Ghost Town by The Specials is an eminently hummable tune and to find a fragment of it in the Coventry Transport Museum was an unexpected delight.
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CannibalRabbit Family at Lake Eildon 2011
After the Alexandra Show, where Monty got Best of Breed, we headed up to the Lake Eildon [^] dam wall at Eildon. After a wet year the lake is almost full, something that has only happened six times in the past 50 years [^].
Furphy Tank End
I spotted an Australian icon at the Kyabram Show – a Furphy Water Tank [^] end.
The Furphy water cart was an early exercise in branding. One of the key parts of the brand was the “Good, better, best – never let it rest – till your good is better – and your better best” seen here at the bottom of the end.
The Pitman shorthand [^] across the middle of the tank says “Water is the gift of God but beer and whiskey are concoctions of the Devil, come and have a drink of water”. The additional Pitman section between Shepparton and the middle band has Billy Hughes [^] slogan “Produce and populate or perish” – one of the main concerns in Australia in the middle of World War 2.
The water cart gave rise to the term “Furphies” – information of a dubious nature, some might even say rumours!