#South Mimms

[dubmill]

South Mimms, Herts; 5.11.2023

#photography #photographers on tumblr #dubmill #South Mimms #Hertfordshire #England #UK #Britain #Mimmshall Brook #underpass #pedestrian subway #flooded #M25 #original photography #original photograph #walk #Cockfosters to Potters Bar #2023 #05112023

[popsicle-stick]

I have never been to England or Amsterdam, but it strikes me as ridiculous how many times Van Helsing is making the journey between them, especially at a time with no cars. I'm assuming you have some knowledge of the area, would you say that's correct? It feels like he's making the trip once a day at this point

oh christ, yeah. it always struck me like, even by TODAY'S travelling times, like....how? i can't really speak for travel to/through the netherlands but i can for the uk and i'm utterly obsessed with the concept of a modern van helsing stuck in gridlock on the M25

I've never made the trip to amsterdam (looking to correct this in the future asap) but like.......yeah, with 19th century speeds? that’s a day of travel, i’m sure. our man travelling through hyperspace

#'my dear john i am so SORRY for my latecoming the M25 was in utter carnage' #meanwhile cut to van helsing at south mimms services on the fruit machines #dracula #dracula daily

[gls-recovery]

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[far-an-away]

Archie was apart from his family for two years. He remained in Kharkiv when his family fled the war two years ago. I picked the little fella up from South Mimms Station and took him to Wiltshire. He was delighted, the family were delighted. It was quite an emotional reunion.

#ukraine diáspora dogs reunion

[juliehowlin]

The M25

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25 on 29 October 1986. The opening ceremony took place in the section between J22 and J23 (London Colney and South Mimms). The first breakdown occurred on the same day.

10 things you might not know about the M25:

#facts #m25 #roads #motorways #london #england

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“TOMMY GUN SHOOT AT SIGHT' HUNT,” London Evening Standard. February 27, 1942. Page 1. --- Private Moore Interviewed ---- Evening Standard Reporter BOGNOR REGIS, Friday. “Shoot on sight" was the order given to more than 3000 soldiers, Home Guards, police and special constables in the great hunt for the empty- house gunman who yesterday shot dead a police sergeant and seriously injured a special constable.

The hunters are armed with Tommy guns, rifles and pistols, and they are patrolling West Sussex in Bren gun carriers, in lorries, on motor-bicycles and on foot. Even airplanes are being used to direct to-days search among the downs and the glades. Their instructions were: "You are looking for a dangerous man. Take no chances, bring him in dead or alive." 

A special squad of Canadian. soldiers were detailed to search every empty house within 15 miles of here. 

Buses, private cars, and even Army vehicles were stopped and examined. 

To-day the police issued a new description of a man they thought might be able to help them -  Private J. W. Moore, 20, of the Canadian Highland Light Infantry.

Later it was reported that Private Moore had been found. He was seen at Ridge Hill, South Mimms, by Police-sergeant W. Potter. He went with the police to Barnet police station. 

Moore was walking on the main London to St. Albans road at 1 pm when he was seen by Sergeant Potter.

 Scotland Yard Flying Squad Joined in the hunt for the killer and made a systematic search of the West End and other London districts. 

It’s believed that he may have caught a train from Bognor to London. 

The gunman who shot Police-sergeant William Avis, 47, and wounded Mr F. J. Fuller, of Barrack-lane Altwick, is believed to have been living in the empty house where the shooting occurred for some days

#bognor regis #chatham #police manhunt #manhunt #wanted fugitive #murder #murder investigation #escaped murderer #canadian soldiers #canadian corps #assault causing grievous bodily harm #shooting a policeman #copkiller #sussex #scotland yard #british history #britain during world war 2 #wounding with intent #history of crime and punishment #history of crime and punishment in canada

[sleepingswift85]

Good morning besties currently at South Mimms where the M25 meets the A1(M)… heading to Bonnie Scotland via Carlisle. Grabbed this wee sunrise on Lydd Road as I passed through - 13.06.23 🌅

#cloudgrab #landscape #sky #clouds #original photography #countryside #sleepingwell’s photos #skygrab #cloudcore #sunrise

[anglocatholicboyo]

average american place names:

buffaloville

edinburgh (pronounced 'eedingbroog')

youngun's creek

twenty mile hog

south sumeria

average british place names:

fuckleswick

veloughchesterpool (pronounced 'village')

little upper chipping stortford on the mimms

bishop's crapping

ddymwychyllwffyfyddwych (if you're in wales)

bonus :-

genuine real french place names:

belbèze (nice fuck)

sallepisse (hall of piss)

anus (ive actually been there)

y (y not?)

