tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post5732325562238887961..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Like A Vicar In A Strip ClubAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-25648744964276777842012-09-20T09:06:42.987+01:002012-09-20T09:06:42.987+01:00I notice that growing a tree from a head is becomi...I notice that growing a tree from a head is becoming popular.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512412669995490110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-72066251024684358032012-09-18T22:13:55.764+01:002012-09-18T22:13:55.764+01:00Did I read Strip Club? I always enjoy how you lure...Did I read Strip Club? I always enjoy how you lure us in! Your auntie is fabulous....and I love your little outings on these mystery tours...they are so much fun!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-88043663702694967122012-09-18T09:19:34.795+01:002012-09-18T09:19:34.795+01:00I had assumed they might have been part of sKEgnes...I had assumed they might have been part of sKEgness, but you might well be right. I have tried to find another old image where the frontage can be seen clearly but, as yet, I haven't tracked one down.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-55498917653058640942012-09-18T09:16:42.059+01:002012-09-18T09:16:42.059+01:00Ah, that is the kind of job I half fancied as a yo...Ah, that is the kind of job I half fancied as a youth : but I suspect it would have become very monotonous after a time.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-15650168936381364692012-09-18T09:15:40.208+01:002012-09-18T09:15:40.208+01:00The trouble is I am tending to be organised in my ...The trouble is I am tending to be organised in my disorganisation, if you follow me. A week without planning and organisation sounds a bit like a plan to me.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-55274254490920020172012-09-18T09:13:55.015+01:002012-09-18T09:13:55.015+01:00Back in those days each industrial town seemed alm...Back in those days each industrial town seemed almost to be twinned with a seaside resort. For Bradford it tended to be Morecambe, whilst Halifax favoured BridlingtonAlan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-92100142878684643432012-09-18T08:43:20.224+01:002012-09-18T08:43:20.224+01:00We had a couple of Butlins holidays, as children. ...We had a couple of Butlins holidays, as children. It wasn't as bad as people now make out. The letters, KE, probably form part of KENT. As I recall, the dining halls were given place names, and KENT was one of them. Hi-de-Hi!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-20231911100257374522012-09-18T07:28:39.750+01:002012-09-18T07:28:39.750+01:00My father was the manager of the photographic depa...My father was the manager of the photographic department of Butlins, Filey in the late 40's - 50's.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-36412077383403929592012-09-18T01:53:03.496+01:002012-09-18T01:53:03.496+01:00Okay you're living on the wild side by not bei... Okay you're living on the wild side by not being organized! Sometimes in life even if we're super organized we can be tripped up and the organization thrown into disarray.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-4858783467658911802012-09-17T23:50:56.120+01:002012-09-17T23:50:56.120+01:00Like Jane and Lance my memories of 'Skeggy'...Like Jane and Lance my memories of 'Skeggy' are of the bracing kind mostly, but I did visit it a lot being brought up in Nottingham, and once spent an entire week there!<br />Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-64772151666970325282012-09-17T23:43:57.379+01:002012-09-17T23:43:57.379+01:00That's no Lady, that's my Auntie Miriam - ...That's no Lady, that's my Auntie Miriam - and the answer to your question is a treeAlan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-75879936183520928202012-09-17T21:20:00.103+01:002012-09-17T21:20:00.103+01:00I'm wondering what the lady is wearing on her ...I'm wondering what the lady is wearing on her head....jennyfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-37899672508862930192012-09-17T16:55:21.491+01:002012-09-17T16:55:21.491+01:00I assume that you are sipping that coffee from you...I assume that you are sipping that coffee from your set of Buntins' Goole patterned bone china mugs.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-51105442558501691402012-09-17T16:54:00.595+01:002012-09-17T16:54:00.595+01:00Thanks Teresa, I have filed your comment away.Thanks Teresa, I have filed your comment away.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-9659088781583845232012-09-17T16:50:29.144+01:002012-09-17T16:50:29.144+01:00I'm so glad to come along when all of these co...I'm so glad to come along when all of these comments have been added. Great amusement over morning coffee. Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-59515889365383606032012-09-17T16:44:44.388+01:002012-09-17T16:44:44.388+01:00LOL. as they say. You two have me chuckling all th...LOL. as they say. You two have me chuckling all the way back here in Minnesota.<br /><br />I'll just add here: Love this post. Great fun. Such restraint you're showing against that organizing/labeling thing.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-18152972731576152992012-09-17T15:43:00.167+01:002012-09-17T15:43:00.167+01:00More crap-pack than flat-pack.More crap-pack than flat-pack.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-73907034152281848182012-09-17T15:06:08.410+01:002012-09-17T15:06:08.410+01:00Oh my God - see what you've done? You've g...Oh my God - see what you've done? You've got me double entendreing again...Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-36614519416374779082012-09-17T14:56:47.965+01:002012-09-17T14:56:47.965+01:00And Buntin's Pocklington commode was a particu...And Buntin's Pocklington commode was a particularly sought after item. Even to this day it causes a small motion in antique sale rooms, even though it bottomed out in the 70s.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-24642788029659243822012-09-17T13:55:25.254+01:002012-09-17T13:55:25.254+01:00Excellent idea Betsy.Excellent idea Betsy.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-58941781177375565752012-09-17T13:54:31.809+01:002012-09-17T13:54:31.809+01:00And rather like IKEA called their various furnitur...And rather like IKEA called their various furniture ranges things like "Stiglio" and "Saados", you could buy a Mablethorpe bed or a Cleethorpes cupboard at Buntins.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-89238164355162248972012-09-17T13:52:34.801+01:002012-09-17T13:52:34.801+01:00Enjoy your sense of abandonment this week, Alan. ...Enjoy your sense of abandonment this week, Alan. You should wear mismatched socks, too, just for the fun of it! lol....Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-43129080723724393772012-09-17T12:22:37.855+01:002012-09-17T12:22:37.855+01:00It's not Butlin's, but Buntins - and early...It's not Butlin's, but Buntins - and early forerunner of IKEA, just as they were changing their name. You can tell by the KEA from IKEA behind the trees on the right.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-79436175906854175042012-09-17T10:06:38.101+01:002012-09-17T10:06:38.101+01:00It's bracing - I think that is the phrase.It's bracing - I think that is the phrase.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-39600875621321337532012-09-17T10:03:18.053+01:002012-09-17T10:03:18.053+01:00Hello Alan:
Oh dear, Skegness. Our memories are of...Hello Alan:<br />Oh dear, Skegness. Our memories are of such a desolate and decidedly tatty place where all hope of being stylish was washed out on the afternoon tide. <br /><br />And, always cold....at least in our memories.<br />Indeed, even Auntie Miriam seems only prepared to uncover a single ankle whilst the rest of her is swathed in thick clothing!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com