Tag Archives: 1956

Come on, let’s have some fun, on the moon!…

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s nice sounding word is, marzipan.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Imagine being a kid back in 1956!And for Christmas we got a book, perhaps like the Lion Annual for that year. The girls would get books with ponies on the front … Continue reading →

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Were as putty in the giant’s hands…

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s nice word is, roundel.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today, I thought that we might dip into that old kids’ book, the Lion Annual from 1956, another of my junk shop, charity shop, books. It is a bit scruffy and battered, … Continue reading →

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Disgraceful japes, are not tolerated…

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: aeolotropy, jeroboam, rebarbative, troparion, mizmaze, and breloque. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be awarded … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, archeology, art, arts, books, brain, composition, creation, design, drama, drawing, finance, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, learning, mind, money, observations, politics, reading, school, smiling, style, sweating, words | Tagged 1956, art, arts, book covers, chimpanzee, Conservative Party., conversation, discovery, japes?, not my school, observations, private school, Public (privte) school, public school education, serendipity, space men, style, surrealism, The Lion Annual 1956, words | 2 Comments

George has left us a message, but owing to the wetness…

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found on a rock at the South Pole of the moon.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear reader, I thought that today we might dig out that kids’, boys’, book from the 1950s, another of … Continue reading →

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So, if we were on a moon of Saturn…

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s fish names are: the Black Scalyfin, the Dogfish, the Atlantic Silverside, the Ember Parrotfish, the Ide, the Hog Sucker, and the Daggertooth Pike Conger.I think I’d like a t-shirt with a nice hog sucker on it.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> … Continue reading →

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Come on, let’s look in the Lion…

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s moths are: the Grass Eggar, the Liquorice Piercer, the Bird-cherry Ermine, the Merveille du Jour, the Common Plume, and the White-spotted Pinion. Which one of these would you really like to spot, when you are out … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Lion…

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: zingel, zoea, zyme, zastruga, zanja, and proparoxytone. Please have these words looked up, and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn up … Continue reading →

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“Hey, get back!” yelped the fat man…

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found under a broken tile in a newly discovered Roman mosaic in Shropshire.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s Old Books Day on old Uncle Dave’s blog page!The old book is a children’s one, well, … Continue reading →

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Come on, everyone, let’s get on the Moon Express!…

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are, grumpy, amissible, ostreophagous, unciform, duodenary, canicular, and prim. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s that cheap, battered, junk shop, charity shop, kids’ (boys’) book again! The Lion Annual from 1956. Gosh, it’s 66 years old … Continue reading →

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They were off, on their way to Lincoln…

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china tea pot is the one shaped like the planet Pluto. Colourful and detailed, and it is a very, very, good pourer!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought that today, we might take that slightly tatty old children’s, boys’, … Continue reading →

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Grimly, the pals plunged into the jungle…

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s information, is that yesterday’s readers of my blog were from: Germany, Netherlands, Mexico, France, India, US, and Japan. Thank you all, for looking! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today, I thought that we might grab that battered, cheap, junk … Continue reading →

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Space inside the Lion…

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s word is labyrinthine – even the word itself sounds, labyrinthine. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The whole thing is a little bit bent, and battered, and the front and back covers are a bit ragged at their corners, the … Continue reading →

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To land on the chandelier…

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: rumbling, aptotic, volucrine, sabulous, keratogenous, podophthalmous, and fidgety. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did my strange and intriguing title draw you in? Today, I thought we might grab that old kids’ book from the bottom … Continue reading →

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A lad known as ‘Skinny’…

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: plane pink, gouge green, rasp red, file fawn, vice violet, rule russet, pincers puce, bradawl blue, and punch purple. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today, dear reader, I thought that we might drift back in … Continue reading →

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Nicely spoiling the title page…

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity, appearing as a cow, is the goddess Mehet-Weret. Her associations are sky, primordial waters and the Great Flood. Click here! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought today that we might grab that dog-eared and battered … Continue reading →

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UK – 1956 – illustration – the Lion…

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Flann O’Brien’s very strange 1930s novel The Third Policeman: … I encountered two gentlemen called Sergeant Pluck and Mr Gilhaney and they were holding a meeting about the question of bicycles. ‘I … Continue reading →

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Nobody likes a sneak…

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: squelchy, splanchnic, goluptious, cyclospermous, securiform, patonce, and crispy.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey-up! It’s that battered old kids’ book from 1956 – the Lion Annual.First, let’s have a quick look at the front and back covers, … Continue reading →

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Do you like the front endpaper?…

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: beer burgundy, tea turquoise, milk mauve, coffee crimson, soup sienna, lager lemon, and absinthe alabaster.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Imagine, early on a Christmas morning in Britain, back in the 1950s – Billy and Shirley in … Continue reading →

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A fracas down by the docks…

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s very bleak, but painfully funny 1933 novel Laughter in the Dark: After supper they lolled and smoked and drank liqueurs. Margot flitted from place to place and one of the … Continue reading →

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The undersea marauder began to whirl…

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word, word. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, what do you fancy today dear reader? Spacemen and spaceships floating about in the blue void? Gladiator antics? High jinks in a … Continue reading →

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