Here’s a handsome structure. In addition to its classic design, there’s something distinctive about this building. Figure out where the building is located, and what is different, and send your answer to elliott@brack.net. Be sure to tell your hometown.
John Titus of Peachtree Corners was the first to identify the most recent Mystery Photo: “I think it is the steps in Plymouth, England from which the Pilgrims set out for America.” He is right. The photo came from Ross Lenhart of Stone Mountain.
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. supplied added detail: “The Mayflower Steps are located along Pilgrim Way in Plymouth, England .The buildings in the photo are from left to right, the Admiral MacBride English Pub, the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners Shipping Service, and the Mayflower Museum. The Mayflower Steps monument is Plymouth’s most significant memorial to the Pilgrims. The steps are close to the site in the Barbican from which the 102 passengers are thought to have left England on the Mayflower destined for America in September 1620. The actual steps no longer exist.
“The passengers of the Mayflower and Speedwell ships had no links with Plymouth but because of bad weather 300 miles out in the English Channel, were forced to put into the city seeking shelter and essential repairs. It was then that they were told the Speedwell was not fit to sail. Some of the group stayed in Plymouth abandoning the journey, whilst the remainder all boarded the Mayflower.”
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. also pointed out that the steps no longer exist. He asked: “If these are not the original steps, and today’s steps are simply ‘close to’ the departure point, then where exactly were the original steps from which the pilgrims departed? According to a number of local historians, the actual site from where the Mayflower finally cast off is approximately 110-feet west of the location depicted in the mystery photo, where a Victorian public house (aka pub), the Admiral MacBride, now stands.”
Here’s one way to use those ugly neckties
Miriam Machida of Watkinsville wanted to know what we used to do with old neckties submitted years ago when Gwinnett Daily News ran those Ugly Necktie Contests. For starters, many people submitting the neckties did not want them back. Most were really ugly! One lady contacted us and asked that we supply her with the rejected neckties. She cut them up, and made small dolls out of them. Note the many neckties represented in this stuffed Dinosaur. Count the many neckties represented. She even took the necktie manufacturer’s labels and made a necklace out of them. Perhaps someone can remember who that remarkable seamstress was…—eeb
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