A young @Tons_of_fun perhaps?
Those who have attempted the dangerwank know what it is to be truly alive.
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The shades, corduroy & loafers identify āstunttuggerā as a man of nonchalant ease and comfort, particularly in the face of death.
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Dr. Beechingās intentions now seems all the more sinisterā¦
Scottās Restaurant c.1950 (The restaurant moved location in 1967)
A favorite of Ian Fleming, he had a regular spot at the restaurant, a right-hand corner table for two on the first floor. The restaurant features in several Bond Books:
Moonraker: Bond sat at his favorite restaurant table in London, the right-hand corner table for two on the first floor, and watched the people and traffic in Piccadilly and down the Haymarket.
You only live twice: Be an angel, Penny and ring down to Mary and tell her sheās got to get out of whatever sheās doing tonight. Iām taking her out to dinner. Scottās. Tell her weāll have our first roast grouse of the year and pink champagne. Celebration.
Diamonds are forever: Iāll take you to Scottās and weāll have some of their dressed crab and a pint of black velvet ā¦
Apart from the fiction the place saw itās own share of murder & intrigue.
on the evening of 12 November 1975 at 9.28 p.m. a large object came crashing through one of the two large round plate-glass windows. Seconds later a 5-pound shrapnel-laced gelignite throw bomb exploded.
Not satisfied with blowing it up once, less than a month later:
On 6 December 1975 the same gang stole a blue Ford Cortina which drove unnaturally slowly down a road in Mayfair. A policeman, incredulously, watched someone in the car open fire with a Sten gun at Scottās ā the same Mount Street restaurant that had been attacked less than four weeks earlier.
Apparently the fish there is still rather good.
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Just donāt have it with red wine, or Bond will suss you out.
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Love the station shot
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I think I would enjoy a Tolkien party
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Chip the glasses and smash the plates!
Blunt the knives and bend the forks!
Thatās what Bilbo Baggins hates -
Smash the bottles and burn the corks!
Lost on me, Iām afraid. Iād go to his parties but I havenāt read any of his books.
Heās getting one to the bollox for the association
Double agent
I recognise this view very well. Itās taken from the doorway to Hayward where I used to work.
That place is a magnet for slebs and their attendant paparazzi. Sometimes it could be absolutely mental, people running everywhere! The doormen would tip the photographers off for a bung.
We used to watch Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson have a glass of wine at the same table every Saturday morning. We werenāt the only onesā¦
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Wayward@hayward