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Stuff what i do...

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Pottery

I drive past Lieberman's Pottery place every day, but, I suppose this is why I've not actually stopped and gone in. Housed in a building at the old gasworks that, for a time, was home of the Fridge Nightclub (never went there either!), I eventually took the plunge and went for a snoop.

Great place, I'd wandered around there years ago (pre-pottery, pre-club) as the old gasworks is a fascinating building and now its only made more glorious with piles upon piles of dusty pottery and Chinese ceramics (good stuff, not sweat-shop knock-offs).

Come month end, I'm in there pot-shopping!

Right at the back I slipped into an abandoned part of the factory that housed an intriguing selection of sculptures....

Chris Moon

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Mist

Why I love the Midlands...

"When a thing becomes it's most extreme, the seeds of its opposite are
planted" - Sabina Murray.

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Boxing day

Boxing Day Beers at Günther's Sausages. :-)

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Cars

Years ago, when I lived out West, Johannesburg central was the 'big-night-out'. Years ago,the roadhouse was the pit-stop. There was two iconic roadhouses on the Krugersdorp/Joburg Ontdekkers night drive, Wagonwheels in Horizon and the Americano on the Delaray/Newlands border. Both (as most roadhouses are) gone now, though the premises (and signage) of the Americano still exists - its now a car dealer, and perhaps, in memory of its previous status, it stocks classic cars.
I must apologise, It occurred to me to pack my camera but thought 'Naaah, I'm on my way to collect my bike, ...' so I've only cellie pics. I must make take another trip there with a proper camera, methinks!



Studebaker Hawk - droolworthy indeed!





















A bloody great big black Ford:







Two more Fords- Fairlaine 500s - niiiiice

















A gem of a '39 Chevy, rodded in authentic mat black stealth-style, I want this one!






















A beautiful '68 Jaguar, straight out of some classic British copper tv series...




Out in the yard were a few 'need-a-little-work' models:



I love old cars, I don't think there's much on the road these days that matches the styling, anything post '75 is some generic computer streamlined carbon copy of something else...

Pink drinks

Pink drinks - Xai-Xai - obscure covers slurred. Somewhere, one of
those revolving emergency lights have kicked in - and nobody notices .
. .

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