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Moonlight · 12-02-24, 02:41 PM

I was born in Oxfordshire many years ago, it's hardly changed in 66 years.

Burford

St John the Baptist Church

Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens

Burford, first thing to do after you visit it, is to leave and never go back.

Eisenwurst · 12-04-24, 12:32 AM

@ Moonie.....I share your sentiments mate.

I grew up ( ? ) in Wallsend NSW, an outlying suburb of Newcastle Australia.
A coal mining town that saw better days. At it's height, late 1880s , it had 30 !!!! pubs ( now I think there's only 4 left ).

Life was tough for everyone. The main pastimes were Alcoholism followed by Knuckle.

Looking at the photo you're probably wondering "where is everyone?"....they're either down the mines or at the pub.

If you look closely...yes, there is a body on the railway line !

I'd never move back

August · 12-04-24, 03:56 PM

Downtown in the 1960's

Downtown in 2023. Note the opening view of the video above is at about 14:min of this video

Gus does a good job of describing the town and it's history.

A 4th of July parade in the 1930's

First part of a five part series of town history. I went to school with the guys who produced and narrated this series.

Eichhörnchen · 12-05-24, 06:33 AM

^
Loved to see the majorette ladies in the 1930s parade in their knee length dresses - they'd be up to their little 'tooshes' now (is that the correct spelling?)

Skybird · 12-05-24, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonlight

What do British people do to their British places that these British places often look so very very British to the foreigner's eye...?

Jimbuna · 12-05-24, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

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What do British people do to their British places that these British places often look so very very British to the foreigner's eye...?

They take the photo only after ensuring there are no illegals in the immediate vicinity

Eichhörnchen · 12-05-24, 10:46 AM

Then we pour Britishness all over it

les green01 · 12-08-24, 10:15 PM

As many times the British says bloody you think everything be bloody

Reece · 12-08-24, 11:33 PM

you forgot bleedin!!

Moonlight · 12-09-24, 10:10 AM

If you don't use the words Bloody or Bleeding in a sentence, then you haven't been brought up to the British standard way of life.
Some of us went to a proper Boarding school and if you lived close by you could go home every night, but you would still get a caning if any of the Tutors heard you use those kind of words, and I got more than my fair share of that punishment, it was a badge of honour that some of us wilder one's wore with pride.

12-02-24, 02:41 PM	#1
Moonlight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,522 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	I was born in Oxfordshire many years ago, it's hardly changed in 66 years. Burford St John the Baptist Church Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens Burford, first thing to do after you visit it, is to leave and never go back. __________________

12-04-24, 12:32 AM	#2
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,763 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	@ Moonie.....I share your sentiments mate. I grew up ( ? ) in Wallsend NSW, an outlying suburb of Newcastle Australia. A coal mining town that saw better days. At it's height, late 1880s , it had 30 !!!! pubs ( now I think there's only 4 left ). Life was tough for everyone. The main pastimes were Alcoholism followed by Knuckle. Looking at the photo you're probably wondering "where is everyone?"....they're either down the mines or at the pub. If you look closely...yes, there is a body on the railway line ! I'd never move back __________________

12-04-24, 03:56 PM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Downtown in the 1960's Downtown in 2023. Note the opening view of the video above is at about 14:min of this video Gus does a good job of describing the town and it's history. A 4th of July parade in the 1930's First part of a five part series of town history. I went to school with the guys who produced and narrated this series. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

12-05-24, 06:33 AM	#4
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,417 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	^ Loved to see the majorette ladies in the 1930s parade in their knee length dresses - they'd be up to their little 'tooshes' now (is that the correct spelling?) __________________

12-05-24, 10:46 AM	#7
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,417 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Then we pour Britishness all over it __________________

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les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,784 Downloads: 1405 Uploads: 0	As many times the British says bloody you think everything be bloody __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

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Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,742 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	you forgot bleedin!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

12-09-24, 10:10 AM	#10
Moonlight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,522 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	If you don't use the words Bloody or Bleeding in a sentence, then you haven't been brought up to the British standard way of life. Some of us went to a proper Boarding school and if you lived close by you could go home every night, but you would still get a caning if any of the Tutors heard you use those kind of words, and I got more than my fair share of that punishment, it was a badge of honour that some of us wilder one's wore with pride. __________________