Steampunks in Beamish - welcome to Steamtown

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Steampunks went to Beamish open air museum for the Impossible Gears event "Welcome to Steamtown". I ramble a bit.
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Impossible Gears is doing another event in June this year, this time called "Airship North Star" and plans to return to Beamish in 2017. See www.impossiblegears.com/airshi... and / 496828513835363 for details.
If I'd pick out one thing great about Beamish (there are many), it would be the excellent guides who stay in character and answer any question you might have, even if one did accuse me of stealing two gold coins from the bank (I didn't - they were found). I did plan to wear a fez, but the wind would have whipped it away in an instant.
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@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 8 лет назад

Editing so that the conversations with people seem really brief gives me the impression that Lloyd just barges in everywhere. :D

@wingsofwrath 8 лет назад

Oddly enough, this exact type of shop was common in Romania, especially in rural areas, during the communist period, so I remember it from my childhood. I still know of one such shop (selling nuts, bolts nails, etc) still miraculously existing. It's literally something from another era - the sellers wear blue cotton smocks, they use mechanical scales with actual weights and when you buy something they pack it in brown paper and tie it with twine...

@lindybeige 8 лет назад

+wingsofwrath In Britain the tradition for a hardware shop assistant was a long thin brown coat, like a brown lab coat.

@wingsofwrath 8 лет назад

+Lindybeige Yes! Exactly like that, only ours were blue.

@hazzardalsohazzard2624 8 лет назад

I've heard stories of film makers forcing villagers to love in one, with punishments for breaking character or using modern phrases.

@BoarhideGaming 8 лет назад

+wingsofwrath We have a select few of those stores left in Germany as well, they're lovely, but rather claustrophobic and awfully inefficient

@pompombogor 8 лет назад

These types of shops are still common nowadays in Tajikistan. We used them daily when I lived in the town of Khorog and elsewhere when traveling around the countryside. There are more typical grocery stores in Dushanbe, or combinations of behind the counter and shelves too. The traditional shops can take a while if you need to wait for a server to help others before reaching for your items from behind the counter.

@pumbar 8 лет назад

"Cosplay for old people". I thought that was the House of Lords?

@poopsiepop4179 8 лет назад

👌

@franzfanz 8 лет назад

+English Heart Oh you...

@Welther47 8 лет назад

+English Heart Good one

@livedandletdie 8 лет назад

Are you sure it's Cosplay, I actually believe they are that old.

@pumbar 8 лет назад

The Major Good point well made.

@TheIfifi 8 лет назад

You HAVE to show us the entire outfit, looks like a Hussar jacket, and at 1.44 I saw you with a hat and... A walking stick I believe? Please show us!

@Herr_Gamer 8 лет назад

Agreed, I think we'd all enjoy a look at it

@danieljhalab6775 3 года назад

same thing with the fucking plate armour lyndi show it to us

@purpleboye_ 8 лет назад

"An if you run out of water you can git behind a bush an-"

@lpsp442 8 лет назад

+Anaru LST It took me a moment to recognise your avatar. Good choice, but purple?

@purpleboye_ 8 лет назад

Dood purple is my favorite color. Also: vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/bionicle/images/8/88/DamekTohunga.png/revision/latest?cb=20130526055959

@lpsp442 8 лет назад

Good choice of favourite colour! And schweet.

@AbenZin1 8 лет назад

So headlight fluid is really a thing!

@arthuriexper7493 5 лет назад

Gavin?

@An_excellent_YouTube_account 5 лет назад

My God Gavin was right!

@GilgameshEthics 4 года назад

OMG this is so funny because I make that joke on lot all the time.

@nastybastardatlive 3 года назад

Granules. That stuff isnt liquid.

@themadscientest 3 года назад

Yes, sometime you would need to top up the water on your carbide lamp to keep it going.

@FabledFrame 8 лет назад

Piss, for when urine a dark spot.

@fds7476 8 лет назад

+Dom You taking the piss, mate?

@Boborbot 7 лет назад

because if you're not I'll have to, my bicycle's light is almost out.

@ajdawson6405 8 лет назад

HAHA! "and if you run out of water, you could get behind a bush an-" "THATS ENOUGH OF THAT" Great video Lloyd!!

@newtubefag 8 лет назад

I'm with you Loyd, we need fancy weights and gubbins.. has 40k taught us nothing?

