Photo-a-Day  (Sunday, 22nd December, 2024)

Dennis that’s a decent Christmas photo with my mate stoop under the tree sorry to deviate but Dave I see Fury lost to Usik and Dubois jumped into the ring after the finish asking for a rematch so we will see what develops.

Cheap stores offset by what looks like ’Marble Halls’…I have to say the Grand Arcade always looks very clean, shiny and top notch.
George seems to move about quite a lot!

John , a disgrace a fighter to jump in like that. Show some respect ! Leave the ring to the two fighters- wait your time !

Fully agree Dave.

What has boxing to do with the grand arcade? Save it for the sports thread

The old Market much better, this place has no character. (and I don't mean the Galleries market)

Veronica, poor old George looks a shadow of his former self.
He’s probably fallen into one of Rachel Reeves Black Holes created by Tory years of paying pensioners their Winter Fuel Allowance.

I think PeterP has a valid point lads !
Here in the small town we live in the shops are bustling...though I have to say we dont have any grand arcades....take note WMC ! Thanks for the pic Dennis....

It’s only four days off Boxing Day so in my opinion a ‘Grand’ and seasonal comment.

Just a quickie before I’m cast to the lions. I know nothing about boxing but they did look extremely mismatched! One was a giant towering over the little ‘un. Sorry!

Colin where do you find them hahahaha, we supplied the concrete when this Arcade was built from the Queen Street Depot and there’s no RAAC included.

We're back to bricks and mortar aw we.
It's Christmas, more Christmasies please. We see these all through the year on pad.

Veronica it doesn't matter what size you are. It's how good you use your hands.

Oh! I see …Thankyou Boxing Day.

George Formby sang a song about fighting Colin.
'Biceps Muscle and Brawn', I don't recommend listening to it though.

George did a 'grand' job of providing entertainment with that terrible voice of his and he made a fortune out of it, untill they dropped him into his grave in.. Warrington.
George's grandmother certainly was 'poor' she was buried in a paupers plot, but not in Warrington.
May sound suprising as her son George Formby senior was wealthy at the time. There's a very sad story to that, not at this time though. Tis the season to be jolly and with respect, better to leave her to.. rest in peace.

Veronica good point, no need to be sorry. You are not expected to be the armchair expert. The one that was about the same height as Formby's statue (Usyk) won because he was fitter, and better at thumpin than the big fat un, who look like he'd just walked out of the pub. He calls himself the Gypsy King (Fury)
They both got a lot of money.
Showing a lot of respect in boxing doesn't always sell tickets. The Gypsy knows that, and he has made millions at it.

John , a disgrace a fighter to jump in like that. Show some respect ! Leave the ring to the two fighters- wait your time !

Veronica no need to be sorry, George Formby can't hear you.

Dave I didn’t get to watch the fight Live as planned due to son -in -law going down with flu so made do with the iPad round by round reading with a four minute delay but had a great evening with my granddaughters and their partners +the in-laws all to do with my eldest granddaughter (27) going skiing for Christmas in Austria

Before I digress again, a very nice everyday photo Dennis to to join your catalogue this year, keep it up in 2025 our friend.
That said, I saw a Newspaper headline this morning referring to our 'Beloved' Reich's Chancellor as 'The Grinch'.
Personally I think that if you gave her a black pointed hat and painted her face green she would be a dead ringer for Elphaba, The Witch Of The West.
I bet she has her heating on full belt this Christmas in her luxury home at the tax payers expense. I am not bitter or jealous, just hate the Hypocricy of it all.
No wonder folks are losing faith in Democracy when it continues to be the same old Party's peddling out the same old lies and lining their own pockets.
I am not advocating this but at least in China and Russia they don't change governments, leaders or policies every few months and people know where they stand (even if they are being shot!).
There are a few more days left for me to cheer you all up, in the meantime I am off to a 'Traditional' Carol Service this evening.

John (W). Christmas in Austria sounds just the tonic.
Skiing not for me these days, getting up and down stairs is a challenge! but being 'Apres Ski' with snow falling outside in front of a roaring log fire with a suitable 'comforting' beverage would be perfect.

That sounds lovely John. Austria is beautiful. I have great memories of going up a mountain in nothing better than a tiny chair lift with a thin strap holding me in …terrified! Needless to say I walked back down but it was in Summer. Thank you TD for a more in-depth explanation. The big ‘un did look like a Gypsy who might organise Big FatGypsy Weddings.
ps the only fight I enjoyed watching was John Wayne and Victor McLachlan in” The Quiet Man.” diddly, diddly diddly dee…….it must have lasted half the picture!

ian
No need for Veronica 'to be sorry', George Formby never learned to read and write either.

John , better not reply as we will get told off!

Helen of Troy you live in a very nice part of the country we know people who live in March is that nearby,we stayed at Corton (Warner Break) to see Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and maybe that’s close to you Helen.

Anybody heard whether or not any more of DTease ‘ toes dropped off recently ? ………

Just askin’ .

Dave I wouldn’t know how to find the sports thread but keeping a low profile could help as I don’t like offending people as life is far to short.

Good picture "The Quite Man“. The dowry and the reluctant boxer. Blokes bashing each other for miles across the fields of Ireland, in the summer. Much better than frostbite in Wigin, on one of those Thora Hird ski lifts. ..

Who needs toes anyway, Ozy. You have to keep cutting the nails every six months or so!
Losing them big toes plays havoc with your balance though. Everybody thinks yer permanently drunk hic! hic! Pardon me.
Last time I managed to get down there I cut of more toe than bloody nail!
The Almighty made I serious design error when he invented toe nails. I reckon he never expected us to live long enough to get to the point where we couldn’t get down there to cut the blasted things.
One of the most humiliating things about getting old must be having to rely on some unfortunate soul having to cut your toe nails for you!

Are you running short of fuel for the Aga Ozy?
I’ve started breaking up the furniture. The Commode has had to be sacrificed. I don’t know where to go from here!

I like the bit in Quiet Man where the old woman runs after John Wayne (whose dragging his wife across the fields) and says “ Here’s a big stick sor, to beat your lovely wife with”

You’re not wrong about the toenails DTease . I have to order my shoes from Billy Smart’s circus these days in order to accommodate the damn things and the kids in the street have started calling me Charlie Caeroli .

And tough ? … well tough just ain’t the word for ‘em . Bullet proof would be a better description .
I could take on the taliban single handed if I could just persuade ‘em to aim for mi feet .

But help is at hand , as I’ve just ordered one of those things off eBay that the fire service use for cutting folk out of wrecked cars , and
If they don’t do the trick I have a set of bolt croppers and a Stihl saw in the shed .

I’ll let you know how I get on . Coco .

I like the ending where they’re all friends after Mary Kate says “ wipe yore feet!’’to Big Will Danaher and they all sit down at the table. She’s the boss!!!
I love Barry Fitzgerald you have to smile when his horse won’t go any further outside the pub. Brilliant!

Homeric, Veronica, Homeric.

Definitely a film legend Dt. The Scholes Picture House was packed to the rafters when that ‘filum’ was shown. I think you can get it on ytube. It’ll probably be on over Christmas - might be on Boxing Day.