2 places/dates in time you would love to go back to

BowtomePhil

I was thinking of this on my turbo the other day. Turbo's do strange things to me.

I was trying to think of one and couldn't so:

What two places/events in the past would you go back to, only 2 and no saying, well I have 3 and I choose these 2, because I have about 10, but had to choose 2.

1: An Elvis Presley concert

2: Be on HMS victory at the battle of Trafalgar, not next to Nelson though as he died.

Frank the tank

Surely next to Nelson was the place to stand, why bag jolly Jack tar when you can nail the captain?

Giraffoto

Well, his prize agent was standing right next to him and had his head removed by a cannon ball while Nelson himself was still unharmed. So you'd have to choose the right side to be standing on . . .

sadlybiggins

Good question. My choices would be:

1. with Alexander the Great at the battle of Gaugamela/Arbela in 331 BC when he defeated Darius despite being heavily outnumbered; and

2. watching the mighty Led Zeppelin at Cobo Hall, Detroit on 12 July 1973.

Anyone would think I'd thought about this already....

CiB

Standing next to Martin Luther King and shouting 'duck' at the appropriate moment.

Standing next to Blair at any time during his political career and accidentally shoving him under a passing London taxi about 17 times in quick succession.

Do I win £5?

Alain Quay

I's like to drive a Mustang convertible around California around in the 1960s.

In Sarajevo on 28th June 1914, when Archduke Ferdinand's chauffeur drives past, to shout 'no, turn left!'

disgruntledgoat

I was thinking in a meeting this morning that I bet I'd enjoy my job more if I was a 14th Century Venetian Merchant.

capt_slog

First. I'd like to stand beside the 'me aged 9' that was being held upside down by an older boy and tell 'me' to put my hands down quick. That way I would not have been dropped on my face and not have had my two front teeth knocked out. This would have made a lot of difference to the young Slog in his teenage years.

Second. I'd like to go back and spend some time with my dad.

LiamW

Date. 25th May 1967

Place. Estadio Nacional, Lisbon.

fast as fupp

12/10/84 brighton

'you need a bigger bomb lads'

CiB

fast as fupp wrote:

12/10/84 brighton

'you need a bigger bomb lads'

That's hardly fair, wishing ill upon popular politicians of the day...oh hold on.

You'd need to go back further than that - it was planted some months earlier and left to get on with it.

I'd like to go back to about 1988 when the BBC chucked the last of their EMI 2001 cameras into a skip rather than whatever you can do with old cameras. I'd have had one, just because...

disgruntledgoat

fast as fupp wrote:

12/10/84 brighton

'you need a bigger bomb lads'

Aren't you a charmer.

Frank the tank

fast as fupp wrote:

12/10/84 brighton

'you need a bigger bomb lads'

Far, far too late fella, you need to go back far enough in time to prevent the evil old b@st@rd being concieved/born, just to be on the safe side.

fast as fupp

disgruntledgoat wrote:

fast as fupp wrote:

12/10/84 brighton

'you need a bigger bomb lads'

Aren't you a charmer.

better a charmer than a goat!

fast as fupp

Frank the tank wrote:

fast as fupp wrote:

12/10/84 brighton

'you need a bigger bomb lads'

Far, far too late fella, you need to go back far enough in time to prevent the evil old b@st@rd being concieved/born, just to be on the safe side.

if only.......

CambsNewbie

First one would be on the beach in Pentewan Sands in Cornwall. I was 9 at the time and we were on holiday and I remember being on the beach flying a kite with my dad as the sun went down. My dad wasn't very demonstrative but I remember that evening feeling very close to him, just him and me flying the kite. After that we went to the pub and I had a coke (a rare treat when I was a kid!) whilst he had a pint and he put his arm around me. It's one of the few positive memories I have of my dad and would love to have it again.

Second time I would love to go back to would be London on VE Day. I think that would be very special.

solosuperia

We were having this conversation down the pub the other night.............
One of the guys responses was:-
"The day before I married my ex-wife".
Classic!

rc856

Mmm, good one. 2 choices are definitely hard.

Putting family stuff aside, a couple of many choices would be

1) Nov 22nd 1963 - out of sight on the 'grassy knoll' at Dealey Plaza to see if/who was the other shooter or hiding behind a box in the book depository floor where the shots came from

2) Being out of sight on a London street and Jack the Ripper didn't see me, but I got to see who he was

Loads of things like that

Giraffoto

RC856 wrote:

1) Nov 22nd 1963 - out of sight on the 'grassy knoll' at Dealey Plaza to see if/who was the other shooter or hiding behind a box in the book depository floor where the shots came from

2) Being out of sight on a London street and Jack the Ripper didn't see me, but I got to see who he was

In either of those cases you'd probably get lifted as the one who did it . . .

before that, CiB wrote:

Standing next to Blair at any time during his political career and accidentally shoving him under a passing London taxi about 17 times in quick succession.

