Whistling backstage is unlucky.
Stagehands used to cue each other by whistling. An actor who whistled backstage might accidentally cue a stagehand to drop scenery, potentially putting an unaware performer at risk of being crushed.
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🖼 Hulki Okan Tabak https://t.co/z0RbuNXPKB

Before I get accused of looking at the past through rose tinted spectacles (again) - many of you probably remember the ‘winter of discontent’ in 1979 (it was only ‘yesterday’ after all) - but do you remember the rubbish piles around London. #London #History https://t.co/1rOS3843fuBefore I get accused of looking at the past through rose tinted spectacles (again) - many of you probably remember the ‘winter of discontent’ in 1979 (it was only ‘yesterday’ after all) - 8468265 Before I get accused of looking at the past through rose tinted

A lost landscape of barns on the Tantramar marshes, near Sackville, NB, in the winter of 1976. Stephen Archibald's sharing more glimpses from a well-noticed past:
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#NovaScotia #architecture #design #history #vintage #photography #noticing Cove17 https://t.co/qQVryV8vnf

T-34-85 tanks in winter. The original summertime markings still remain and were not painted over with the winter camo. #tanks #history #ww2 https://t.co/ofYPNq9Fyw