OT: real fantasy skimpwear! (not really, but still fun)

SnowSultan

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/world/europe/uk-london-skeleton-boots.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

 

Yeah, it's a male skeleton and the boots were probably worn to help him collect valuables in deep water or mud, but it's still thigh-high leather boots in medieval times! One of these days they're going to unearth a female skeleton with a chainmail bikini and I'll never have to hear people whining about them again!   :D

IceDragonArt

That's hilarious! (not that he died with his boots on but the whole idea) I would totally love it if they found historical chainmaille bikinis!

nonesuch00

A clam digger maybe? Or I guess mussels would be what he might of been after?

Chohole

nonesuch00 said:

A clam digger maybe? Or I guess mussels would be what he might of been after?

Hardly   40 odd miles from the sea?   

background

interesting that his leather boots survived, but his skin didn't. They must have had plenty of dog poo rubbed into them.

The way the Thames used to be, I'm suprised they didn't dissolve.

 

background

Completely OT .Watched the TV series that my Avatar is taken from last night.. The original version of Quatermass and the Pit, Not the rather less gripping Hammer remake.  

 

Chohole

background said:

interesting that his leather boots survived, but his skin didn't. They must have had plenty of dog poo rubbed into them.

The way the Thames used to be, I'm suprised they didn't dissolve.

 

Nearest thing they had to a sewer in those days.

 

background

I think it 'wass a sewer effectively. There is this tragedy... Not a nice way to go...

On 3 September 1878 Princess Alice was making what was billed as a "Moonlight Trip" to Gravesend and back.[2] This was a routine trip from Swan Pier near London Bridge to Gravesend and Sheerness. Tickets were sold for two shillings.[2] Hundreds of Londoners paid the fare; many were visiting Rosherville Gardens in Gravesend.[2]

By 7:40 PM, Princess Alice was on her return journey and within sight of the North Woolwich Pier[2]—where many passengers were to disembark—when she sighted the Newcastle bound vessel SS Bywell Castle.[2]Bywell Castle displaced 890 long tons (904 t), more than three times that of Princess Alice.[2] She usually carried coal to Africa: at the time, she had just been repainted at a dry dock and was on her way to pick up a load of coal. Her master was Captain Harrison, who was accompanied by an experienced Thames river pilot. The collier was coming down the river with the tide at half speed.

 

Many passengers were trapped within the wreck and drowned: piles of bodies were found around the exits of the saloon when the wreck was raised. The twice-daily release of 75 million imperial gallons (340,000 m3) of raw sewage from sewer outfalls at Barking and Crossness[2] had occurred one hour before the collision; the heavily polluted water was believed to have contributed to the deaths of many of those who went into the river. It was noted that the sunken corpses began rising to the surface after only six days, rather than the usual nine. More than 650 people died, and between 69 and 170 were rescued. Several of those rescued died within the following weeks, in part from the effects of the contaminated water swallowed.[2] 120 victims were buried in a mass grave at Woolwich Old Cemetery, Kings Highway, Plumstead.[2] A memorial cross was erected to mark the spot, "paid for by national sixpenny subscription to which more than 23,000 persons contributed".

 

Chohole

background said:

I think it 'wass a sewer effectively. There is this tragedy... Not a nice way to go...

On 3 September 1878 Princess Alice was making what was billed as a "Moonlight Trip" to Gravesend and back.[2] This was a routine trip from Swan Pier near London Bridge to Gravesend and Sheerness. Tickets were sold for two shillings.[2] Hundreds of Londoners paid the fare; many were visiting Rosherville Gardens in Gravesend.[2]

By 7:40 PM, Princess Alice was on her return journey and within sight of the North Woolwich Pier[2]—where many passengers were to disembark—when she sighted the Newcastle bound vessel SS Bywell Castle.[2]Bywell Castle displaced 890 long tons (904 t), more than three times that of Princess Alice.[2] She usually carried coal to Africa: at the time, she had just been repainted at a dry dock and was on her way to pick up a load of coal. Her master was Captain Harrison, who was accompanied by an experienced Thames river pilot. The collier was coming down the river with the tide at half speed.

 

Many passengers were trapped within the wreck and drowned: piles of bodies were found around the exits of the saloon when the wreck was raised. The twice-daily release of 75 million imperial gallons (340,000 m3) of raw sewage from sewer outfalls at Barking and Crossness[2] had occurred one hour before the collision; the heavily polluted water was believed to have contributed to the deaths of many of those who went into the river. It was noted that the sunken corpses began rising to the surface after only six days, rather than the usual nine. More than 650 people died, and between 69 and 170 were rescued. Several of those rescued died within the following weeks, in part from the effects of the contaminated water swallowed.[2] 120 victims were buried in a mass grave at Woolwich Old Cemetery, Kings Highway, Plumstead.[2] A memorial cross was erected to mark the spot, "paid for by national sixpenny subscription to which more than 23,000 persons contributed".

 

Now that's a story I hadn't heard in full,  and I grew up just a wee way downriver from Plumstead/Woolwich, in Erith, one of the towns mentioned in that wikipedia link to Crossness, which is somewhat lacking as wikipedia often is.   Crossness pumping Station is a real architectural gem for a sewage works
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/10/crossness-sewage-pumping-station-reopens-joseph-bazalgette-cholera

 

background

Sadly disasters like this were needed before changes were made to improve safety in a lot of areas. On the railways it was similar. There is a very interesting book called 'Red For Danger' which looks at the causes and consequences of various railway accidents, and the changes that were made to improve safety. 

nonesuch00

Chohole said:

nonesuch00 said:

A clam digger maybe? Or I guess mussels would be what he might of been after?

Hardly   40 odd miles from the sea?   

Oh, yes, at least for the mussels. Several varieties are endangered species in this area while other varieties in this area are know to produce pearls, some even being raised on farms to be used to produce cultured pearls. The clams too I think but am not as sure of. Not the exact same species but fresh water varients. I am 650 miles from the Atlantic, 650 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and 300 miles from the Great Lakes so nothing but fresh water rivers and streams. Did you know trout is actually fresh water salmon, I guess they are near cousins? I was surprised when I worked at a trout breeding facility how much like salmon they are. We had a huge gorgeous bright aquamarine trout that was kept as a pet for the tourists to see rather than released in the local creeks. I've seen blue crawdaddies as big as my hand in local creeks looking for all the world like a lobster, although small by sea lobster standards.

ANGELREAPER1972

have you seen this https://www.facebook.com/NowThisHer/videos/1249344481863091/ ; it's about  a photo series that pays tribute to MEKATILILI WA MENZA

 

FSMCDesigns

SnowSultan said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/world/europe/uk-london-skeleton-boots.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

 

Yeah, it's a male skeleton and the boots were probably worn to help him collect valuables in deep water or mud, but it's still thigh-high leather boots in medieval times! One of these days they're going to unearth a female skeleton with a chainmail bikini and I'll never have to hear people whining about them again!   :D

Oh I long for that day, LOL

nicstt

background said:

Completely OT .Watched the TV series that my Avatar is taken from last night.. The original version of Quatermass and the Pit, Not the rather less gripping Hammer remake.  

 

The original is the best!