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Tag Archives: history
Some more of those Crush characters…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s heraldic term is Lord Lyon King of Arms – the chief herald in Scotland. (L L K of A) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh good! Veronica Crush, writer from the glory days of the Hull Surrealist League, now … Continue reading
Posted in brain, celebrities, creation, heraldry, humour, people, puzzle, story, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged arts, celebrities, character names, heraldry, history, King of arms, Lord Lyon, madness, Monty Tick, real name, serendipity, style, surrealism, tall tree surgeon, the glory days, The Hull Surrealist League, Veronica Crush, words, writing
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A cork dipped in monkey soap powder…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from the novel Harry Bleachbaker (1976) by N F Simpson. (NFS): The story, which is quite true except for the facts, begins in 1954 when a well-known frogman, working for NATO, was suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, money, reading, serendipity, smoking, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1976, brick-dust, card game, Chump, cleanliness, dictionary word, discovery, frogman, gigot, Harry Bleachbaker, history, instruction, loin, loo, monkey soap powder, N F Simpson, proverbs, rules of loo, scrag end, serendipity, style, surrealism, The Daily Express Enquire Within, words, writing
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A good firm one is always preferable…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is to run a finger end under the outer seams to free them from the wooden substrate, put a nice toffee in your mouth and suck it, do not chew – you must suck … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, drama, humour, instruction, learning, people, surrealism, sweating, thinking, war
Tagged conversation, history, instruction, madness, military, moist hands, observations, sex, shaking hands, style, surrealism, sweaty, to perfom, words
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A few shortish items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual white china teapot is the one shaped like the cry of a solitary seagull soaring over the white cliffs of Dover. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 378. I’m sorry I’m late, but I … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, cool, creation, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, learning, music, observations, overheard, religion, serendipity, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged arts, children, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, Dulltown city centre, God, history, jazz-effect, late, madness, mollusc, music, observations, octopus, overheard, pouting, religion, seagulls, serendipity, spam, style, surrealism, the bouncer, The Devil, unusual china teapot, white cliffs of Dover, words, writing
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Parry launched himself across…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s financial forecast is for bulging wallets to feel reassuringly smooth and warm to the touch, and the people over there, standing in the rain at the bus stop, to appear as amusing pawns in this … Continue reading
Posted in art, drama, drawing, finance, history, humour, information, learning, painting, puzzle, story, style, sweating, writing
Tagged 1950s, 1956, art, arts, bulging wallets, colour, drawing, financial forecast, history, illustration, in the rain, Lion Annual 1956, observations, painting, public school, racism in the 1950s, style, TV, writing
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Stella and the item of found apparel…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s wrinkled old black and white snapshot is the one of me and Marlon Brando sitting eating cheese sandwiches on the set of Streetcar Named Desire in 1950 – I was remarking to him what a … Continue reading
Posted in academia, art, celebrities, colours, composition, conversation, cool, creation, drama, Film, food, history, humour, information, painting, puzzle, seeing, surrealism, words
Tagged 'othouse, 1994, art, arts, bright colours, Cadbury's Mini-Rolls, celebrities, colour, conversation, dictionary word, drawing, fashion, film, history, obfuscation, painting, perspective, photography, style, surrealism, Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea, weather, words
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An attractive garden fitment…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from the 1976 novel Harry Bleachbaker by N F Simpson: Throughout this period a silent all-night vigil was being kept on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields by representatives from almost all the various … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, conversation, creation, design, drama, drawing, history, humour, information, instruction, reading, serendipity
Tagged 1954, 1976, Albert and Madge, conversation, drawing, flower-box, garden fitment, Harry Bleachbaker, history, instruction, inventions, madness, N F Simpson, serendipity, style, The 1954 Gadgets Annual, the tox, Theatre of the Absurd, W. N. Shaw
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