sign of the times

[marie]

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[stoneylonesome]

Nice colours, nice composition, but I'm at a lose, what is it? :confused: :confused: :confused: Looks like an old bed pan :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Titus213]

Colors are pretty nice. Composition is good. It's obviously a place to lock up your Bovril.....:rolleyes:

[LadyHawk]

Maybe it would help if we know what a Bovril was... :confused:

Nicely done picture... good ice-breaker.

[marie]

Nice colours, nice composition, but I'm at a lose, what is it? http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif Looks like an old bed pan http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif


thank you Sandy

my apologies

I had no idea Bovril was not a beverage in the states
it's around since before the first world war , I think
sold over here and in the uk.
I thought it was world wide (like canon)
a meaty flavoured drink. boiling water added to a spoonful

great for nourishment when we were anyway 'low' and needed something
but didn't always feel up to eating (if ill or anything like it)
something like that

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about the old bed pan
do you not still have one under the bed ? http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif


the picture above was taken the same place where I got the pictures of the coffin in the pub a while back .

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also the chicks and ducks etc etc running about in the yard outside.
this sign and others are out in the yard

I asked the man what it was all about , as some of the signs didn't seem to 'blend'
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that was when he invited me inside to see the premises
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outside, I thought the whole place was very old all over and had been there for donkey's years.

it had, but seemly he collected everything that was nailed to the wall and made everything on the outside look older then it really was. built the old rickity doors to look like that

he grew fungus on the walls by smearing yogurt to make them look old
it worked .
growing green slimy stuff curled around everywhere

I really thought the whole place was so old.
what I could see of it

the original buildings were old but the outside walls were added on in the past few years.
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these pictures are showing something of what he done Sandy...

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excuse the horrible red colour.

he added that body going down the shore too http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif

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he collected everything and just planted them there

well, I guess they were getting old somewhere else at one time http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

the ducks and rooster are real and very much alive

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he made the whole water wheel himself


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[marie]

Colors are pretty nice. Composition is good. It's obviously a place to lock up your Bovril.....http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif


thank you Dave

I wonder have you ever heard of Bovril
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when I asked, the man said he just added things like that here and there
(basin and railings etc etc etc )

for the tourists sake I guess
(and for fun questions ? like me asking him )

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[marie]

Maybe it would help if we know what a Bovril was... http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif

Nicely done picture... good ice-breaker.



so very sorry for not explaining better Karen

not that it needed much explaining anyway,
especially the pan.
Sandy has one under the bed
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Bovril is a well known beverage over here in these Islands
I had thought it was well known world wide
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it is now



Thanks
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[stoneylonesome]

Thanks for the info Marie, that soda sounds an awful lot like our Moxie soda over here, you either love it or hate it. Most kids HATE IT :lol: I on the other hand I like it, it is truly an aquired taste. sort of like Scotch. :D ;)

http://www.hometownfavorites.com/moxie-soda.htm

What a character that man must be I loved the last 2 photos you posted. A real lot of whimmsy in them. As to the bed pan, no I don't have one under the bed. My aim isn't that good. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :p :p :lol: :lol: :lol:

[marie]

thanks for that Sandy

your Moxie soda would be nothing like Bovril
Bovril is meaty, made from extracts of meat
(I think)
more of a food then a soda drink

one has to be in the mood for it , it is not too unlike a thin soup (of sorts)

the man would just love you to see all his stuff.
his daughter has given me her email address to post the pictures

here is the man, and his dog.
he loves the place and just loved doing everything .
it was great fun to see

( the chickens, birds etc etc were running around outside this door )

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