Luftmensch Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Can anyone identify what this peg-legged not-so-ancient looking warrior is doing to make a few pence on Hyde Park Corner, ca. 1800? Is he wearing a Chelsea pensioner's uniform or his old regimentals? Above the squirrel? or rat? appears to be a row of small bells. Everyone I've shown this to is at a loss for words...RgdsJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Rat-powered music box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Must be a navy man.... I heard nothing that moves is safe after 6 months at sea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Must be before the organ grinders were issued with monkeys and therefore had to take whatever they could find (in Greenwich park if he's a navy boy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hmmm.... squirel runs in cage ringing bells...but how does that connect with what looks like a peep show box?Early naughty moving pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftmensch Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 (edited) Man, Robin Lumsden got a hole in one over at WAF...but you guys were waaay funnier!http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/C...ct&id=94722 Edited April 9, 2007 by Luftmensch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hmmm.... squirel runs in cage ringing bells...but how does that connect with what looks like a peep show box?Early naughty moving pictures?Ahhhh Rick.... takes you back to your youth eh!!! Thank god for the internet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Nah Guys, he is a peg-leg maker using the latest squirel powered peg-leg shaver, depending which of the 3 sockets the wooden peg is placed in, affects the diameter of the peg-leg, a technical wonder for its day.The bells are rung to announce which stage the process is at by the squirrel.Having a real peg-leg operator was a major advertising advantage as the man could answer and potential customers questions with regards the items being made, such as a good wood for wet ground (particularly of interest to any one-legged swamp-dwellers from the Fens Do the straps chaffe . . .etc. . etc. . However a unscruplous company might hire a "civilian" dressed in military uniform as a cheap trick, accounts have been recorded, that when such a trick was discovered the man, machine and squirel were deposeted in the nearest cess-pit Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Man, Robin Lumsden got a hole in one over at WAF...but you guys were waaay funnier!http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/C...ct&id=94722I don't believe Robins description one bit....If anyone knows about Victorian Porn and squirrels... you can bet your bottom dollar his name is RickL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 (edited) He's operating a peep-show. (There's a picture of another one below.)Essentially it was a portable entertainment consisting of a box which could be carried on the back like a pack and a small folding table to stand it on. There was also a flap somewhere which could be opened to let in light. Customers looked through the round holes. Inside there might be a representation of a royal procession or a sea-battle painted on a long roll of paper. The showman would wind the roll across the field-of-view, giving a very primitive impression of movement or progression. The showman could them give a commentary. Other subjects could be the story of a notorous and recent "horrid murder" - the crime, the capture, trial, imprisonment and execution, etc.More sophisticated peep-shows used articulated images operated by rods, so sword-arms could slash, horses could gallop, and so on.The squirrel on the treamill, ringing the bells, is just an attention-getter!Tom Edited April 9, 2007 by Tom Morgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 See? You people DOUBT my wide-ranging and Renaissance experience? I told everybody I was "just doing research," but nooooooooooooooooooooooobody EVER believes the Good Ricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftmensch Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 For those (like me) with too much time on their hands...http://ehmie.addr.com/squirrel-sex/"The hottest squirrels on the net..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-pie Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Squirrel Powered Wank Machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 I don't believe Robins description one bit....If anyone knows about Victorian Porn and squirrels...Oh, ye of little faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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