tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post5526840076576666037..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Pour me a bath... and another.Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-21552338903489525412007-07-13T20:59:00.000-05:002007-07-13T20:59:00.000-05:00That public bath picture reminds me of one we had ...That public bath picture reminds me of <A HREF="http://www.guitaristic.nl/images/Badcuyp.jpg" REL="nofollow">one we had in our old neighborhood</A> in Amsterdam ("Municipality Bath House") dated from early 1900s, which is now a Jazz club/café. <BR/><BR/>Off topic: is it possible to have a postal address where stuff can be delivered to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-33828928750997801822007-07-13T17:10:00.000-05:002007-07-13T17:10:00.000-05:00Nickigreat site for the telegraphs. There is nothi...Nicki<BR/>great site for the telegraphs. There is nothing we cannot find on the internet!<BR/><BR/>anon.<BR/>yes that was the photo I used. i recall now that i turned it around in my mind's eye to a frontal view and tried to make it look new.<BR/>I also see here that it opened the year after my story finished. I obiously thought that nobody would ever find out and I could get away with it. but now I've gone a drawn attention to it.<BR/>hmmEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-22002406027836762382007-07-13T09:19:00.000-05:002007-07-13T09:19:00.000-05:00When you zoom in, it's clear it isn't render. I'm...When you zoom in, it's clear it isn't render. I'm guessing it's architectural detail, I can't see any signs that it's a later addition. But I bet the brickie was a little peeved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-90219724480244522952007-07-13T09:13:00.000-05:002007-07-13T09:13:00.000-05:00Nearest image I can find is at this encyclopedia. ...Nearest image I can find is at <A HREF="http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/119.html" REL="nofollow">this encyclopedia</A>. Oh wait, you can click it, try <A HREF="http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/3326.html" REL="nofollow">this link</A>. Is that the one? Looking at it, it's curious the way they have the window arches above those dirty big concrete/hewn stone lintels. Although that may be render. They have the appearance of sash windows, too, although they look to have screens in front of them, so it's hard to say. They could be metal frames, thinking about it, I can't remember when they started.<BR/><BR/>All that aside, you captured it bloody well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-50784870010912183702007-07-13T02:24:00.000-05:002007-07-13T02:24:00.000-05:00Silver electro slugs... I think i saw them in an o...Silver electro slugs... I think i saw them in an old episode of Dr Who. They were working with the Cybermen, right?<BR/>Um... here's a recent toon at the Sun<BR/>http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006120002-2007280943,00.html<BR/>Was good to meet the other day, really looking forward to Gatsby.<BR/><BR/>J.mrjslackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048047834830153356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-43573112636749597132007-07-13T02:08:00.000-05:002007-07-13T02:08:00.000-05:00You might be less wistful if you could feel the ma...You might be less wistful if you could feel the marrow-chilling cold we've got here at the moment... and there are very few of those lovely old wooden trams left. Right now a brand new tram is slithering past my window - they look like big silver electro-slugs.<BR/><BR/>Mr J, if it is not bad manners for me to ask on Mr Campbell's blog, could you post a link to your wrestling comics? I have googled in vain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-34937720871076259442007-07-13T00:56:00.000-05:002007-07-13T00:56:00.000-05:00And the trams make me wistful for Melbourne.Sigh.....And the trams make me wistful for Melbourne.<BR/>Sigh...<BR/><BR/>mister J.mrjslackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048047834830153356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-57815601245887953742007-07-13T00:53:00.000-05:002007-07-13T00:53:00.000-05:00Oh, the shading inside the carved letters on the b...Oh, the shading inside the carved letters on the bathhouse is great.<BR/><BR/>Isn't the internet amazing for source material!? I found a site that specialises in scans of old telegrams: http://www.retro-gram.com/telegramhistory.html which was very useful for Gatsby. <BR/><BR/>I should be working on office work now though, not reading your blog...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-24054286420978679012007-07-13T00:43:00.000-05:002007-07-13T00:43:00.000-05:00What this place needs is a little more gecko...I h...What this place needs is a little more gecko...<BR/><BR/>I had wondered about the public baths being authentic but since then had reflected on the period and the fact that this is taking place in a big city and not some back wood town.<BR/>I am not surprised to read that you went through the pain of hunting for a picture, after all you said about the making of Form Hell.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.com