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Re: Things that make you go Hmmm #2
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:17 pm
by Ragnar
jarndice wrote:I am assured by my eldest sister that i once asked my Mum why I had to wear a (HandKnitted) Balaclaver helmet as well as woolen gloves together with my shorts.
Still I was a few years later the first kid in our school to wear cuban heeled winklepickers and a shortie raincoat and a pair of genuine Italian made strides.
Whatever happened to the 50s it seems like only yesterday
Jarndice,just gotta ask.....what the hell are winklepickers lol
Never mind....just googled them
Re: Things that make you go Hmmm #2
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:32 pm
by X82d Pathfinder
The 20MM or 30MM cannon fired through the propeller hub, not the crankshaft. This should help you visualize a bit better. It's the Daimler blueprint.
Re: Things that make you go Hmmm #2
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:41 pm
by jarndice
Winkle Pickers were very sharp pointed shoes much embraced by the youth of the day especially followers of Rock and Roll.
Many Schools of the time forbade their pupils from wearing them.
Headmasters also disliked the DA (Ducks Arse) hair style.
And if you rode a bicycle with cow horn handlebars you were not allowed to use the school bike sheds.
Re: Things that make you go Hmmm #2
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:10 pm
by General Jumbo01
jarndice wrote:: And if you rode a bicycle with cow horn handlebars you were not allowed to use the school bike sheds.
What has handlebars got to do with deflowering the 3rd year females??
Re: Things that make you go Hmmm #2
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:12 pm
by X82d Pathfinder
How old are you people? lol
Re: Things that make you go Hmmm #2
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 9:12 pm
by Roboticus_Prime
X82d Pathfinder wrote:How old are you people? lol
Yes.
Re: Things that make you go Hmmm #2
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:00 am
by X82d Pathfinder
Well, I am not young. Perhaps the difference is growing up across the Atlantic. I am Welsh and German heritage wise, but I missed out on the quirky English sayings. My short time at Aldershot was entertaining to say the least. I still hate those damn balloons and wicker baskets. Who the hell came up with this idea? LOL
Re: Things that make you go Hmmm #2
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:13 pm
by silversurfer1947
X82d Pathfinder wrote:How old are you people? lol
Speaking for myself, very!
Re: Things that make you go Hmmm #2
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:36 pm
by 43rdRecceReg
jarndice wrote:Winkle Pickers were very sharp pointed shoes much embraced by the youth of the day especially followers of Rock and Roll.
Many Schools of the time forbade their pupils from wearing them.
Headmasters also disliked the DA (Ducks Arse) hair style.
And if you rode a bicycle with cow horn handlebars you were not allowed to use the school bike sheds.
I remember the 'Teds' (Teddy Boys) with their leather jackets, Brylcremed swept-back locks (or did they use Castrol grease...
), and winklepickers. I never fancied the toe deforming 'pickers; but did prefer the
chisel-toe type of shoe/boot that eventually replaced them.
Things that made me go 'Hmmm!' in the 1950s: Richard Greene's bow, in the 'Adventures of Robin Hood' TV series...and then-especially, my pre-pubertal attachment to Maid Marion in the same show, played by the lovely Bernadette O'Farrell
More memories of 'Hmmm!!"The Vanwall VW5 racing car (I had a model of one, with detachable rubber tyres); Geoff Duke's World Championship winning Norton motorcycle; McCowan's Highland Toffee (with wee hammer to break it); Spud Guns; 'Jubbly' massive frozen orange lollies; ( see:
https://nostalgiacentral.com/pop-cultur ... /jubbly-2/); Buddy Holly's "Everyday'; Dale Robertson's left-handed gun belt in
'Tales from Wells Fargo', and Hornby trainsets- (
but we could never afford one.)