These really are strange times and so this week I have been browsing my photo library for images that made me smile. Apologies to Instagram followers since some of them have appeared there already.
First of all, a reminder that there is a market for almost anything …
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A tattooed angel has appeared in Whitecross Street …
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She replaces the cherubs that were assembling a bazooka …
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I wonder what was special about these girls …
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I remember when many schools had one of these living on the premises …
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I always think ‘man struggling with golf umbrella’ …
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Incidentally, this one either means watch out for elderly people or beware of pickpockets …
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Cute garden furniture …
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And more – even the dustpan is smiling …
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Eclectic windowsill collection …
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If you are looking for smart garden furniture there is this great stall in Kings Lynn. What about the duck pushing a wheelbarrow? …
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Sadly poetic closure notice …
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Coffee shop humour …
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A witty licence plate from Pimlico Plumbers …
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And another …
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And yet more …
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Suited and Booted tailors in Moorgate. ‘It’s all gonna end in tiers (or with a vaccine)’ …
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But this chap seems to be doing OK. I wonder what he advises on …
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A sealed door on St John’s Gate Clerkenwell. I don’t think the monks were tiny, just that the level of the street has risen …
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The Stag at The Jugged Hare bar and restaurant is very angry about being in Tier 2 …
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I have never, ever seen a dog dressed like this. ‘Please mum, I need to go to the loo’ …
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Rainbow and red crane combo …
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Yet another spooky clothes model to add to the collection …
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Finally, I make no apology for including this picture again. It had been raining and this pigeon was drying his feathers and warming his bottom on a spotlight. He is doing this whilst half asleep and balanced on one leg …
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Hope these cheered you up a bit if you needed it – I enjoyed putting the selection together.
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