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29th January 2015 #1
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Great 1950's photos of St Ives which is unfortunately now an Eastern European Ghetto
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29th January 2015 #2
All the officials appropriatly clad in their ceremonial attire in one of them, I notice.
's what I like to see ... there's far too much "dressing down" nowadays!
Y'know, ... our [present] Church Minister doesn't even bother to wear the customary Church of Scotland black clerical robes.
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Yes I liked the ones with the mayor & councillors in their top hats - round here they have Duke of Wellington style cocked hats.
Time you found a new manse Arthur
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29th January 2015 #4
Yes, the geezers in the 'morning suits' (tails) and tile hats may've been 'High Constables' ... ... at least they're called that in Perth ... and, carrying short batons, they still parade alongside the civic dignitaries on special occasions - such as the ancient annual "Kirkin' of the Council" ceremony in May and also on Remembrance Sunday.
Thing is, I've been an Elder & Office Bearer in my Church for 40~odd years - dating back to a more traditional and (dare I say?) genteel era. Nowadays, folk turn up at Church in jeans, T-shirts & trainers, etc ... ... influenced, most likely, by the trendy pulpit incumbent as their role model.
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29th January 2015 #5
P'raps I'm just an old-fashioned fuddy duddy ... but I often wonder what staid old John Reith, founding Chairman of the BBC, would make of modern male TV game/chat show presenters ... many of whom sport a smart (and doubtless expensive) enough suit - yet completely ruin the whole effect because they eschew wearing a tie to go along with it - and almost invariably appear in a collarless shirt unbuttoned practically down to the midriff - Simon Cowell, of course, being the prime example. ! Once upon a time a man would scarcely be seen leaving his house without a tie being worn.
Rant over ... I think, anyway.
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I agree Arthur. What makes me go for the puke bucket is the Mail wasting space reporting that those two gormless grinning Geordies Ant Dec have won some worthless mutual backslapping TV award. Further proof of how dumbed down this country has become - it won't be long before some of our variety/enntertainment shows have descended to the level of the pinoy ones.......... infantile with mindless fawning over the creepy full of themselves "celebrities"
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