A few years ago I had to take a pair of crutches back to Hemel Hempstead A&E, and was very upset to discover that I'd missed Tony Blair visiting the place only an hour or so earlier. I could have hobbled up to him on the crutches, shaken his hand and then thrown them away from me, stood up straight and shouted, "it's a miracle!"

capt_slog

Giraffoto wrote:

A few years ago I had to take a pair of crutches back to Hemel Hempstead A&E, and was very upset to discover that I'd missed Tony Blair visiting the place only an hour or so earlier. I could have hobbled up to him on the crutches, shaken his hand and then thrown them away from me, stood up straight and shouted, "it's a miracle!"

The sad thing is, he might have believed it.

thegreatdivide

11/07/2011 - my corner shop - the day before that £166 million Euro lottery win.

Late 1986 @ the Muzic Box, Chicago - Ron Hardy drops 'Acid Trax'.

Wheelspinner

Dec 15th last year, about 9am would be first stop, where I'd change my mind about stopping on my ride to chat with a couple of local guys. That way I'd have ridden home on my own instead of in the group and avoided the crash and resulting broken neck.

Sept 10, 2001, with a complete list of the nutters involved. "Here, just shoot this lot. Now. Trust me."

BowtomePhil

Wheelspinner wrote:

Dec 15th last year, about 9am would be first stop, where I'd change my mind about stopping on my ride to chat with a couple of local guys. That way I'd have ridden home on my own instead of in the group and avoided the crash and resulting broken neck.

Sept 10, 2001, with a complete list of the nutters involved. "Here, just shoot this lot. Now. Trust me."

Ouch and second one would have stopped a war.

finchy

I have no desire to watch any battles, so I would go to witness scientific discoveries/inventions or great cultural moments.

Stephenson's Rocket would probably be my number 1, then I might pay a visit to the Arab palace in Sevilla when the Islamic Empire was at its height.

pilch

July 20, 1969 with Neil & Buzz

New Zealand Christmas 2005, travelling round the Islands in a camper with the mrs, parked up on a beach at Kaikoura just cracked a bottle of wine to have with the bbq as a pod of Orcas passed by offshore, just as the sun was setting...

kieranb

20 AD or thereabouts, the Holy Land, just to see if Jesus existed and see him do a miracle.
1979, London, to attend any one of Joy Division's concerts and if I had the time a few others by Sioux & The banshees and other bands

lawrences

Just before mon mone won grand national at 100 to 1.

Wouldn't mind being on the moon to greet Neil Armstrong either. that would surprise him.

verylonglegs

johnfinch wrote:

I have no desire to watch any battles, so I would go to witness scientific discoveries/inventions or great cultural moments.

Stephenson's Rocket would probably be my number 1, then I might pay a visit to the Arab palace in Sevilla when the Islamic Empire was at its height.

I understand the sentiment, as someone who works in electronics I'd be interested to attend one of Faraday's lectures as he discovered and explained what would change society massively. I can't help thinking though that because we are aware of the consequences it seems like a magical event to us now whereas the reality would be rather mundane, you'd go back and see some bloke just tinkering around in a lab or a workshop.

nickellis

7th January 2010, Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
England hang on for a draw against a rampant South African bowling attack. I'd purchased a massive Cross of St. George that morning, and as Swann and Onions blocked out ball after ball the thousands of England 'Away' fans cheered and hundreds of flags waved.
I get chills every time I think about it. So much more atmosphere than any footy match I've been too. Cape Town was banging that night!!!!

20th April 2012, Fenway Park, Boston
My first pilgrimage to the my Mecca of baseball. 100 years to the day it opened. Massive American flags, airforce flyovers, Star Spangled Banner. I actually had tears as I walked up the concourse steps and got my first sight of the playing field. A life's dream come true, shame the Red Sox got beat by their arch enemies.

random man

World Cup Final 1966 and VE Day.

metronome

Dec 22 1808. Theater an der Wien, Vienna. Beethoven premieres his 5th & 6th Symphonies, Choral Fantasy and Piano Concerto No 4, in one single evening.

A day during the Cretaceous period to witness dinosaurs and other wildlife.