John Oram's photos with the keyword: SeaCity Museum

The prize for the most interesting toilets I have seen or used must surely go to the facilities at SeaCity Museum, Southampton. Before it became the museum, the building housed the police headquarters. The cells were retained and partially converted to provide the museum toilets. 200_2_P1120977

The prize for the most interesting toilets I have seen or used must surely go to the facilities at SeaCity Museum, Southampton. Before it became the museum, the building housed the police headquarters. The cells were retained and partially converted to provide the museum toilets. The clarity of this picture - taken hand-held at only 1/8 sec - allows you to read the history for yourself. 200_2_P1120980

I must admit to having been rather taken aback when I first caught sight of this machine at SeaCity Museum, Southampton. It is one of several amusement machines restored for use at the museum and is called a Mutoscope. It showed moving pictures to one person at a time and was regarded, in the 1920s, as slightly risqué. The word 'boob' appears in several Chaplin escapades and refers to a 'dummy' or inept person. 200_2_P1120974E2

This clumsily worded notice was attached to one of the several modified amusement machines at SeaCity Museum, Southampton. 'Interactive' is an adjective not a noun. Anyway, what's wrong with writing 'this machine'? I think this is a good example of 'writing wrongs' (joke). 200_2_P1120973