bitche (rude)

#france wtf #as soon as i can i will visit the village of rectum in the netherlands

[actu24hp]

M25 crash: Motorway blocked after pile-up with air ambulance called as police say to avoid area

A LARGE stretch of the M25 is closed this morning following a horror multi-vehicle pile up. Delays of up to 50 minutes are reported between junction 23 South Mimms and junction 22 St Albans anti-clockwise. 1 A large stretch of the M25 is closed this morning following a multi-vehicle collision National Highways report tailbacks of over five miles along the stretch of the motorway that runs…

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[dubmill]

Footbridge over the A1 (Barnet Bypass), nr. Borehamwood, Herts; 25.11.2023

#photography #photographers on tumblr #dubmill #Borehamwood #South Mimms #Hertfordshire #England #UK #Britain #original photography #original photograph #walk #Arkley to Borehamwood #2023 #25112023

[acidrefluxuk]

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[decatalyst]

Look closely. Foundations are not appealing, or attractive. But they are absolutely essential for whatever endeavour you plan to undertake. Don't just focus on what you're building. Remember the foundations. (at Premier Inn South Mimms Potters Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgojSJNKjaS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gls-recovery]

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[dylanjohnsonstuff]

Looking for a Commercial Concrete Supplier in South Mimms ? Then look further to Pro Concrete.ProConcrete was established by Vasile Teaca in 2015 and has been in operation since then.ProConcrete has a team of experienced and helpful office staff and on-site drivers/operators along with a modern fleet of volumetric concrete lorries and ground in-line concrete pumps.

[listing-to-port]

Four little-known love affairs

1. Despite thousands passing through its epicentre each day, little has been written of the doomed affair between the M25 motorway and the Great North Road, and its evanescent, poisonous flowering at South Mimms. Yet the clues are there for those who care to look for them. Keen observers of the occult may peruse the twisted knot of ley lines in the shape of an upturned middle finger surrounding the junction at which the roads first met. Once there, brave travellers can enter Britain's most romantically fraught service station. In the golden age of their love, South Mimms was a garden of delights; it is said that the carbonaceous roses cut from its potted displays would bloom eternally. These days one must be constantly on the lookout for the rumble of scraping tarmac and asphalt tentacles just beyond the edge of sight, as the two roads battle listlessly for custody of the seating area and shopping precinct.

2. The moons of the solar system are a flirtatious bunch: the more so since their relationships are necessarily long-distance owing to a strict injunction from the Sun that all must remain on their orbits. Perhaps the longest dalliance between moons is that between Pluto's moon, Charon, and the Earth's moon. Earth's moon has been mooning over Charon for at least half a million years. Charon, in turn, graffitied the surface of Pluto with a huge heart to show its devotion. Since Pluto's demotion from planet status, both Pluto and Charon have been in a rebellious mood and they are believed to be plotting a conjugal visit within the next few years.

3. The Voynich Manuscript is haunted by a number of conspiratorial ghosts, and likewise so is Doctor John Dee's black scrying mirror. Although the two sets of ghosts have never met, both have been able to wander far enough from their homes to make use of the internet, the former from a library office at Yale and the latter from the basement of the British Museum. Both have been active on conspiracy theory forums. It can be hard to tease out a ghost's expressions of affection; nevertheless, the sheer volume of correspondence that has passed between them suggests that a number of complex relationships have formed. The language of their letters is slippery and sibilant; they make frequent references to the sea, which holds a special place in the hearts of amorous ghosts due to its abundance of gently glowing fishspirits. Interestingly, they correspond only in forums that relate to conspiracies that they are not involved in.

4. One of the reasons that fried breakfasts are so popular is the hidden passion that simmers beneath their serenely greasy surfaces. Many people incorrectly believe that only meat has the capacity for love, and assume that the great culinary romance of our days must be between bacon and sausages. Bacon and sausages are in fact only friends, although they are not afraid to hug. Instead, it is the decades-long flirtation between bacon and eggs that gives the fried breakfast its lusty tang. Do be careful before preparing a fried breakfast containing black pudding, however: it is insanely jealous and will often start fights with the other foodstuffs.

#lists #love #love affairs #valentines day #south mimms #black pudding

[agelessphotography]

Lorry Driver, Beacon Services, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, Paul Graham, May 1982

#photography #vintage #vintage photography #paul graham #1980s #1982 #color photography #english #british