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Seems awful narrow. Is it missing the left side?

A nice smile she has.

What kind of store?

Was he the guy Howard unknowingly bought his car? Or maybe the guy who chased the Swan Man of Ilkley for waving his stick?

Drat, I knew that one but was too late to post. :-/

Good one of Smiler.

Greets and welcome to a fellow Buckeye, @TheWanderer247 . Spent many a happy hours wandering through Wright-Patterson AFB Museum near Dayton in my younger days. Grew up about half hour from there. Hope you enjoy your time here at the forums of LotSW. Glad you have had the chance to watch...

Ya, got me on this one.

Good find, John. I like that it comes with a second, backup flat cap, dog, pint and cup of tea or coffee. Do they also have a YorkshireLady one as well? Be interesting what accessories she might have: brush, tin tray, fancy hat, pinny, mangle...

Seems like a simpler, gentler time. One I can easily imagine myself comfortably and happily living in.

Had me thinking of the time Compo and his friend (Stinky Rumbalo?) would roll Eileen Watkins down a hill.

I'll say! A search of the average brick weight of 4.5 pounds (2kg) each would mean 185,000 bricks to be about 832,500 pounds or 376,000 kg or 416 tons! The LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard locomotive weighs in around 185 tons per the Wiki. Saw two references to how much it could pull: 1) A speed...

Very creative.

Out of curiosity I did a search to see if Jack the Ripper (1888) and Dr. Crippen (moved to London 1897) were active during the same time frame. Came across this site that seems to have a lot of info on Jack the Ripper - https://casebook.org/ . Have you seen it before, @Pearl ? You may...

Glad you had a chance to make it there. Wonderful landscape picture view of the countryside, thanks for sharing. Sounds like you had a great trip with lovely weather. Much respect for leaving a bit of ashes of your Mom at the bench.