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The Captain’s Compendium of Excellent Isolation Ideas
No.2 Hold a home film show! Any recommendations gentlemen? Let’s get reel...
This superb projectionist is by the extraordinary Mr Eric Fan.
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#excellentisolationideas #ericfan #stayathome #steampunkillustration
To keep her engine in tip top condition Cousin Alphronia can never resist a quick tinker under the bonnet.
Carry on.
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#mechanics #mechaniclife #vintagevehicles #classiccars #1920sstyle #flappers #vintagestyle
During lockdown why not take up a new pastime?!
For our occasional amusement I introduce: Fawcett’s Fancies, the Captain’s Compendium of Excellent Ideas...
No. 1 - Pen some poetry. This is by the somewhat unsettling Mr #EdwardGorey.
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#fawcettsfancies #isolationideas
Lady Penelope's Palace of Variety.
Wipe away those isolation blues and join me as I get to the bottom of the rarest jewel in the Captain's Museum!
Invented in 1920, Joseph Gayetty's idea was not only sneezed at but he was told it wasn't worth the paper it was written on!
Mothering Sunday Best.
Do feel free to share your tribute to the dear mamas in your circle gentleman...wherever they may be.
Huzzah for mothers!
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#mothersday #motheringsunday #motherlove #mothersandson #sundaybest
Monday Musing
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
- Ambrose Redmoon
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#stiffupperlip #communityfirst #kindnessrocks #resilient
Saturday Fixture
Oh yes, very impressive, but I do wish these fellows would get off their high horse.
Good day.
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#gymnasium #vintagegym #exerciseclass
Lady Penelope's Palace of Variety
Was there ever a chap more Dastardly than Dick?
Paul Winchell who lent voice to our antihero had more bounce and was full of heart.
He voiced Tigger of Winnie the Pooh and invented the first artificial heart!
Rashin fashin Rick Rastardly!
Friday. That’s all one needs to know.
Chin chin.
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#happyhour #fridayfeels #chinchin
Wiggle your artichokes boys for ‘tis time for the Schembart Carnival, Nuremberg’s 15th century Shrovetide knees-up.
Schembart means ‘masked beard’ & costumed men ‘carried on & behaved foolishly’. Not unlike a day with the Right Hand Man.
*Sigh*
#shrovetuesday #beardedmen