tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post2604619705410416494..comments2024-03-18T13:16:05.691+00:00Comments on <center>Bénch </center>: Vote Labour.tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-9072739542010173742011-12-02T13:30:38.264+00:002011-12-02T13:30:38.264+00:00there are at least 20 good reasons why that top ph...there are at least 20 good reasons why that top photo of Dorothea Lange's is a revered classic. photo-journalism = 1000 words.<br /><br />Robert Morley (English actor, deceased)is infamous for saying: <br />"I like the working class. I like to sit in the window of White's and watch them outside in the rain."iODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394268529143990889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-88304851085821711372011-11-30T23:38:21.518+00:002011-11-30T23:38:21.518+00:00If our hair all turned sepia when we got older we&...If our hair all turned sepia when we got older we'd be wishing it would turn grey instead.Perpetual Chocoholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536475843763405457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-81502546955565074842011-11-30T15:07:33.034+00:002011-11-30T15:07:33.034+00:00It seems like you have met a few characters in you...It seems like you have met a few characters in your life Tony.;)<br />The first image made me chuckle, hehe.;)<br />xoxoZuzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137958790178864561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-71535034636593397722011-11-30T11:06:12.655+00:002011-11-30T11:06:12.655+00:00I remember in Eynsford, there was a man who we all...I remember in Eynsford, there was a man who we all used to call the bucket man. Whenever there was a hot day all the kids used to bundle to Eynsford for a paddle in the ford. The bucket man used to provide us all with... er... buckets and then a massive water fight would ensue. It was great fun, he was always there. He looked a bit like Mr Bean.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-7529904190641252152011-11-29T12:02:53.373+00:002011-11-29T12:02:53.373+00:00Spectacular picture! I really love the post, you a...Spectacular picture! I really love the post, you amaze me.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sampleletters.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">Sample Letters</a>Joyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421972090113534688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-54235303600341792482011-11-28T08:30:34.667+00:002011-11-28T08:30:34.667+00:00First, be careful on wednesday if your day of acti...First, be careful on wednesday if your day of action means public manifestation. since the "occupy' movement, cops are itchy to hurt someone...<br /><br />I like charaters, even if they impress me much usually. In my district, there was an old man who dressed as a king, with the crown and the hermine coat and all. The king of what? I never knew. Another one dressed as an orthodox priest Bruno Lalibertéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607511642101907283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-40340377006871534542011-11-27T19:22:07.633+00:002011-11-27T19:22:07.633+00:00An incredible post again by you! Thanks... I too s...An incredible post again by you! Thanks... I too say long live those charming (and sometimes not so charming) characters that grace our lives and are never forgotten, not for long anyway!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-39941168640317765882011-11-27T14:25:06.441+00:002011-11-27T14:25:06.441+00:00The guy on the horse emerging from the fog on the ...The guy on the horse emerging from the fog on the moors must have really looked like an apparition! :0Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-33315727815406990912011-11-27T13:30:34.155+00:002011-11-27T13:30:34.155+00:00I remember characters like that in my own home tow...I remember characters like that in my own home town.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-22453390232408612752011-11-27T11:04:26.204+00:002011-11-27T11:04:26.204+00:00Kurt ,I'm not sure The Brits are more eccentri...<i>Kurt</i> ,I'm not sure The Brits are more eccentric than <i>Johnny Foreigner</i>.It's just we take a peverse <i>pride</i> in it! <br /><i>Marilyn</i>.I Like Him!<br /><i>Dominic</i>.I'm not if sure I have met/seen Joan? Yes, truly wicked what those 2 men did..although heartening to read the support she got....It reminds me of a facebook page last year that was set up ridiculing a tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-79879710115042832782011-11-27T06:29:01.580+00:002011-11-27T06:29:01.580+00:00LIKE THE POST MR TONY.LIKE THE POST MR TONY.sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194522376789894727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-87114650375891814982011-11-27T04:00:53.563+00:002011-11-27T04:00:53.563+00:00Interesting post. My husband's 97 year old unc...Interesting post. My husband's 97 year old uncle is very much a character, he is one of a kind.<br /><br />http://mymagpiecollection.blogspot.com/2010/10/outing-with-elderly-person.htmlMarilyn & Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851884880790561276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-115418211348230892011-11-27T02:57:47.993+00:002011-11-27T02:57:47.993+00:00Agree about the focus thing. Are you picketting? T...Agree about the focus thing. Are you picketting? There are many people like me (an MU member, so not directly involved) who could be picketted out.<br /><br />Talk of Halifax characters reminds me of Joan Ellison who sits (does she still?) on the wall outside the garage on Boothtown Road.<br /><br />http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/local/Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-40237520802056757202011-11-26T23:42:32.846+00:002011-11-26T23:42:32.846+00:00I read an article about eccentrics in Britain and ...I read an article about eccentrics in Britain and why the British culture engenders eccentricity, but I no longer remember the reason. Maybe it's 'more repression=more eccentricity"?Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076973960956565537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-44921969535626506062011-11-26T20:32:34.640+00:002011-11-26T20:32:34.640+00:00My sepia roots are coming in.
