Couldn't resist the above from Theo. Who'd be the ball boy?
Speaking of things ancient, which we weren't, Dick Madeley suggests that the:
Speaking of things ancient, which we weren't, Dick Madeley suggests that the:
Wormwood buttering rack, Edwardian rat-hair doormat, woodworm in French fluting and the set of wooden birthing stirrups ...... are not necessarily an essential accompaniment to the modern bric a brac home, to which he adds:
I’m constantly amazed by the success of shows that get misty eyed over common-or-garden tat.Well yes, Richard.
'...out on the fly'. Is this where they are?
ReplyDeleteMy 21st. birthday present from my mother was an Olivetti portable in a sort of canvas case. I still have an Olympia Traveller I bought 37 years ago - and I love that old clunker more than this keyboard. Must have typed a couple of million words on it.
Ok, I admit this setup is easier to use - particularly with eyes like mine.
Brilliant picture!
ReplyDeleteRichard who....?
Damn cheek.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine being mad enough to do that on the wing of a bi-plane?
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