Formidable Fanny had fantastic resilience to altitude enabling her to reach many peaks. Explorer, mountaineer, geographer, writer and cartographer Ms Workman also championed Women's suffrage whilst fiercely holding the women's altitude record.....
Saturday, 14 April 2018
Are We Nearly There Yet? (Great Women Mountaineers No 2: Lucy Walker)
Lucy Walker & Co taking a brisk stroll to the top of the Eiger (1864)
Great Women Mountaineers no 1: Fay Fuller
Imagine walking up a mountain in this outfit!
1890s mountain legend Fay Fuller did according to Keswick Museum!
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Up The Matterhorn in a Cotton Dress (Lucy Walker, 1871)
Well if Lucy said she wanted to go up the Eiger I wouldn't have argued with her either.....
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
A Poem about Paul Young by Brian Bilston
From "You Took the Last Bus Home" by Brian Bilston. Described by someone as a cross between John Cooper Clarke and Frank Sidebottom.......
Monday, 2 April 2018
Titfer Tat- Guess the 80s Pop Star
This one's for Hokum's Jason and the Boo Sutcliffe Band....but who are they supporting at Holmfirth Picturedrome?? Miserable pouting lip shown larger than real size. Still has all his own hair and teeth......?
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