Oh, yes. Much nicer....My sepia roots are coming in.<br />Oh, yes. Much nicer. <br />It is awful hard(for me) to hate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-90437934012663209512011-11-26T20:18:51.630+00:002011-11-26T20:18:51.630+00:00Love the clarity of photo No 1 :-) and I'm wit...Love the clarity of photo No 1 :-) and I'm with you on the pensions thing. As a child growing up in Edinburgh, we had many local "characters" one of whom hung around the school gate at Home Time. He always had a lit cigarette in each hand and smoked them alternately. We knew him (from the older kids) as "The Convict" and we were afraid of him. He was probably just a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-48498261388676947572011-11-26T19:31:02.464+00:002011-11-26T19:31:02.464+00:00Fascinating post and pictures...Fascinating post and pictures...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-25883456829769455162011-11-26T19:29:23.326+00:002011-11-26T19:29:23.326+00:00I could listen to men like Donald John all day. I&...I could listen to men like Donald John all day. I'm so glad you spent time with them.<br />Politicians, all colours, I wouldn't give them time of day.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-52510679937456325322011-11-26T19:00:35.702+00:002011-11-26T19:00:35.702+00:00I remember one of the 'Characters' in my t...I remember one of the 'Characters' in my town was the looney, as we called him, who chased us all just to hear us scream. Now he was shell shocked, PTSD, we call it now. When I was in Jamaica there were what looked like beautiful flowers and bushes along the side of the road outside of the town where we took a road safari, after we passed by we looked back and there were dozens of folks Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721708092323894355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-22019447520800579022011-11-26T17:03:36.713+00:002011-11-26T17:03:36.713+00:00Pat.....The Photo has been photoshoped in order to...Pat.....The Photo has been photoshoped in order to superimpose British Prime Minister's Head....!<br />Danny.....It's Back-To-The-Future but not in a nice way.Thanks for the link I will put it on the main body of the post.People Are Sleepwalking in a Stephen King-Fashion.It's very Real.It's Very Dark.The Depth is scary....I Dropped a coin in The Well 5 minutes ago...& it stilltonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-36548810393829398832011-11-26T16:24:34.565+00:002011-11-26T16:24:34.565+00:00I believe that everyone has a story to tell if we ...I believe that everyone has a story to tell if we can engage and listen....your first photo of the woman looks like something from the John Steinbeck novel, "Grapes of Wrath" I think missing mass to talk to the "character" was a good tacticAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-6974965270785662542011-11-26T16:14:11.600+00:002011-11-26T16:14:11.600+00:00"In Los Angeles earlier this week, approximat..."In Los Angeles earlier this week, approximately 10,000 people lined up for free turkey dinners.<br /><br />10,000 people."<br /><br />this is from here: http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_Global_Economy_is_in_Big_Trouble/16717/0/38/38/Y/M.html<br /><br />things are gonna get scarily shitty in the next 5yrs or less, tony...i am v.frightened....i suggest buying lots of dried goods that Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431778902823777393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-59454898222787642962011-11-26T15:39:27.035+00:002011-11-26T15:39:27.035+00:00The Old Liberal yea......Ummm A Politician with A...The Old Liberal yea......Ummm A Politician with A Soul!Now That's A Radical Concept!tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-63937046793827900522011-11-26T15:25:35.909+00:002011-11-26T15:25:35.909+00:00The Liberals are probably the sole left of centre ...The Liberals are probably the sole left of centre party. But could do with de Clegging. As for Labour, you plough a lonely furrow, give me a shout if they ever regain their soul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-3632037954737308382011-11-26T13:50:34.636+00:002011-11-26T13:50:34.636+00:00Tony,
I have a very wonderful 'character' ...Tony,<br />I have a very wonderful 'character' in my life right now whose tales I love to hear. I use character in the very best sense of the word - those wonderful folk who march to the beat of a different drummer. <br /><br />Thanks for the reminder to take a photo! Now, how to capture him on film so that all his charm shines through ...Liz Strattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355785887810653358noreply@blogger.com