Your bike in front of something different...

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Alex H

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My bike in front (sort of) a pit truck used as a flower container.

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That photo looks like it was taken in 1973, what did you use an Olympus Trip!

I've still got my old Olympus Trip upstairs somewhere, brought in Jersey when we were on honeymoon some 37 years ago.
 
My bike in front of the old "Spritzenhaus" Lit: "spraying house"; basically the village fire station, just around the corner from my apartment.

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I was on the way back from the shops and noticed it was slightly less car-infested than usual so I had a clear view of the front.


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According to this nicely made info board on the wall:

"Built in 1835 as a fire depot for the citizens fire department,
somewhat later used for weighing Tobacco.
Rebuilt in 1935 as a weighing house for hemp, tobacco and carts"

I'm guessing "hemp" means the industrial variety, either that or village life in south Germany was very different to how it is today.

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My bike in front of a "cycling street":

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In theory, bikes have priority over cars. In practice cars aren't really allowed down this particular road although it is a bus route. It makes a handy short cut between my village and the next town. These are pretty popular here and remarkably drivers do seem to respect them.
 
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