More potterings with the drone. This time it’s a timelapse of Carbis Bay shot in the summer of 2023.
A Carbis Bay Timelapse from the Air
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Dibnah Dibnahing
It was a totally different world back then…
Time Trumpet
In spite of the BBC’s apparent determination to completely blackhole it (really, no repeats ever?), it appears that there is a complete as-broadcast set of Iannucci’s Time Trumpet stashed away on YouTube.
You should watch it. Now. Because how else are you going to learn about the Great War between Tesco and Denmark? Or how Charlotte Church coughed up all of her organs? Or what happened to Chris Moyles…
Episode One
A Deltic in Malton
A set of images from the 19th August, 2023 Malton stop of Deltic 55009 – renamed and renumbered for this trip as 55013 ‘The Black Watch’ – as part of the Kings Cross to Scarborough Coronation Railtour. Apparently it broke down it’s the way home and the tour ended up getting in very late.
Continue readingThe Banana Warehouse Demolition
A couple of shots of what remains of the Banana Warehouse on Piccadilly. When I was younger I used to be fascinated by the Sinclair C5 that used to sit on the pavement outside. Apparently it was later moved out of the elements and onto a shelf inside the building.
The car park to the left has already gone.
Continue readingDigital Versicolor / Glass Candy (2007)
Glass Candy’s Digital Versicolor. Which has been somewhat stuck in my head since I rewatched Winding Refn’s Bronson.
A Chocolate Telescope
It looks good enough to eat…
Brigaded
Random Acts of Top of the Pops: #5 – February 25th, 1988
Episode Number: 1250
First Shown: 7.00pm on February 25th, 1988
Presenter(s): Peter Powell and Mark Goodier
Official Top 40: @The Official Charts
Studio: BBC Television Centre
iPlayer: Top of the Pops – February 25th, 1988
BBC Genome: Here!
Intro
After our jaunt to the cold of February 1994, it’s time to slip six years back to the equally freezing wastelands of February 1988. Yes, pop pickers, it’s time for another Random Acts of Top of the Pops!
Continue readingA copy of a copy of a copy of a copy…
Another little YouTube find – the old BBC 2 Firecracker Ident, except every time a firecracker goes off the video suffers from VHS generation loss.