@Fumblerful 8 лет назад

The tram tour operator in the beginning looked like an Inquisitor

@zekeking8539 8 лет назад

+thatfakeguydan needz moar Skullz?

@kulakov94 8 лет назад

+thatfakeguydan We all can agree that this world NEEDS MORE DAKKA!

@newtubefag 8 лет назад

Dats da troof

@HandleMyBallsYouTube 8 лет назад

0:56 that is without a doubt a comissar

@rjc0234 8 лет назад

"cmon, were rich and have loads of technology, why cant we have sliding weights in the shape of an eagle" magnificent.

@bcn1gh7h4wk 8 лет назад

my great-grand mother came from Italy in 1916, and my grandmother and grand-aunts were born in the same house that one of them inhabited until she died, well into the 2000's. I believe it was due for renovation a couple of years ago, but I still remember that one room, that single one room, the bedroom, around which the rest of the house got built and rebuilt as time passed. you could find the latest in ceramics of the 2000's, next to some vintage wood and rubber chairs of the late 70's, around a wobbly wooden table of the 1950's, next to a wall built in the late 40's and plastered in the late 90's (for a second time), and just beyond the outer door, the exposed wall brick still waiting to be finished and molding since the 1930's. I could never forget the smell of wood of that bedroom. and the sound anyone would make while stepping through it.... clop...clop...clop. even if you tried to remain still and quiet, the wood would still creak just to mess with you. inside that bedroom, it was like time had stopped.

@fds7476 8 лет назад

1:45 - Looking spiffing, Captain!

@Arnaere 8 лет назад

+Dan Wendelstein (Atvishees) Good Catch! I was searching for that

@ThunderEwokB 8 лет назад

One of very few youtubers that always make me excited when I see his name in the sub box.

@MilitantOldLady 8 лет назад

What would happen if you fell over on your bike with that lamp on? I'd imagine a hillariously tragic Michael Bay style bicycle accident.

@kevkfz5226 8 лет назад

+Teutone nothing really. the unit is really solidly self contained so the chance of the flame lighting something flammable like petrol are really low. Actually work really surprisingly well. Got to remember that pre WW1 motorcycles are quite crude things with often no gearbox and no way to disconnect the drive (clutch).Esp on the type of bikes found in a mining town. Be very basic machines, probably not many bikes would have lights anyway. Cos of the cost.

@alexeysaranchev6118 8 лет назад

Acetylene though. People weld things with it's flame.

@anjoberlin8708 6 лет назад

You need pure oxygen to get the flame hot enough.

@MikeD0011 8 лет назад

Who doesn't love machines made of brass and wood?

@thepariah3516 8 лет назад

Silly people.

@CraftQueenJr 5 лет назад

Insane people and phsycopaths.

@seyyednaqvi6760 2 года назад

SANE PEOPLE!!!!

@balduran. 8 лет назад

2:52 ruuuude :D

@IndigoXYZ18 8 лет назад

@2:51 Ur killin my Lindy

@Khanemis 8 лет назад

Great video. Now I wish there was such a big museum where I live too. I always had a soft spot for this older way of making things - making it elaborate and full of decor (but not overdoing it like in rococo) while embracing its function and even some industrial aspects of it. This era was such a nice time for art (and crafts). And steampunk is a good way how to slightly spice it up;)

@infrabread 8 лет назад

1:17 Windybeige.

@halfNERD17 8 лет назад

+infrabread I upvoted but in spirit i downvoted

@Wetcorps 8 лет назад

+The Fritz me too

@TheClassicalSauce 8 лет назад

Thanks for posting this LB. I loved it. I love old stuff like this. I was in Colorado and went to historic South Park town, which was a mining community, along side other mining towns with wonderful names like "Fair Play". Just the names give you a sense of the culture of the times in the area. Anyway, it was a historic town you could walk through decorated with the precision of the town in your video, but set in the mid 19th century. They had every building you would think a young boomtown would need. It wasn't crowded the day I went, so my girl and I had the place almost to ourselves, which allowed me to really soak in the atmosphere. I sat at the bar of a saloon, complete with nude painting above the billiard table. I sat in (I'm bad) an old rocking chair in a frontier house and probably spent a good 10 minutes just relaxing, all the while thinking of the people who came before me, and how they must have thought the same things I would think had i sat there long enough.

