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If someone else in your family is like Uncle Albert in OnlyF&H then you don't have to be of that 'certain age'Coyotejohn1947 said:
Well, I took a look myself and I can't find it (i.e the Fiona Bruce reference) but I did come across this related item which I posted in 2018SporadicAddick said:
I searched "Fiona Bruce" and it's surprising how many different threads she has appeared on, but couldn't see a comment from you. Go on then....Coyotejohn1947 said:You can't remember if you have posted on this thread earlier in the year.
I think I might have done - not sure - might have been something about Fiona Bruce?
You will be of a certain age if you can answer at least some of the following:
1) a popular Post-WWII meal item on a Monday evening would be Bread and ********. Fill in the missing word.
2) When did rationing officially end in the UK after WWII?
3) Were you able to spend a Victorian penny in 1954 (i.e. was Victorian coinage still in circulation in 1954 - yes or no?
4) The Festival of Britain was in which year, 1951, 1952 or 1953?
5) What is an Allotment?
6) Henry Irving's best cardigan dates from which decade - the 50s or the 60s?0 -
The 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot…MrWalker said:
When you can't remember remember.thai malaysia addick said:When you can't which decade you last ran up a flight of stairs0 -
That's probably just being unsteady, caused by all the beers @ricky_otto so generously buys you down the pub.ElfsborgAddick said:Standing on a train and people are insistent on giving you their seat.0 -
I think those two wasters on the left are conspiring to take over the local football archery team.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:You're looking at a 240 year old watercolour painting of an old Woolwich scene with your Mum and realise she has been around for nearly 100 years of that timespan!
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Sandby documented a lot of London in the 1780s. This one of Charlton too.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:You're looking at a 240 year old watercolour painting of an old Woolwich scene with your Mum and realise she has been around for nearly 100 years of that timespan!
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Love it. Might have to check out more of his workstoneroses19 said:
Sandby documented a lot of London in the 1780s. This one of Charlton too.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:You're looking at a 240 year old watercolour painting of an old Woolwich scene with your Mum and realise she has been around for nearly 100 years of that timespan!0 -
Wow. Amazing to think - that could quite possibly be the East Terrace and the people are on where the pitch is now.stoneroses19 said:
Sandby documented a lot of London in the 1780s. This one of Charlton too.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:You're looking at a 240 year old watercolour painting of an old Woolwich scene with your Mum and realise she has been around for nearly 100 years of that timespan!2 -
Far more Horse Shit on it these days.jimmymelrose said:
Wow. Amazing to think - that could quite possibly be the East Terrace and the people are on where the pitch is now.stoneroses19 said:
Sandby documented a lot of London in the 1780s. This one of Charlton too.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:You're looking at a 240 year old watercolour painting of an old Woolwich scene with your Mum and realise she has been around for nearly 100 years of that timespan!4 -
Mostly wearing red shirtsPenfolds Perm said:
Far more Horse Shit on it these days.jimmymelrose said:
Wow. Amazing to think - that could quite possibly be the East Terrace and the people are on where the pitch is now.stoneroses19 said:
Sandby documented a lot of London in the 1780s. This one of Charlton too.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:You're looking at a 240 year old watercolour painting of an old Woolwich scene with your Mum and realise she has been around for nearly 100 years of that timespan!1 -
Those were the days, going out after the horses of traders went by with a shovel and a bucket, to collect horse shit for my dads rhubarb. Needless to say, a long time after this picture was painted 🤣Penfolds Perm said:
Far more Horse Shit on it these days.jimmymelrose said:
Wow. Amazing to think - that could quite possibly be the East Terrace and the people are on where the pitch is now.stoneroses19 said:
Sandby documented a lot of London in the 1780s. This one of Charlton too.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:You're looking at a 240 year old watercolour painting of an old Woolwich scene with your Mum and realise she has been around for nearly 100 years of that timespan!1 - Sponsored links:
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I wonder if it’s possible to determine exactly where that is? A bit of a long shot I know but perhaps there’s a clever land surveyor out there with the ability to study the land fall and work out if it’s where The Valley now stands?jimmymelrose said:
Wow. Amazing to think - that could quite possibly be the East Terrace and the people are on where the pitch is now.stoneroses19 said:
Sandby documented a lot of London in the 1780s. This one of Charlton too.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:You're looking at a 240 year old watercolour painting of an old Woolwich scene with your Mum and realise she has been around for nearly 100 years of that timespan!
