Picture(s) of the day....

[NewcastleFalcon]

Anyone ever been to Lincolnshire?

Our whatsthisthen? took us there today and to a car supplied to the now FCF-Famous Mrs Joan Smith, by John Darke Volvo, Louth, Lincolnshire in 1990.

Well a modern garage is the very definition of bland and boring, so I've gone for what John Darke's Garage looked like in the olden days.

https://john-darke.co.uk/about-us/

John Darke began his business at Red Garage in Marshchapel in 1946.


The business moved to Louth in 1956 and started by selling Gogomobils along with Hillmans, Humbers and Sunbeams from the Rootes Group which later became Chrysler Talbot.

Well its just moved up in its interest quotient by selling gogomobils!

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

It certainly has!! I wonder how many of these would have been in his showroom:

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Full info at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goggomobil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Lincolnshire , and Louth is also the home of Renault Reborn who turn out some excellent restorations.

Not quite finished yet but a friend of mine who had this rare Renault 760 from 1949 languishing on a trailer for many years decided a couple of years ago to get it restored. Obviously getting it professionally restored means a fair investment, but it was never going to happen on a DIY basis so he took the plunge and started the process. At the end of it is going to be a superb cute as anything little car, and if possibly not immediately recouping the restoration costs, will almost certainly do that later.

So this is how it started out, click the arrows in the gallery for a short run through to it beginning to be reassembled

https://www.facebook.com/RenaultReborn/ ... =3&theater

Renault reborn also did an excellent restoration of this...

renault caravelle reborn at Renault Reborn Louth

REgards Neil

[myglaren]

Eldest grandson is currently living with me and bought himself a Canon DSLR a couple of days ago, so we have been on an expetition.

Souter Lighthouse

Rock pillar

Rock pillar

A big hooter

Penshaw Monument

Nissan factory from Penshaw monument.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Eldest grandson is currently living with me and bought himself a Canon DSLR a couple of days ago, so we have been on an expetition.

Nice crop there Steve, I reckon I would have got all the locations without the captions An outing for your new motor

REgards Neil

[myglaren]

Yes, furthest it has been. Also did the listening post but that has already been posted.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Yes, furthest it has been. Also did the listening post but that has already been posted.

Is that this Steve? Can't remember a recent post with this in!

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3895/151 ... 595c_z.jpg

Regards Neil

[myglaren]

Sort of - I didn't see the blue plaque anywhere but that could be a different installation - there's one near Staithes.

[myglaren]

This was the listening station photo's I posted earlier. Took some time with my filing system on a 2TB backup drive
Apparently taken 01/01/2005.

Listening Station Sunderland - own work

Listening Station Sunderland - own work

Just off Shields Road and a bit past Fulwell Mill.

[mickthemaverick]

You might remember the other day when I was unable to take pictures due to a pint of lime juice, well today another part of the whole story appeared in the form of the arrival of my new duvet. I unpacked it and then read the information on the packet. I am quite intrigued by the first line of the smaller white type info:

Own work

Any ideas why that might be?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Meaningless marketing and totally ineffective. 74% of people sleep on their sides . Pillows apparently need to be medium to firm for back sleepers according to Silentnight.

https://www.silentnight.co.uk/buying-guide/bedding

regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I can accept an element of logic in certain pillows for back sleepers but what difference can any type of Duvet make?

[bobins]

I think you'll find it's because they've made the duvet to very fine tolerances so it can't be inadvertently swallowed by people sleeping on their backs

[mickthemaverick]

Could it be that being only a 4.5 tog it isn't very heavy to support on your toes if you're a back sleeper?