“Objectif Lune”, Joe’s Store Window Display by Night, Friar Lane, Nottingham, 07/08/16.

24 Thursday Nov 2016

Posted by Mr. B Flaneur in Out and About.

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Destination Moon, Hergé, Moon, Objectif Lune, rocket, scale model, Science fiction, shop window, Shop Window Displays., Tintin, window, window shopping., windows

Joe’s Store.

It‘s strange how something can become icon in a person’s mind. I have never read Hergé’s “Destination Moon“, but the image of the rocket on the cover has somehow lodged itself firmly in my brain to such an extent that I became very excited to see this shop window display as I was walking up Friar Lane, towards Nottingham Castle or, more accurately, the “Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem” public house. I suppose it is quite distinctive as far as rockets go, in the same way “The Mallard” or “Flying Scotsman” are distinctive looking steam locomotives, but, in design terms, it also helps that it is a model of a fictitious rocket and its form has not been compromised by the practicalities of space travel! Hergé’s “Destination Moon” was published in 1953, predating Nasa’s Apollo Program by 8 years and the Moon landings by 16 years.

Joe’s Store is well worth a visit [I retraced my steps back to the shop the next day]… if you’re fan of Tintin.

Tape Resembling Twiki from Science-Fiction Television Series “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, 04/08/15.

13 Thursday Aug 2015

Posted by Mr. B Flaneur in Out and About., Ship Shape and Bristol Fashion.

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“Biddy… biddy… biddy”.

If “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” passed you by, all you really need to know is that it featured a silver robot called Twiki, who started every sentence with “Biddy… biddy… biddy”. The silver tape is covering a tear in the tarpaulin currently covering scaffolding, which is completely shrouding the Clifton tower, that is to say, the tower on the Clifton side of the Avon Gorge, at the time of my visit.

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