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a relative born in Victorian times, who lived to nearly 100, told me near the end of her life how she remembered the terrible smell in the streets from the horse drawn traffic (she grew up near Manchester)

Sherlock Holmes and Hansom Cabs think of the Great Detective and you see him with his trusty companion, Dr Watson, in a Hansom Cab investigating yet another adventure mystery these iconic vehicles were on the streets of London almost 200 years ago (from 1834) they were essential transport during WWII (petrol was severely rationed) they continued in use until 1946 when his Pathé Newsreel was filmed There’s also a famous evocative photo from that same year, taken at night in a foggy London street, on this Facebook history page https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1577290103761433&set=a.581451953345258

timing there’s bad timing and then there’s this

Quatermass And The Pit almost 70 years ago (May 1957) writer Nigel Kneale pitched an outline to the BBC it combined ancient folk law, sci-fi, ancient aliens, the supernatural and horror in modern-day (1950s) London: During a major building project, site excavations uncover ancient humanoid remains archaeologists and anthropologists estimate they could be up to 5 million years old this is impossible - it totally undermines established evidence of early humans And Britain is rebuilding hell-for-leather after the massive destruction during WWII so the government is determined to continue the building work But the scientists are equally determined to stop the work and find out what these remains mean Pretty soon they’ll wish they hadn’t… This 1950s show predates colour TV in Britain but the image and audio is pretty good. It scores 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and ranks in the top 100 best ever British TV shows It can be watched for free on the fawesome.tv enterainment app

yesterday outside Buckingham Palace the King’s Guard played a tribute to Dolly - a global treasure

yes, good point I should have read the synopsis it’s a difficult thing for me

those controls aren’t in place here

this isn’t Shakespeare - it is targeted at teens and young adults, likely watching alone with a ‘happy ending’?

it is a romantic story key plot point - death by suicide

sorry, I’m not into romanticising suicide validating suicide especially given the target audience - teens and young adults who are already in a high risk group

but aren’t these images in this thread (and other threads) “links”? When members press the “Other Media” button the popup window says “Insert image from URL“ for example the image in this post from 28 February 2023 is from the source URL if you ‘click’ on the image the link to the source is displayed: https:// cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0481/4058/3069/files/ezgif-3-c8dbaeeed9eb_480x480.gif “Insert image from URL” is the only ‘instruction/information that members see when they post in a thread using the “Other Media” button so how should @Bill W or anyone else verify “that someone else didn't originally steal that photo and post it on (Wikipedia)”? do posters need to retain verification records of posted links? specifically, what records must be kept?

Chevrolet Corvair 1960-69 how an unusual American car that sold nearly 2 million, was attacked by campaign lawyer Ralph Nader as the most dangerous car on American roads, cost General Motors hundreds of $millions in lawsuits, and changed American law - making consumer protection for American car buyers probably the strongest in the world

time spent on things we enjoy is not time wasted

60 years on and Trekkie fandom just gets stronger

“choice” = analysis paralysis