"Crazy Tuesday" - MODERN vs VINTAGE.

1920s vs 1980s

In the foothills of the Rockies. This pup was one of the smartest dogs I had.

On Sunday 13th September 1987, 47482 eases out of Chesterfield with the 1050 Penzance to Edinburgh service.

The train illustrates a typical formation of the period for long distance InterCity trains in 1987. Class 47s with Mark 2 air-conditioned coaches operated the vast majority of such trains.

The liveries shown are also typical: the large logo livery carried by the class 47 was widespread but was being replaced by InterCity mainline, but overall rail blue was also still commonplace.

The coach liveries are also common for the period: coaches were gradually being re-liveried into InterCity livery from blue/grey.

47482 was nearly 23 years old at the time of my image: it soldiered on for another 6 years before its last trip to a scrapyard in 1993.

1980s - St. Wendel

international motocross in my hometown

Today golf is played there, not so dangerous

Heute wird dort Golf gespielt, nicht so gefährlich

VW Bus 1980s

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1980s

Loads of these to see back in 2017!

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Dress: vintage 1980s Lord & Taylor dress, thrifted

Bracelets: gifted (silver cuff), Senegal (black & white bangles), and vintage (rhinestone bracelet)

Belt: remixed (from a Betsey Johnson dress)

Shoes: Ecco via Sierra Trading Post

Photo by Santina of Style by Santina

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Dress: vintage 1980s Lord & Taylor dress, thrifted

Bracelets: gifted (silver cuff), Senegal (black & white bangles), and vintage (rhinestone bracelet)

Belt: remixed (from a Betsey Johnson dress)

Photo by Santina of Style by Santina

Well it's actually the spa and gym at the front of the cruise ship Celebrity Apex. However, it reminded me of the sun visors we might have worn as kids in the early 80s. Picture taken at sunrise in the port of Funchal.

Another one i've snapped before, its on the way to my Dad's house and look a lot rougher than it did in 2017, sad to see it slowly rusting away.....

80S Bmw 5-series seen in W.London, no plates.

Source; Scan of original photograph.

Set: HUL01.

Date: 1980's.

Photographer: John Hulford.

Repository: From the collection of Mr John Hulford.

Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.

www.swindon.gov.uk/localstudies

This mural was painted in 1977 to celebrate the Jubilee.

Funded by Hambro Life (which became Allied Dunbar and is now Zurich Financial Services).

Repainted in 1987.

(Source : Thamesdown Art Trails leaflet)

A 1980s view in the typically dingy back streets of Lhasa. Solid housing, but they must be freezing in the long Tibetan winter.

This was in the vicinity of the Jokhang Temple, and so I guess it still exists, although a glimpse at Google maps shows an explosion of development in the city. Gone are the peaceful almost rural walks down by the Lhasa River with the Potala Palace dominating the skyline, and I see some of the outlying temples have been virtually engulfed by the urban sprawl.

As they say - “Never Go Back”

Lhasa, Tibet. October 1986. © David Hill.

Seen in the Enfield area, no plates.

at Happy, Alaska.

Flashback Friday.

ca. mid-late 1980s.

Mush was not really our dog, but he did live with us off and on for a while. We met while Chance was still a puppy and Mush's person at the time was my cabinmate. We shared a dry cabin, no phone, no electric and about a tenth of a mile off the one lane, pothole filled, dead end dirt road. Judy had rescued him from a remote town, Kotzebue, above the Arctic Circle. People often talk about rescuing dogs, but Mush and Judy’s story is unique and a very literal rescue.

Judy was living in “Kotz” doing, if I’m not mistaken, graduate work. I’m sure she had seen Mush before, but one day while he was harnessed and in team, she heard yelling; his owner pulled a gun and was about to shoot him dead. Evidently Mush was a fighter and was not receptive to being told what to do by this person. This method of training, shooting a dog in harness while his teammates look on was meant as a lesson to the other dogs that they better behave. Truly misguided and cruel – “training” through fear and intimidation. But things were different in the bush and some people could not afford to keep a dog that not only did not perform, but also harmed other dogs in the team.

Judy intervened, “don’t shoot that dog!” And the person reluctantly acquiesced, warned her about his behavior, and said, “get him the hell out of here.” (or something to that effect).

Judy returned to Fairbanks for University studies (where we met and became roommates), of course she loved that dog with all her heart, with all her being, and he no doubt loved her as well, realizing maybe not that she saved his life, but that she got him away from a bad person.

It was said that Mush was ½ wolf. I usually take such claims with a grain of salt, but with Mush I believed it. Huskies can be very aloof, and arguably most or all of them can be traced to some wolf heritage, but Mush was the most aloof dog that I have ever experienced. Also, he did not like men, any wonder. But he tolerated me and eventually we became as close as he would allow. Later Lenore came around and she fell for him and he preferred to live with her in her little cabin. He provided her security and comfort. But I jumped ahead a bit.