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Well, there's a small lake and church in the distance but even more curious is the church at the top of the chalk cliffs. There must be some mention of that in records of the history of the area - maybe in The British Library.
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If what we see there were to be the chalk cliffs from which we know the East Terrace was carved out, then The Thames would be behind the painter who would have been sitting somewhere around where the tunnel/club shop are now.
The church and small lake in the distance are on lower land southwards.
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I was thinking the small lake/body of water you mention might have been a small area of The Thames?jimmymelrose said:If what we see there were to be the chalk cliffs from which we know the East Terrace was carved out, then The Thames would be behind the painter who would have been sitting somewhere around where the tunnel/club shop are now.
The church and small lake in the distance are on lower land southwards.
Fascinating stuff imo.0 -
This map suggests that as well as St Luke's at the top of Charlton Church Lane there was another church on Charlton Lane, where the mini roundabout is now. Could that be it? https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/spy/#zoom=16.3&lat=51.48727&lon=0.02453&layers=1&b=1&r=30jimmymelrose said:Well, there's a small lake and church in the distance but even more curious is the church at the top of the chalk cliffs. There must be some mention of that in records of the history of the area - maybe in The British Library.
When I saw that painting my thought was the same as yours that it could be where the East Terrace was. I then had doubts because I thought the perspective looked more as if it was looking downhill rather than up. Of course it's a painting not a photo, so the painter could have messed around with the composition to make it look more appealing, giving an impression of the area rather than a facsimile.
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jimmymelrose said:
Wow. Amazing to think - that could quite possibly be the East Terrace and the people are on where the pitch is now.stoneroses19 said:
Sandby documented a lot of London in the 1780s. This one of Charlton too.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:You're looking at a 240 year old watercolour painting of an old Woolwich scene with your Mum and realise she has been around for nearly 100 years of that timespan!
I'd say it's St Lukes at the top of the hill, the Thames in the distance about where the O2 is and viewed from down Landsdowne lane where the newish flats are.
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You know you're getting old when
............. you study old paintings down to the tiniest details.
Seriously though, that can't be The Thames in the distance; it doesn't look like a river. Nevertheless it does seem logical seeing as it's downhill.
Are we sure that this isn't a painting of a Charlton somewhere in the USA?😉0 -
There are eighteen Charltons in Britain alone: https://gazetteer.org.uk/results.php?type=em&place=Charlton&loc=set&pageno=1
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Remembering whether you have taken your pills. 🥸2
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Thanks for the reminder, now where are they?0
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I like to take the edge off a Magnum lolly with a quick ten second blast in the microwave.
On two occasions recently I've pressed the minute button inadvertently and stood there like a tit in a trance. I then have to pour my Magnum down the sink. Very distressing. I worry I'm turning into Unlucky Alf.
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Does anyone remember apple-pie beds?1
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Do they have crusty sheets?0
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and covered in custard squirtsiaitch said:Do they have crusty sheets?1 -
iaitch said:Do they have crusty sheets?
And sound like you're sliding into a packet of cheese and onion crisps.
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I've found using a pill box helpful here. If the tablets are missing they've been taken. This one £1-50 in Boots.Solidgone said:Remembering whether you have taken your pills. 🥸
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I'm in that bloody club too.0
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I keep forgetting to purchase one 🥸Raith_C_Chattonell said:
I've found using a pill box helpful here. If the tablets are missing they've been taken. This one £1-50 in Boots.Solidgone said:Remembering whether you have taken your pills. 🥸2 -
Got one today from boots Charlton. Well done @Raith_C_Chattonell
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My wife and I have the opposite of a “safe word” for when I get old!
We agreed that on the day I come home and say “You know, I really like the look of the new Renault Kangoo” is the day she has me put in an old folks’ home! 😂😂😂10