@ThePostApocalypticInventor 8 лет назад

I have been to some open air museums, but most of them indeed depicted an earlier period (early to mid 19th century or earlier). I guess I will visited this place on a future trip to England. Is "Welcome to Steamtown" a recurring event?

@Matt-cz6ti 8 лет назад

I went to Beamish several years ago. Fantastic day

@Gh0stClown 8 лет назад

I went to Beamish once with my older sister when I was a child. One of the people in the shops thought she was my mother and she was mortified. Also in the gift shop you can buy those red sweets that are shaped like lips and taste of soap.

@lindybeige 8 лет назад

+Floobs I think they sell soap shaped like lips. There could have been a horrible mix-up.

@Hephaistosph 8 лет назад

+Lindybeige Do u rly think so or did u just see the opportunity to land a burn?

@thefurrybastard1964 8 лет назад

+Lindybeige Went to Beamish in the 70s with the school. I think I was one of the first people asked to leave the place. I was only 11 at the time, but I decided to get in one of the antique cars they had on display. I had to wait a full 2 hours in the manager's office while the rest of my class wandered around the place.

@thefurrybastard1964 8 лет назад

+Lindybeige Imagine what modern technology would look like if designed with that Edwardian aesthetic.

@darthrex354 8 лет назад

+The Batman Unquestionably it would look better?

@Das-cm1cm 8 лет назад

I went there last year and loved it! The mine stood out a lot for me, and I never knew they held steampunk events .

@LightMohawk 8 лет назад

You Mr. Lloyd are my new spirit animal. Love your videos please never stop.

@TeeborGames 8 лет назад

Can we get a tour of your get up? The brief glimpses we see look smart! And I for one would love to see more

@weldonwin 8 лет назад

The sweet shop at Beamish is awesome. You get demonstrations of how old fashioned sweets and confections are made, then you can buy them afterwards. Cinder toffee is always fun to watch being made

@ProtheanPrisoner 8 лет назад

Found your videos recently, they're amazing, everything from the more philosophical ones to the pure fact based ones. Keep up the good work man, learning a ton.

@lyndawilliams8434 8 лет назад

You Sir, are a national treasure

@LukeLavablade 8 лет назад

I'm so proud that I've been here before you made a video about it! You had a great amount more insight than I did, of course.

@gregkral4467 6 лет назад

What a Beautiful tour, Thank you Lindybeige.

@richb313 8 лет назад

Loved it. I hope there are more excursion videos in the future.

@markotark 8 лет назад

I'd wager to say that the amount of ornamentation around peoples houses depended on the amount of other distractions. Today, when we have all sorts of screens to watch and information and entertainment coming to us from all over the world, maybe we like our houses to be more spartan. In the past, when beyond reading and discussion the main way to pass time (other than work) was to sit deep in thought and have our eyes gaze upon a multitude of decorations and allow our mind to wander...

@adamcommenting7848 8 лет назад

+markotark Or to talk politics, have philosophical conversations etc.

@markotark 8 лет назад

+Adam Commenting "Or to talk politics, have philosophical conversations etc." I did say the following: "In the past, when beyond reading and DISCUSSION the main way..." I think that about covers all sorts of topics, from politics to philosophy.

@adamcommenting7848 8 лет назад

markotark Sorry, I'm a bit tired, so I missed that point.

@markotark 8 лет назад

+Adam Commenting Well, that comment of mine ended up being a bit more hard to read than i intended it to be. I blame my own tiredness and the fact that english is my third language...

@davidhoffman6980 8 лет назад

Darn it Lindy, when are you going to make the lego animation fire the pistol?

@lindybeige 8 лет назад

+David Hoffman His fingers can't reach the trigger.

@davidhoffman6980 8 лет назад

Lindybeige Well in that case...

@davidhoffman6980 8 лет назад

You know, even if I don't see a finger pull the trigger, I'd still be happy just to hear a bang and see a little smoke. Since it's animated, it won't hurt the environment.

@Beas7ie 6 лет назад

Are you going to bash the "inaccuracies" of Lego movies now. "Ok I'm going to stop the movie right here for a bit. You'll notice that the lego guys are all shooting guns but NONE OF THEIR HANDS CAN REACH THE TRIGGERS!"

