Tag Archives: Billy and Shirley

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 →

Posted in academia, animals, archeology, art, arts, books, brain, colours, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, dreaming, history, humour, information, learning, mind, people, physics, puzzle, reading, science, seeing, serendipity, story, style, thinking, writing | Tagged 1956, art, arts, Billy, Billy and Shirley, Christmas, Christmas Eve, dictionary word, discovery, half-century, Harry Hollinson DFC, ponies?, Professor Mouldie, proparoxytone, ray-guns, serendipity, seventy years old, space, style, surrealism, The Lion Annual 1956, words, zanja, zastruga, zero gravity, zingel, zoea, zyme | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in advertising, archeology, art, arts, books, colours, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, Grumpiness, history, humour, learning, reading, religion, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, war, words | Tagged 1940s, 1950s, 1950s illustration, 1956, Ancient Egypt, Arabic, archeology, Billy and Shirley, blue pen, cow, defaced, Egyptian deity, figure drawing, German Expressionists, goddess, kids' book, Mehet-Weret, primordial waters, racism in the 1950s, Shufti?, the Great Flood, The Lion Annual 1956, tiny head, war | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in academia, adjectives, animals, archeology, art, arts, books, colours, composition, conversation, cool, design, history, humour, information, learning, magic, puzzle, reading, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, thinking, Uncategorized, words | Tagged 1956, absinthe alabaster, beer burgundy, Billy and Shirley, Britain 1950s, Canada, carefully selected colours, Christmas, coffee crimson, Colours, design, graphics, Hudson Bay, junk shop books, lager lemon, Lion Annual 1956, milk mauve, presents, ray guns, soup sienna, tea turquoise, USA | 5 Comments

Can I have a robot like that?…

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave, which I recently finished re-reading: …she put on a sheer flame-colored dress, very low cut at the back, and deafened by aspirin, trying to dispel … Continue reading →

Posted in archeology, art, books, creation, drawing, history, humour, information, puzzle, reading, science, style, words, writing | Tagged 1950s robot, 1956, American kids, art, arts, Billy and Shirley, blue pen, buffoonish, cheese grater, children, defaced, drawing, history, illustration, King Queen Knave, serendipity, style, The Lion Annual 1956, thermionic valves, tubes, vladimir nabokov, words, writing | 7 Comments

It’s a menace to the spaceways Pete…

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s confused film stars are: Weese Ritherspoon and Lurt Bancaster. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Imagine we are going back in time, to visit Britain in the 1950s. See… Ah, it’s Christmas morning. Little Billy wakes, rubs the sleep from … Continue reading →

Posted in archeology, art, books, celebrities, colours, composition, conversation, cool, drama, drawing, history, humour, information, reading, science, style | Tagged 1950s, 63 years old, art, arts, asteroids, Billy and Shirley, Burt Lancaster, Captain Condor, celebrities, christmass, colour, Confused film stars, conversation, drawing, history, illustration, photography, Reese Witherspoon, Roy Lichtenstein, serendipity, style, The Lion Annual 1956, writing | 3 Comments

The Lion and the defaced war pages…

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s weather will feature: lasting bitter blasts, coconut cream skies, white mountain tops, a deep orange towards dusk, and isolated random raindrops the size of duck eggs. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it’s that old junk shop book again … Continue reading →

Posted in archeology, art, books, colours, creation, drawing, Dulltown, history, humour, information, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, weather | Tagged 1956, art, arts, Billy and Shirley, Blue ballpoint pen, children, defaced, discovery, drawing, history, Lion Annual 1956, serendipity, style, surrealism, vandalism, war drawings, weather, WWII | 6 Comments

1956 – ‘Bossy’ is puzzled…

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity, appearing as a child with the full and crescent moons as a headdress, is the god Khonsu. His cult centre is Thebes and (unsurprisingly) his association is the moon. (K) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, archeology, art, books, drama, drawing, history, humour, information, irony, reading, religion, sex, style, words | Tagged 1956, art, arts, Billy and Shirley, children, coming out, discovery, drawing, history, illustration, irony, Lion Annual 1956, mighty special, religion, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, unintended, words | 6 Comments

Shirley ruins a very nice drawing…

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like the sudden hiss of a snake in the undergrowth… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, goody! It’s nearly Christmas annual time! Just a few days to go!… So, how about a … Continue reading →

Posted in archeology, art, books, creation, drawing, history, humour, information, painting, serendipity, style, Uncategorized, war | Tagged 1950s, art, arts, Billy and Shirley, Christmas annuals, commercial artists, defacing, discovery, drawing, graphics, grinning ponies, halftone dots, hissing snakes, history, Lion Annual 1956, observations, painting, Roy Lichtenstein, ruined drawing, snake!, style, waht is there to not like?, war | 1 Comment

I say you chaps! Queer noises in the night!…

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s architectural term is Naos – the sanctuary or principal chamber of a Greek temple, containing the statue of the god. I was thinking of building a naos in my house and having a statue of … Continue reading →

Posted in archeology, architecture, art, books, design, drama, drawing, fashion, history, humour, information, reading, school, style, surrealism | Tagged 1956, architecture, art, arts, Billy and Shirley, children, dictionary word, discovery, drawing, ex-RAF, fashion, ghost hunters, history, Lion Annual 1956, naos, posh kids, religion, sculpture, serendipity, sex, spooky house, style, surrealism, upper class, upper middle class, waistcoat and tie, words | 6 Comments

It is packed with smashing features!…

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual white china teapot is the one shaped like a jolly elephant – see the raised trunk is the spout, and just look at those great big ears – you know, I’m sure he’s listening … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, archeology, art, books, drawing, history, humour, information, learning, people, reading, style | Tagged 1956, advertising, art, arts, Billy and Shirley, blue ink, Britain in the 1950s, children, discovery, drawing, history, Lion Annual 1956, LSD, old money, photography, picture story, posh kids, pounds shillings and pence, style, words | 8 Comments

Don Craig’s face was bright with excitement…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is to go about your daily business as normal, but instead of speaking, sing all your conversations and interactions with people as if you were in an opera. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today dear reader, yet again, … Continue reading →

Posted in archeology, art, books, composition, design, drama, drawing, history, humour, instruction, style, surrealism | Tagged 1956, art, arts, Billy and Shirley, blue crayon, Christmas present, defacing, discovery, history, illustration, instruction, junk shop books, Lion Annual 1956, names, photography, pirate treasure, serendipity, singing, style, surrealism, treasure seekers | 6 Comments

Yes Billy, but what stroke is he using?…

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: turlough, turndun, turgent, turcopole, turpeth, tush, and bordraging. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor … Continue reading →

Posted in archeology, art, books, drawing, history, humour, information, serendipity, style, surrealism, words | Tagged 1956, art, arts, Billy and Shirley, bordraging, children, dictionary word, discovery, drawing, history, madness, old books, photography, Professor Mouldie, serendipity, surrealism, the crawl, The Lion Annual 1956, turcopole, turgent, turndun, words, World-Wide Quiz | 12 Comments