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[SF2Turbo]

Lastly my fragrance purchase below pic taken in my car.

i got 100 ml comme des garçon- play 

very unique citrus based scent.

Also today I wore my fresh pair of Edwin Ed-39 rainbow selvedge it was a perfect fit which I will upload on the Edwin thread in a few months.

[Maynard Friedman]

Bethnal Green is quite gentrified in patches these days. Whereabouts are you from @SF2Turbo? I grew up in Sidney Street, just up the road!

[SF2Turbo]

5 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Bethnal Green is quite gentrified in patches these days. Whereabouts are you from @SF2Turbo? I grew up in Sidney Street, just up the road!

Yeah i'm very familiar with Sidney street and the surrounding areas i have grown up in Tower Hamlets, Initially i used to live in poplar, than in my late teens i moved to Bethnal Green. with my family where i lived for 8 years of my life. I have since moved to outer London, but Bethnal Green and Poplar will always be home to me no matter where i move, too many memories.

I can still get to Bethnal Green by car within 20 mins, which is what i did today. I left my car parked next to Bethnal Green station and took the tube.

[Bobbo]

Bethnal Green sure brings back memories. Had lots of friends there when I was I lived in London a few years back. 

[Maynard Friedman]

I’ve also lived on the Isle of Dogs and Bow (just off Roman Road). Where do you live now, have you become Essex Man?! 

[SF2Turbo]

3 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

I’ve also lived on the Isle of Dogs and Bow (just off Roman Road). Where do you live now, have you become Essex Man?! 

Yes you are right i am now an Essex man lol . I have quite a few friends from Isle of dogs and bow.

[SF2Turbo]

9 minutes ago, Bobbo said:

Bethnal Green sure brings back memories. Had lots of friends there when I was I lived in London a few years back. 

Fun place to be these days. Also transport connection to central London is convenient as can be. I see alot of people wearing selvedge denim in that area. Never directly talk to anyone about selvedge denim they might think i'm weird which i kind of am. 

[Spiraltoy]

So here’s my hometown Lidköping 

, a town of 23 000 ppl. Situated on the south shore of Sweden’s biggest lake Vänern. It was founded in 1446 so has quite a rich history. Used to be the city where one of Sweden’s largest porcelain factories Rörstrand was so that brought in a lot of creatives. Following are a few pics of my side of town.

[Double 0 Soul]

What a lovely place to live! it's as flat as a pancake.

It looks like folks houses are really well maintained... over here, where you used to be able to employ a 'tradesperson' to restore your ornamental woodwork, you now have to employ an 'artisan' at 3x the cost so in contrast, even the swanky houses are getting a bit crumbly.

I think the little blue/green wooded joint is my favourite.

[Spiraltoy]

Thanks, yeah it’s an alright place to live. it’s pretty flat but as soon as you get to the outskirts of town it gets a little hilly.

A very quit and safe place so good for starting a family. That’s why I moved back. Some of the wooden houses ornamentation is really something else. Yellow house in pic 4 is one of them. We own a one story brick house from the 60’s thankfully, so no restorations needed of that sort.

[Iron Horse]

Very nice Queen Anne-style home in pic 4.

[Maynard Friedman]

^ That’s my favourite too.

Nice photos @Spiraltoy, quite an impressive town for such a small population.

[volvo240thebest]

I'd love number three and a back garage full of 1970s /1980s Volvos

[Duke Mantee]

Here’s a little bit of Arbroath

Fit ‘o the toon = Foot of the town

 

A view to the signal tower - now a museum

 

Maybe the only thing Arbroath is famous for - Smokies

 

Edge of the wee harbour and nets

The brewhouse - now a pub - located right beside the most Sea treacherous currents in the area ... not the best location to get drunk and go for a walk

 

Not many boats left now

The ‘roofless’ Abbey 

 

Edited April 3, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[shredwin_206]

Beautiful scenery Duke. Love old buildings 

[Duke Mantee]

We’re 5 minutes from beautiful cliff walks and a pretty decent beach

[Duke Mantee]

Typical narrow street and where many of the little shops can be found

[Duke Mantee]

Arbroath is an old town and has a prominent place in Scottish history. One notable event is the Declaration of Arbroath written in 1320.

The Declaration of Arbroath (sometimes called the Declaration of Independence) was Scotland's response to the Pope’s excommunication of all Scots - at the urgings of Edward II, who had recently had his arse handed to him (i.e. suffered a severe and embarrassing ignominy) at Bannockburn. 

It is one of the great icons of Scotland and is in the form of a letter (in Latin) to the Pope from eight earls and 31 barons of Scotland asking him in rousing terms to acknowledge Scotland as an independent nation and to reject the claims of the English king. 

The Declaration was ahead of its time as it sets out that the king (previously regarded as appointed by God) could be driven out if he did not uphold the freedom of the country. It later became a model for the American Declaration of Independence.

So we have a statue to commemorate this - with 2020 being the 700 year anniversary 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Unfortunately, I live not near such a stunning landscape as Duke but at least I live at the border of the city so you can quickly walk into the nature. 

A small South German city.

The houses in our direct neighbourhood, pretty old houses.
 

These guys have remodelled their house into Japan-style

And then we are quickly outside the city.

From here you even have a glimpse of the Alps

Slowly going back to the city, there are also modern houses

Not so fancy shops as the British ones...

Local school

An old hotel

Walking back home along the local river

The town's landmark

A medieval fortress

 

Edited April 5, 2020 by beautiful_FrEaK

[Maynard Friedman]

Great stuff b_F, what’s the name of your city?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Thanks Maynard, the city is called Singen (Hohentwiel).

[Duke Mantee]

I would say Singen looks a lovely place to live

[Babaron]

@Spiraltoy Good ol' Lich!!! 

[Maynard Friedman]

b_F is certainly singen the praises of his hometown.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

^ And here was I thinking that one would even be too low for you

 

@Duke Mantee It certainly is. Or the whole area called Hegau. Close to the Lake of Constance and the Swiss border. I moved here nearly 8 years ago and have never regretted my decision.
I wouldn't mind visting Arbroath though

[Duke Mantee]

@beautiful_FrEaK Give it 12 weeks until our quarantine is over then you’d be welcome 

[Spiraltoy]

8 hours ago, Babaron said:

@Spiraltoy Good ol' Lich!!! 

Jajjemän!

sorry bout the neg rep.

Edited April 6, 2020 by Spiraltoy

[Babaron]

2 hours ago, Spiraltoy said:

Jajjemän!

sorry bout the neg rep.

Fint skare va! I'm from Vara originally so have spent a lot of time in Vänerns Pärla.

No probs about the rep! 

[Wasim]

On 1/12/2020 at 8:00 PM, SF2Turbo said:

Just back from shopping getting out of Bethnal Green station. And pics of Bethnal Green area. Very trendy these days but growing up it used to be a very dangerous place still is to an extent.

 

ahh good memories! I was at QMUL from 2010-13 so was here quite a bit! I used to have lectures in Genesis!

[shredwin_206]

As we are all in lockdown we were very excited to find a trail that wasn’t gated and closed to the public. Good to get some fresh air.