@smorrow 6 лет назад

"His fingers can't reach the trigger" Unlike you

@leathery420 6 лет назад

My Grandfather used to collect(he was a coal miner after the war) lamps. So in my childhood home we have all types of different lamps from before the 60s. all different types. They are mostly ones used by miners which the bike lamp reminded me of. Though there were also some large ones used on(I believe) trains with tinted red, and green glass for signalling. Most the lamps sit next to my grand fathers pipes in my dads study, but the large train lamps were used as decorations at our family cabin. I think I might check out the other lamps this Christmas when I'm home.

@davidcopplestone6266 8 лет назад

Was it just me who thought "Four Candles" when LB went in to that hardware store?

@rother011 8 лет назад

I'll have you know good sir that us milienals can enjoy a good steampunk shindig now and again *adjusts monocle".

@A1exBOfficial 8 лет назад

+rother011 Quite so!

@YTPoljo 8 лет назад

proposterous who doesent enjoy steampunk all steampunk haters will become fuel for our vehicles and appliances

@ZZZZZZ-ek2pq 8 лет назад

I've always preferred Dieselpunk.

@HellYeahCorp 8 лет назад

Fire up the vinegar engine!

@CraftQueenJr 5 лет назад

Pulls down goggles and tightens amber pocketed jerkin by a notch.

@NoFormalTraining 8 лет назад

My first thought as soon as I see the opening shot, "they still haven't finished building the chemists?"

@madiantin 8 лет назад

You know, your videos are fabulous, but one of the things I love about your channel is your followers. So many awesome comments! Almost as entertaining as the video itself.

@edi9892 8 лет назад

Awesome. Reminds me of the soldiers room from the great war that was left as is, when he died in Verdun. While the rest of the house changed, stepping into the room brings you to 1913.

@nyihtet9492 8 лет назад

I live in a constant state of fear and misery

@TheErebusGaming 8 лет назад

Not sure I'm the type that would enjoy the steampunk aspect, but Beamish certainly seems like the type of place I'd like to visit sometime!

@nickhart8619 8 лет назад

You're wonderful, thank you.

@headrockbeats 8 лет назад

Weird and interesting. Just as I expect from all Lindybeige videos!

@Magmafrost13 8 лет назад

There's something about that acetylene torch setup that I just absolutely love. Its so convoluted.

@vinny142 8 лет назад

My god, you could spend three weeks at that place and still not see everything. I would not mind a few more videos from that museum, with proper beige narration ofcourse.

@Live.Laugh.Lobotomy 8 лет назад

it's great I live really near it

@HzHzder 8 лет назад

Marvelous, i love the variance of your content.

@ArchArturo 8 лет назад

Every time I see Steampunk convention footage, I have the urge the break out the ol' cowboy duster, stetson, boots and a modified Peacemaker, just to spice things up. That being said, I do love the Steampunk aesthetics in games, clothes and such.

@wclark3196 8 лет назад

+ArchArturo If you're going to a steampunk function, you'll first have to glue a lot of gears on your hat and pistol.

@ArchArturo 8 лет назад

+W Clark I'd definitely work on some of the stuff to fit to the theme; not the stetson, though, that hat is old, so I might wear some goggles, perhaps.

@danielthompson6207 8 лет назад

Don't forget; if your character isn't in direct possession of at least five pairs of goggles, regardless of the portrayed profession or lifestyle, it isn't Steampunk.

@davidliddelow5704 8 лет назад

For a room to be well lit there needs to be a lot of lightly coloured surfaces; which is why we usually paint interior walls cream, beige, light green, ect. Dark furniture makes rooms dimly lit which people usually try to fix with more lights thus straining the eyes even more. They probably liked it because it functioned as knockoff ebony.

@funbutuseless 6 лет назад

We still have a store like this just down the road from Beamish In Spennymoor. You still get served by blokes in long brown shop keepers coats.

@MrAstrojensen 8 лет назад

I need to go there for a visit some day. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

@Welther47 8 лет назад

1:45 Yes, fully dressed up. I would liked to have seen more of this

@mikesavage8793 8 лет назад

That shop at the 3 minute reminded me of some shops when I was a child/early teen. Early 1970's rural Ireland.

