Chris Nevard Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I was digging through some old prints of Ivan Locksmith's (a relative of Captain Kernow by all accounts and made famous by him on this here forum) and found this shot taken around 1955. Time machine? Lookalikey? Big chap, small car! What is he doing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Looking at he grin, I would say he has been on a pint or two of the well known Badgers Nadgers ale! I love these old postcards, of course these days you would just be accused of photoshopping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Nevard Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Photoshopping? No, it's all real! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted August 21, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2011 Photoshopping? No, it's all real! Naahh , cant be real , no self respecting person would be dressed like that in the 50's . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Nevard Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 He's probably just been cleaning out the spent hops from the boiling copper - hot work which required almost completely stripping off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted August 21, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2011 More to the point what is he reeling doing with that smile.. I have left the building. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Talk about a dodgy character-where's the handcuffs! That smile says that he is guilty of something. Gordon A Bristol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted August 21, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2011 He's probably just been cleaning out the spent hops from the boiling copper - hot work which required almost completely stripping off Oh the thought . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted August 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2011 If they'd had those rivets on the Titianic the plates would never have come apart when it hit the iceberg..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2011 The thing I like about these old photos and postcards is how much clearer the detail is from a photographic plate original than the sort of images you get with all this modern digital stuff (oh and when I worked in a brewery - albeit in the 1960s) some of the brew house people did indeed dress like that as there's was a very hot working environment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2011 I do recall the story of Great Uncle Arbuthnot, who got caught short during a visit to a brewery one hot afternoon in 1954, and was horrified when he realised that some chap with a camera was lurking round the back of the bike sheds, just as he thought he'd found a quiet spot to relieve himself. He was so surprised that he dropped his glasses!... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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