Thought for the Day - If really very sorry
and hurry have no 'e', why does Surrey?
Spaniards . . . from Spain! Little
terracotta figures, I was going to say caricatures, but they differ for
over-emphasising each subjects features? These are more consistent; 'cartoonish' maybe, they follow a
stylisation anyway - bee-sting lips, short fat legs with big feet, offset,
pool-ball eyes and relatively stationary posing.
State police (Civil Guard), Air Force and a
soldier, I have no doubt there are sailors and other recognisable Spanish
figures to be found; bull fighters? And they are probably (no 'e') or I assume;
sold as tourist keepsakes? Both the policeman above and the Beefeater below
have stiff-card enhancements, or detailing on their headdress.
But why would the Spanish sell British
characters? If they do, must I start looking for Germans in lederhosen,
French-bereted chaps with bunches of onions, RCMP Mounties? I would have
guessed they were supplied to a British Tourist industry novelty (no 'e' -
twice) wholesaler, but they all came together bar the Guarda Civil chap,
suggesting they all came from the same place?
I can only suppose there are so many
beered-up, misbehaving 'brits' in some parts of coastal or island Spain;
they've found they can sell British icons to the British tourists as easily as
their own Spanish ones? Especially (no 'e') those large numbers of regular
visitors who are also [rather hypocritically (no 'e')] Bwreakshiteers!
Anyway, it's another Beefeater, and another
Horse Guard, whom I prefer to Lifeguards! And thanks to Chris Smith or Peter
Evans in one of who's parcels the latter four figures turned-up.
Second thought for the day - The gap . . .
why don't Lifeguards or lifeguards have a gap, or; why do Horse
Guards?
11th February 2021 - Now known to be craft figures (artesanos) from Alborox in Grenada
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