Really hippie .. love it.

The first couple we saw had windows and a door so at first we thought they were old summer houses, but then the most of the rest we saw were like the ones in the photo so i twigged that they were likely to be grain stores and a Google search confirmed.

 

[Paul and Kate]

I know we had a few beers yesterday
But for the life of me I can't remember buying the toad

Opened the hab door and some cheeky barsteward has parked next to us

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[Northernraider]

I know we had a few beers yesterday
But for the life of me I can't remember buying the toad
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Opened the hab door and some cheeky barsteward has parked next to us

How dare they..... At least it was a quality car and not a dreadful dacia or something!
What would the neighbours have thought

 

[Anthea M]

I know we had a few beers yesterday
But for the life of me I can't remember buying the toad
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Opened the hab door and some cheeky barsteward has parked next to us

How very dare they ! If your awning was out they would be parked under it!!

 

[Northernraider]

A wee walk along the beach at loss this morning, there's a pub stop here "the beach bar" as it's Sunday I may have a Sunday roast this evening and stop the night

 

[Anthea M]

A wee walk along the beach at loss this morning, there's a pub stop here "the beach bar" as it's Sunday I may have a Sunday roast this evening and stop the night View attachment 187928 View attachment 187929

No more mystery toilet users last night I hope?!!

 

[Northernraider]

No more mystery toilet users last night I hope?!!

Thankfully no and it was a quiet peaceful night, I was rudely awaken by my mother texting at 6.30 so I was up and moving early doors and left Banff and popped in to Lossiemouth to see the beach

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[ROB1CHELSEA1]

Morning walk in Wimbledon

 

[icantremember]

We are in Cullen Bay., what else could we start with ....

 

[icantremember]

Thankfully no and it was a quiet peaceful night, I was rudely awaken by my mother texting at 6.30 so I was up and moving early doors and left Banff and popped in to Lossiemouth to see the beach

We are at Lossi for the night & just going in for a beer or three ... what happened to you?

 

[Northernraider]

We are at Lossi for the night & just going in for a beer or three ... what happened to you?

Ach you should have said I'd have stayed put..... I had lunch and moved on I'm near Inverness now parked up in the woods listening to the bloody rain.

 

[icantremember]

We were going to stay at Cullen but not impressed so moved on here.
You should have stayed 'cos we are sweltering in the .. No rain here YET.

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