Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different

What a pro.... good job that wasn't on Holly and Phils show, they'd have had to go off air....

 

with eyes like that, I’m not surprised she missed.

 

VAR ruling on covid deaths

5000 removed from list

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53722711

 

Was probably seeing double

 

It's like Easter on a grand scale

 

Wonder if she ever passed her driving test ?

 

Are you talking about prostitutes?

 

That''s just the dipstick test to see if they're full.

 

A good article in the hdm!! Well done Angus.
the old man went out the house when he was 17 and signed up for ellerman Wilson and didn’t come back for 4,years! mam wasn’t best pleased

The story of Hull's 'most successful' artist you may not have heard of
Harry Rodmell's work was incredible successful
Angus Young
He was arguably Hull's most successful artist of the 20th century.

But today you might struggle to see any of Harry Rodmell's works in the city where he was born.

In fact, one of the few places where a Rodmell print is currently displayed is on a wall near the checkouts in Morrisons supermarket in Anlaby.

The temporary closure of the Hull Maritime Museum for major refurbishment work means the 125th anniversary of his birth next year is likely to see its huge archive collection of Rodmell classics remain locked away.

Recently, the city's museum service tweeted that some of the distinctive shipping line posters he produced over the years will be displayed when the museum reopens in 2023.

But I believe next year's anniversary deserves to be celebrated, perhaps with giant versions of some of Rodmell's best-known works being displayed on the side of buildings like today's modern graffiti art.

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Harry Rodmell's shipping poster for P&O (Image: Hull Museums)
That would certainly be a fitting tribute to a man who rose from humble beginnings as a pupil at Craven Primary School in east Hull to become one of the country's foremost poster artists of his generation.

It would also put his work back in the public spotlight following his one and only solo exhibition in 1984 which he never got to see as he sadly died shortly before it opened.

Rodmell was born in Hull in 1896 and, according to retired museum curator Arthur Credland, showed an early talent for art and a keen interest for what would become his main subject material.

"From an early age he was captivated by ships and all things maritime," said Mr Credland.

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Hull marine artist Harry Rodmell in his studio in 1928 (Image: Hull Museums)
"While still in his teens he sold a study of the SS Eskimo to the directors of the Wilson Line which was used as the basis of a poster.

"He completed his studies at the Hull School of Art but resisted the principal's advice to study for a scholarship in Rome because he was determined to make his mark as a marine artist."

The SS Eskimo poster was used by the Wilson Line to promote its shipping services in various hotels and could have been an early career springboard.

But Rodmell had to wait before fulfilling his dream of becoming a fully-fledged commercial artist after enlisting to serve in the Royal Engineers in the First World War.

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A large print of Rodmell's sketch of the Port of Hull can be seen in the Anlaby branch of Morrisons(Image: Hull Live)
At the end of the conflict he returned to his passion and replied to an advert placed by a London-based art agent who was looking for someone to paint ships for posters and other publicity material.

Rodmell got the job and so began a series of commissions which established him as one of the leading poster artists of the period, producing iconic designs which were used by some the biggest shipping lines of the day including Bergen Line, P&O, Holland-America and Swedish-Lloyd.

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Harry Rodmell's poster for the Hull-based Wilson Line
Many of his designs were included in promotional calendars as well as tide timetables.

Commissions included a series of shipping sketches for the Hull Daily Mail during the 1920s and his longest-running commission, an incredible 43-year association with a London tug company.

The demand for recreational travel posters understandably dried up in the Second World War but Rodmell continued his work for various shipping firms during the war.

Mr Credland said: "The periods after 1945 was perhaps even busier than the years preceding the war.

"He gave his time generously to teaching at adult evening classes and summer schools as well as meeting the still heavy demands of his commercial agents.

"Increasingly, however, he was exhibiting work, both marine and landscapes, created to satisfy his own artistic inclinations and in his later years produced a body of work in a looser, painterly style.

"These are in contrast to to the drawings and graphic studies prepared for his clients who demanded that every port hole must be shown."

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A Rodmell poster for the Netherland Royal Mail line shipping routes (Image: Hull Museums)
Intensely proud of his home city, Rodmell involved himself closely with various civic projects intended to raise Hull's profile.

He worked alongside the Maritime Museum and Ferens Art Gallery as well as with local charities such as the Sailor's Children's Society.

In 1979 he was made an honorary member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, having helped set it up as an original founder 40 years earlier.

Rodmell also founded the Hornsea Art Society in 1969 when he became its first ever president after moving to live in the town.

His long-term love of Hornsea is underlined in his one and only commission for the railway company LNER. Drawn in 1930, it features an almost art deco-style image of the seafront above the heading: "Lakeland by the sea."

Rodmell eventually donated his vast accumulation of his posters and publicity material to the city's museum service in 1971 before it had even established what is now the Maritime Museum in the former Town Dock Company offices.

Let's hope some manage to see the light of day next year to mark the anniversary of his birth.

 

Thanks for this! I can feel a new collection coming on. Love the Hull connection

 

Towel - A nocturnal bird of prey found in Yorkshire.

Trifle - A Yorkshireman's firearm

Toffee - Where a Yorkshireman buys his beer

Toast - the organiser of the party the Yorkshireman went to

Tart - What is hanging on the walls of a Yorkshire gallery.

Trump - The back of a Yorkshire cow

Tarot - What a Yorkshireman fires from his bow.

Tarragon - an empty bow.

Tut - What you find in a Yorkshireman's back garden.

Tinker - A Yorkshire tattoo artist

Tile - What a Yorkshire bride walks down.

Triple - The wave made when a Yorkshireman steps into water.

Terse - A vehicle that carries a Yorkshireman to his funeral.

Toll - What they put him in when he gets there.

Train - wet Yorkshire weather

 

Someone cutting onions

 

Are you a Wessie?

 

Barking up the wrong tree there, I think he's Dutch.

 

West Holland?

 

Or Barry Cryer.

The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.

 

Back to their usual standard
Asda shoppers hail 90p product as 'life saving' heatwave essential
It is just 90p and has been described as 'saving lives'
The recent warm weather has been welcomed by many but it does have some negative side-effects.

Luckily, a number of Asda shoppers have found a product that tackles one of summer's most annoying issues - 'chub rub'.

'Chub rub' is used to describe the uncomfortable chafing feeling of skin rubbing together such as on the thighs and is often much worse in the hot weather.

Thankfully, Asda is on hand with its 90p product which has been described as a life-saver, reports the Manchester Evening News.

The Little Angels liquid talc, while designed for babies and toddlers, is being used by shoppers to fight the chafe.

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Asda liquid talc has won a legion of fans (Image: Asda)
Posting on Facebook, one user said: ""I have no shame. Asda, saving lives."

Another said: "Love it! chubb rub & under the boobies.....amazing product."

One described it as "amazing" while another said it was a "brilliant idea".

And if you struggle to find it in your local Asda, apparently Home Bargains have a similar version available for 69p.

 

Every so often I go in and buy half a dozen tubes of this stuff. I always get a funny look from the cashier. The scuba dry suit I wear when diving has latex seals and these need lube on them to get them on and off without ripping them. I also have a 2ltr tub of lambing lube, but I prefer the smaller tube.
90p will do for me, from now on its Chub Lub for my lubing needs.