Chulla 4,946 Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Wonderful innit! You post an interesting picture of cars in a nice English scene and the topic of conversation is the identity of something on an advertisement . I like it. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 897 Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 The power of advertising! Especially if it's ambiguous. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 That's the magic of Nottstalgia innit? I'm as guilty as anyone, but sometimes a post or a picture sends you off on a bunch of memories you had forgotten and you just have to post a reply. From there the thread goes south. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Made me think of the christmas cards that were around when i was a child, lovely memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 There are three cards by the artist Peter Miller in the collection. He specialises in Bentley cars in atmospheric settings. I posted one of them last year and here is another. It is titled Christmas Glow. The place is easy to identify - the clubhouse at the Brooklands race track. Didn't the old Bentleys have a lovely radiator shape. No Rootes blower on this one. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Ben card 15. A different artist this time. No details but: Am virtually certain that the car is an Alvis. The lorry, from its radiator top, looks like a Morris. The Matchless solid-frame motorbike puzzles me. Is it a twin-cylinder sloper, or a single-cylinder two-porter sloper? The silencer does not look right for the period. Note the cooper in the workshop heating up the metal band rings ready for knocking down the barrel staves. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 897 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 There may be some artistic licence in the picture but after a search, my guess is the bike is a matchless model 35/CS And at £57 not cheap. 1935 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I think you are spot-on WW, after Googling it. It was a single-cylinder two-porter, 500cc. Edit: The lorry's registration is a bit out, being 739CT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,286 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Now that is a picture I would hang on the wall! Movement and atmosphere in the background complete the period setting. I used to borrow a Matchless like that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,690 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 A work by Nottingham born artist Harold Knight born 1874 . On the 1881 Census he was living at 29 Derby Road with his parents . He went to Nottingham Art College and met Long Eaton born Laura Johnson who became Dame Laura Knight. This is his painting of her . http://www.damelauraknight.com/artwork/girl-writing-1931/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,613 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 David, I like that picture but it looks like a dinosaur is trying to eat through the window! My eyes do play tricks sometimes, though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I see what you mean Margie, but as my father would say "She does have a well turned ankle", I never did know what he meant so if anyone has heard it before I would like to hear about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 28 minutes ago, NewBasfordlad said: I see what you mean Margie, but as my father would say "She does have a well turned ankle", I never did know what he meant so if anyone has heard it before I would like to hear about it. I have heard it and took it to mean smart and well turned out, I had 3 uncles all in the services could it have originated from there ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,690 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 2 hours ago, MargieH said: David, I like that picture but it looks like a dinosaur is trying to eat through the window! My eyes do play tricks sometimes, though! Yes Margie, see what you mean but it's the websites copywrite logo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 That may be where it comes from Gem, dad was in the army at the end of WW1 luckily here was to late in to be sent across to France. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,690 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Apparently "a neat foot and well turned ankle" goes back to the 1600s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,187 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Basically it’s a euphemism for “well endowed” Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,613 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 What has a well turned ankle have to do with being well-endowed? Am I being thick? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,613 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Just googled it and it says 'shapely' or gracefully shaped'. Now that makes sense to me! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,177 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Thats exactly right Margie..........always known the phrase............and whilst there are very few feet that do owt for me,............ive always loved a ''well turned ankle'' 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Maybe not an actual work if art but a beautiful oil on canvas of my grandaughters Great Dane by very talented artist Dave Moore. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 2 hours ago, NewBasfordlad said: That may be where it comes from Gem, dad was in the army at the end of WW1 luckily here was to late in to be sent across to France. Nothing to do with ankles, just wanted to tell you that thanks to your advice on Bens noise problem he no longer has a problem. Yesterday he was up front with other dogs just sat there when guns were fired, i also put your advice on our website where it has been followed. Gem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,187 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 35 minutes ago, MargieH said: What has a well turned ankle have to do with being well-endowed? Am I being thick? It's a euphemism that my friends and I have used for many years - we know what we mean! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,613 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Our eldest son is a bit artistic and recently drew his dog and a friend's dog.... they'll never be famous works of art but I like them (of course!) D 7 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 I always understood the term well turned ankle to be a term dating from Victorian days. I think at that time of long dresses it was somewhat risqué to see a lady's ankle. I'm with Margie on this one. I've never understood it to mean anything else. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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