United Kingdom
Muffin the Mule
Non-talking puppets with uninterrupted narration by a weird lady: pure kiddie gold!Or, as the urban legend has it: "There! That oughta hold the little bastards!"
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 30, 2020 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Television, United Kingdom, Twentieth Century
The World’s Fastest Shed
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 02, 2020 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Motor Vehicles, United Kingdom
UK’s Central Government War HQ
The Central Government War Headquarters (CGWHQ) is a 35-acre (14 ha)[1] complex built 120 feet (37 m) underground[2] as the United Kingdom's emergency government war headquarters – the hub of the country's alternative seat of power outside London during a nuclear war or conflict with the Soviet Union. It is located in Corsham, Wiltshire, in a former Bath stone quarry known as Spring Quarry, under the present-day MoD Corsham.[3]
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 25, 2020 -
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Category: War, 1960s, United Kingdom
Queen Mary’s Dollhouse
Queen Mary's Dolls' House is the largest, most beautiful and most famous dolls' house in the world. Built between 1921 and 1924 for Queen Mary, consort of George V, by the leading British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, it includes contributions from over 1,500 of the finest artists, craftsmen and manufacturers of the early twentieth century. From life below stairs to the high-society setting of the saloon and dining room, and from a library bursting with original works by the top literary names of the day, to a fully stocked wine cellar and a garden, created by Gertrude Jekyll, no detail was forgotten. The house even includes electricity, running hot and cold water and working lifts. Each room is fully furnished and waiting to be explored.
The official homepage.
Article on the library therein.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 10, 2020 -
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Category: Architecture, Buildings and Other Structures, Domestic, Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Royalty, 1920s, United Kingdom
Frestonia
CHAZ? Nothing new in the world.Good article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 26, 2020 -
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Category: Government, Stupid Criminals, Unauthorized Dwellings, 1960s, United Kingdom
Country Farming: Innovations of the Modern Tractor (1955-1959)
Nothing will probably ever beat TIMBER BRIDGE INSPECTION (reprinted below for newbies) as the gold standard for boredom, but twenty minutes of UK tractor talk comes close.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 12, 2019 -
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Category: Agriculture, Boredom, PSA’s, United Kingdom
Unauthorized Dwellings 10
Squatting AND pirate radio! A winning combo!
Source (where the text is bigger).
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 29, 2019 -
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Category: Radio, Unauthorized Dwellings, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s, United Kingdom
Cornwall Superstitions
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 02, 2019 -
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Category: Superstition, United Kingdom
The Twisted Chimney of Wales
Explanation.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 25, 2019 -
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Category: Architecture, Surrealism, Statues and Monuments, United Kingdom
World Black Pudding Throw Championship
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 08, 2019 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Eccentrics, Food, Regionalism, United Kingdom
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