Judy and Mush moved in when Chance was still a young pup, he was not aggressive with the rambunctious puppy, but as a matter of training and demonstrating who was boss, he would sit with seemingly all his weight (he was big) on Chance the pup. Chance learned. In his time with me Mush was a strong freight dog, helping haul firewood locally and supplies out to my remote cabin site. I even named a stretch of trail after him, “Mush’s Misery,” as it was a long uphill slog and he would put his head down, lean into his harness and march ahead without complaint.

Later Mush disappeared and some weeks or months later I was surprised to see him at a friends cabin. This was not near where Lenore or I had lived. The friend was surprised that I knew him, as surprised as I was to find him living with her. She said he just appeared on her porch one day and stayed, as if he lived there. She was involved in a separation and felt alone and vulnerable too in that place. She was convinced that Mush sensed this, and intentionally appeared to protect her and provide comfort. They had not met before. I didn’t really feel like it was my choice, so he stayed. Eventually he disappeared from her too, and that’s all we know.

Happy Station, 1916

Rusty signs on an abandoned cotton gin, which was opened in 1939 and operated until the 1980s.

Updated pic of the local Manta that has been sat in the same spot for years, only difference is its not surrounded by crap now, no plates, no idea of the reg.

Another 80s BMW seen on a local walk, no reg plates but there was a hand written for sale sign!

Exploring the Pepsi Max planet, Moon Trak halts as it nears a deep ravine.

Listening to synthwave on a Friday night will do this.

Stranger Things, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters :)

Mail sent by the Regional Parks Foundation in 1988 in celebration of the Tilden carousel. The stamps are regular US issue stamps (not specific to Tilden).

Panic

The Smiths

1986

UK #11

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‘Panic on the streets of London

Panic on the streets of Birmingham

I wonder to myself

Could life ever be sane again?

The Leeds side-streets that you slip down

I wonder to myself’

This song was written in reaction to the BBC DJ, Steve Wright playing the Wham! track "I'm Your Man," immediately after a news report on the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Morrissey observed ‘the music that they constantly play, it says nothing to me about my life.’

This is the view from the top of Richmond Hill tunnel in Leeds. It’s a cityscape that has changed enormously over the years.

The very prominent building is the Department of Health and Social Security head office, known locally as ‘The Kremlin’. It opened in 1993 on a site that was previously occupied by the ‘Quarry Hill Flats’ which were built in the 1930s and at the time were the largest social housing complex in the UK. Here’s a link to an article about the current building. Leeds Quarry House: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/go-inside-kremlin-lee...

By the 1980s the flats suffered considerable social and structural problems. As a child, I remember riding past them on the bus into town and they always seemed quite scary. Here’s a link to some pictures and a little about the history of the flats. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/leeds-quarry-h...

On the extreme left of the image is Leeds Town Hall, whilst on the right is where stone trains from Rylstone would deposit their load at the Tilcon depot.

It’s an area where further development is taking place, with some very expensive looking apartments being built just out of view to the left.

68025 ‘Superb’ laying down the amps as it powers up for the climb through Richmond Hill tunnel with 3E27 08:06 Manchester Piccadilly to York on Sunday 10th April 2022

Though it was the 1980s this photo looks like it could have been taken in the 50s or 60s. Scanned from an old print.

Get the coffee on, he said.

So tired after a long night of cocktails, flirting and dancing. You may have to carry me to the bedroom, undress me and put me to bed. And behave yourself.

I love the 80s look of a nice blouse with shoulder pads,pencil skirt and big hair!! I have to own up and admit this isn't a recent picture!!

No plates front or rear.

Probably one of the roughest cars I came across, unbelievable how much was rammed inside of it, hence the massive suspension sag.

The southern parts of the city seemed a bit denser with old cars, I'd have made much more effort exploring given the time.

Norway 1980s

🐍 Un des nids de câbles qu’il a fallu démêler pour mettre à jour tout le réseau de la Station la semaine dernière. Un peu comme changer sa box sur Terre…. mais avec des centaines et centaines de gros câbles à gérer et des centaines de connexions à faire… ! Une tâche qui, dans un bel élan d’optimisme, devait à l’origine se boucler en quelques heures. Au final Mark et moi on y a passé quasiment toute la journée ! On s’en souviendra… Le fil vert sur le bouton vert, le fil rouge sur le bouton rouge... #CableManagement

Mark and myself worked on upgrading the entire Space Station network last week. It sounds like we just swapped a new internet box? Not really… it was a very labour-intensive task that took all day, with hundreds of meters of unwieldy cables, and hundreds of connections to make. And no pressure: if you don’t reconnect all of them properly, the Station won’t work… 😉

Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet

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The world needs more photos of Joanna Gleason from the 1980s. Thanks to AI, we are able to get more photos of Joanna Gleason from the 1980s.

For some reason, this look feels like a headshot done to apply for the job of Dr. Crusher on STNG.

Odd the fact that the women I craved after 30 years ago I've now become....

Other than the quite badly faded red paint, this looked in good shape.

No plates.

Can't recall which country - trying to remember by the way the price tag was written on the red dress.