Thematic Photographic - Aged - Old Father Time

Another post brought to you partly inspired by Carmi Levy's Thematic Photographic :-)

This time it's something even older than the hat in the post below, although it's nowhere near as Aged :-) That's the theme for today's post - when are things Old but not Aged ?

(click to open a bigger version with more dots per inch that should be more readable :-)

I was bought that by my mum & dad when we lived in Northern Ireland. If you peek at the bottom right corner, you'll see "By Ulster". It's made of proper Irish Linen. It was bought at the Giant's Causeway, which dates it to being acquired when I was about 8 years old. Which makes that piece of linen at least 25 years old.

So that's "Aged" number one :-)

Number two is the fella in the background taking the bales off the stumps. That's Old Father Time, who graces the Home Of Cricket. The Lords cricket ground has Old Father Time on a wind vane, over looking the playing area. The wind vane is viewable here. He's still doing well up there, Old but not Aged.

Lastly, we have the words on the picture. The Laws of Cricket have been essentially unchanged since 1787, with the Marylebone Cricket Club being the custodian, holding them at the Lords Cricket Ground. Again, they're Old but are they Aged ? Cricket's stood the test of time so far and it's still extremely popular. It's the number one sport in India and still very popular over here and in the other Test playing nations. It has its idiosyncracies but quirks are something it shares with all sports :-) (Ermm - Offside rules ? Lol)

So there we have it - 3 Old things that have avoided the signs of being Aged.