Picture(s) of the day....

[NewcastleFalcon]

I'm sure Ray Mears thrives on it Mick...spot on thats exactly what it is.

https://www.wildfooduk.com/edible-wild- ... pple-weed/

"The flower heads are the best part of this plant and taste very like pineapple.
The leaves can be added to salads or nibbled as you are walking."

These are more obviously edible wild or feral red currants not quite at their full redness yet...

nf own work

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

..and the humble wild or feral goosegog. A matter of opinion whether gooseberry are edible or not. My grandpa grew a variety of red gooseberries which were reasonably sweet and could be eaten off the bush without pullling too severe a grimace. I did develop a taste for M&S Gooseberry and Elderflower Yoghurt.

edible? you decide!

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Another colourful page from my stamp album:

Own work

[mickthemaverick]

You may remember I mentioned our so called "dwarf" marigolds here, well things are really getting out of hand now:

Own work

[Peter.N.]

Does anyone know what this is, and has anyone used one?

Not the flower pots.

Not Me Peter, it came in little cans with foil seals you used to pull off in my early motoring days.

This bloke wants £85 for one, but his label is a little less faded than yours

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/124088870375?c ... gKXM_D_BwE

Regards Neil

I used those for a number of years. On the forecourt of Burton and Deacon in Orpington there was a rack of them, XL and XXL are the ones I remember but there must have been a thinner one, perhaps it was just labeled '30'.

They had a semi rotary pump in the top of a 40 gallon drum they replenished them from. I'm surprised the label is readable on that one you can only see it in a certain light.

Peter

[NewcastleFalcon]

Our 1000 th Post

I'm a great fan of John Betjeman. Worth searching out include the "Metroland" film/DVD, the CD "Banana Blush" with his poems set to the music of Jim Parker, and many of the short films he did with the BBC. YouTube has lots of these.

Our 2,000th post

I have been trawling through photo's for a gathering of the clan (yesterday) as a 'surprise' birthday party for me.
Whilst doing that I found photo's of some of my previous cars.

This is the favourite and my first Citroen:


Girl is eldest daughter, Annika. A Citroen driver now

Our 3000th Post...sometimes its just follow up chat! Micks Pic was reply 3000, post 3001

Rootes used recirculating ball steering boxes on the 1960s Minx models, an earlier box they used was very heavy to turn and dumped due to complaints.

Our 4000th Post

Not my photo, but taken by one of my work colleagues on her phone as she was walking her dog

So 5000 beckons or has just happened what will the picture be

It was Peter's Esso Extra Oil Bottle just posted before I got in!

REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

For the 5000th reply on POTD it has to be a tribute to its founder:

Cftw &Own work

[Peter.N.]

Our 1000 th Post

I'm a great fan of John Betjeman. Worth searching out include the "Metroland" film/DVD, the CD "Banana Blush" with his poems set to the music of Jim Parker, and many of the short films he did with the BBC. YouTube has lots of these.

Our 2,000th post

I have been trawling through photo's for a gathering of the clan (yesterday) as a 'surprise' birthday party for me.
Whilst doing that I found photo's of some of my previous cars.

This is the favourite and my first Citroen:


Girl is eldest daughter, Annika. A Citroen driver now

Our 3000th Post...sometimes its just follow up chat! Micks Pic was reply 3000, post 3001

Rootes used recirculating ball steering boxes on the 1960s Minx models, an earlier box they used was very heavy to turn and dumped due to complaints.

Our 4000th Post

Not my photo, but taken by one of my work colleagues on her phone as she was walking her dog

So 5000 beckons or has just happened what will the picture be

REgards Neil

I liked john Betjeman Too. Is that one of Harrods electric vans he is sitting in? I saw those when I worked in London in 1954

Peter

[Peter.N.]

Lyme bay looked so nice today I took yet another picture. Quite a lot of people down here now.

[NewcastleFalcon]

For the 5000th reply on POTD it has to be a tribute to its founder:

Thanks for that Mick, that must be a Ford Falcon and grey street/ greys Monument, and the Central Arcade over the road. Just round the corner alongside the Theatre royal is Shakespeare Street. I used to like precise rendezvous points when acting as Dad's Taxi and "under the S of Shakespeare Street" was one of of those places in Town.

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

For the 5000th reply on POTD it has to be a tribute to its founder:

Thanks for that Mick, that must be a Ford Falcon and grey street/ greys Monument, and the Central Arcade over the road. Just round the corner alongside the Theatre royal is Shakespeare Street. I used to like precise rendezvous points when acting as Dad's Taxi and "under the S of Shakespeare Street" was one of of those places in Town.

Regards Neil

So glad you got the whole story there Finding a car picture which matched the angle of the street was quite a game but it worked out ok! Well done for creating such a popular and entertaining thread!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Lyme bay looked so nice today I took yet another picture. Quite a lot of people down here now.

That triangle of blue sea, is what I have been looking to replicate on my "famous Five" view across the moorland and down to the sea as you can see from this view its invisible in the general murkyness. The best view is probably when is bright sunshine down on the coast and the sea is blue and nicely highlighted, even if it is a bit overcast up on the moor.

nf own work

REgards Neil

[Peter.N.]

The best time for this particular view is in the evening when the sun is low, it highlights the sea colour and shine on the houses.

Peter

[NewcastleFalcon]

I liked john Betjeman Too. Is that one of Harrods electric vans he is sitting in? I saw those when I worked in London in 1954

Peter

I've put Metroland on the OnTV thread on this link here. Not sure if the Harrods vehicle shot is taken from that but an excellent film/documentary as recommended by Chris.

viewtopic.php?p=650115#p650115

Regards Neil

[Gibbo2286]

Those Esso oil bottles got us told off by the weights and measures inspector, we used to turn the empties upside down into a bucket and use the dregs in the workshop oil cans, the jobsworth inspector said we were 'short measuring' the customers.

If we had waited till every last drop had come out of the bottle on the forecourt there would have been a queue a mile long waiting to be served.