@ostrowulf 8 лет назад

Steampunk amuses me. I get the attraction, as a lot of the stuff looks really cool, and as you point out, things of the era it is loosely based in are much more appealing (things built with love, not cheapness). However, when it was first explained to me, I was told that it is a fantasy type style where upon the world still runs on steam, though technology has advanced (hence the robot like things that tend to whirl around). The world does still run on steam. Coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants are all providing electricity to you by steam (and obviously geothermal power plants). Your refrigerator in your house works on steam (albeit refrigerant steam, not water steam, but it is the exact same science). Pulp and paper mills, as well as breweries etc. all use large steam boilers as do hospitals and almost every other major building. The modern world is what would happen if we did not really move beyond steam while tech improves. Sorry, been taking a course on this stuff for the last while, and now all I can see is steam all around me.

@kermitefrog64 4 года назад

What I have noticed about older machinery is often it is still working very well. I have a 1981 Mercedes 240d with a 4 speed manual which is about as steam punk as you can get.

@RobertDani89 8 лет назад

I loved this place 10 years ago. Thanks for the reminder!

@DerKopfsammler666 8 лет назад

I know something that might piss you off more than people dressed flamboyantly... Its people dressed flamboyantly with a back scabbard and shinny leather... xD

@bwcmakro 8 лет назад

Stores like that are still pretty common, at least where I live. It's a sort of a small combi-store that combines some general goods with groceries and everything is behind the counter, so you need to ask for things to be brought to you.

@AlanSmitheeman 8 лет назад

Wonderfully informative video. Well done!!

@andrewharper1609 4 года назад

You're right about the Eagle weights. I would love to go to a Steampunk event like that seems like it was a lot of fun. I haven't been to Beamish since I was a child alas.

@Theicemonkeyjr 8 лет назад

I live just up the road from there, its not as much of a novelty living so close to it but your video made me allot more interested in it. great work.

@jimstiles26287 8 лет назад

When I was a kid (1970s), my sister had a friend who lived on a farm with a natural gas well. They had free gas as part of the price to extract the gas and her house had gas lights but no electricity.

@kedwardsTWO 7 лет назад

I lived 18 years right next to this place, would often walk my dogs around it, and when I was just a ben I knew of all the 'secret' entrances. But Lloyd, you missed one of the best places in there! The Sweet Shop! But at least you visited the pub, Beamish blonde is one of the nicest Ales I've had.

@sirrliv 8 лет назад

Wonderful video, Lindy. I actually had the immense pleasure of visiting the Beamish Museum myself back in 2014 and thoroughly enjoyed it. The closest thing man has yet devised to actual time travel. All this said, I'm surprised you didn't indulge in a ride on the steam railway or the Pockerley wagonway.

@Ichithix 8 лет назад

This was fascinating. I'd love to see this in person.

@dc2008242 8 лет назад

flamboyant pirates and eagle shaped sliding weights..... 2 things I won't forget.......

@patrickholt2270 8 лет назад

1913, just before the 2nd International was broken, along with it's hopes. 1913, but minus the wretched poverty and squalor, backbreaking industrial drudgery and general blackening with coal soot. And wholesale dependency on cheap, over the counter opium.

@lindybeige 8 лет назад

+Patrick Holt There is a colliery and a school there. Working in the mine was no picnic. The school furniture is tiny, and things were strict.

@patrickholt2270 8 лет назад

Richard Joyce I was drawing attention to the social cleansing typical of period drama and historical re-enacting, where the vast majority experience of grinding poverty and the unpleasant end of extreme inequality get airbrushed out, because they are less attractive, and because historical drama tends to be written by, for and about the well-off. As it happens, extreme inequality has returned since 1979, and with a drastic jump in 2008 and since, so it's a part of the picture a lot of us are getting to see first hand.

@Reynevan100 8 лет назад

So many people. Not enough Lindy. Very flamboyant.

@enoughofyourkoicarp 8 лет назад

Wow, that place seems amazing! I might have to visit some time.

@double_anarchy 8 лет назад

The great almost guided tour by Lindybeige!

@keithmintage 7 лет назад

I love going to Beamish, looking forward to the new section that will be opening soon

@deestor76 8 лет назад

Ahhh Beamish, fab...must be 20 -odd years since I last went. Great to see it's still going strong. Also well done for showcasing north east English accents to the world (lovely dentist girl accent). They don't get much exposure...

