Absolutely random photo of anything thread
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Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
This photo was taken in Hyde Park in 1969. These women would be in their 70s by now.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
I looked up Eliza Fraser on Wikipedia. She was shipwrecked on 22 May 1836. Her husband died, but she later made her way to Hook Point. Her claim to have been 'captured' or 'enslaved' by the Butchulla People is controversial; other people from the same shipwreck disputed it, and the Butchulla were known for being hospitable. Worse, The Butchulla were subsequently massacred and displaced, partly because of her account. Apparently the plaque has annoyed some Australian tourists.
Fraser later caused more controversy by asking the Mayor of London to start a charity to support her three children, on the basis she was a destitute widow. In fact, she had remarried another ship's captain in Australia some time earlier, and while in Australia a charity in Sydney had given her 400 pounds.
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dicko
Guru
- Location
- Derbyshire
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
toffee
Guru
Reminds me of the cows in the garden of a house we rented in France a few years ago
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
I’ll see your black and white cows, and raise you two coloured ones
newts
Veteran
- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
Keeping with the cow pictures, one from last weekend. Slow cooked organic beef, flashed on the fire before serving to the guests.
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
An early promotional poster for The Jam.
I was likely there, somewhere 😂