@garrymacantanaiste575 8 лет назад

All that chequer floored Masonic lodge stuff was a bit spooky.

@RaithSienar 8 лет назад

In the olden times the eagle shaped weights would be hand made, and due to the fact that said craftsman probably had a reasonable amount of competition fairly inexpensive. It was made in such a way to serve as further advertisement for his work, whereas now that is not relevant anymore, function over form has become the prime directive. If it being eagle shaped doesn't help the function, there is no point to the form. I know I'm not the only one that finds efficiency attractive. All hail the coming machine empire!

@bobspeigel9455 8 лет назад

Well had a good time just watching your vid, thank you.

@mickles1975 8 лет назад

Bloody hell. There's a lot more at Beamish than the last time I went there.

@Diskhate 8 лет назад

Everything looks like what i would want in my perfect world.

@shaneriley9656 8 лет назад

this made my day

@freebornjohn2687 3 года назад

I still use grate polish and its still the same brand Zebra, and occasionally if I have to shape a bit of lead or other soft metal I get my bossing tools out. Next time I'm up North I'll take a gander at shop.

@kappatalist1014 5 лет назад

Oh wow I live in tantobie which is like a town over from this place, go here all the time its great

@frankharr9466 7 лет назад

That looks like a great deal of fun. I want to see the printing press! Waaaaaaaa!

@drd444 4 года назад

It's so weird seeing lindybeige at our local museum. I worked there for a short time

@yermanoh 8 лет назад

i never really got the whole steampunk thing, at least it keeps ye kids of the streets and out of trouble

@ZZZZZZ-ek2pq 8 лет назад

Too much copper and top hats for me. Now Diesel-punk, that's the shit.

@Magmafrost13 8 лет назад

+Padraic Register its more brass than copper. Which, I suppose, is mostly copper. But its a distinctly different colour, and one which looks much nicer with dark woods than copper does.

@ZZZZZZ-ek2pq 8 лет назад

Magmafrost13 I thought of that like a minute after I posted but didn't bother to go back and edit lol I know what you mean though.

@Magmafrost13 8 лет назад

***** yeah, its just the bias that the most interesting stories are the one that get told

@ninoschier9528 7 лет назад

Its a bit strange but the whole "If future happened earlier" is also interesting.

@GeneticVehicle 8 лет назад

This is a very civilized channel

@stephenhorton 8 лет назад

I haven't been there since I was a kid - I'd love to go back - maybe I'd be able to get some decorating ideas!

@Conan2403 8 лет назад

i was looking for this style/art for years!!! Steampunk!!

@kwidud 8 лет назад

No village smithy? I would have thought they'd still be prevalent in the early 1900s

@alexpitcherr6744 8 лет назад

All the people whose minds melted seeing a guy with a camera walk around the streets of 1913.

@basicfailure101 8 лет назад

Love Beamish, will usually go there whenever I visit family in the north. No idea they did steampunk events, though really I shouldn't be surprised.

@impossiblegears8601 8 лет назад

+Stuff And Nonsense they don't usually - I rented out the place for the event - I'm renting a portion of the Ford and Etal Estate in Northumberland for one next month :)

@bilbo_gamers6417 6 лет назад

Everything was so well cared for and so well machined back then. They treated their machines like the unbelievable marvels of technology they were.

@JagerLange 8 лет назад

I agree with the aversion to the over-ornamentation/teak/pottery point - it makes me think of very small, very cluttered rooms you could fall over and die a la William Holden in...

@losthor1zon 6 лет назад

If I was in a shop like that, I'd feel obliged to ask for "Four candles"

@user-eu3yd9jk1r 8 лет назад

Glad you had a blast!!!!

@necronsplayer 8 лет назад

I agree completely about making things pretty. Modern design is far too focused on rectangles. And I mean, rectangles are nice and all for utility purposes, but come on, put a fancy border on it or something. My gracious...

@littlemikey46 8 лет назад

Got any photos of your costume, Lloyd?

@gromit8023 8 лет назад

the smell of these museums is always the best :)

@beowulf4100 7 лет назад

loved your outfits, the one in your reflection and the one at the end.....was that a Wolseley pith helmet, looked more like an oversized post Zulu pith helmet