MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Yes but I haven't seen anyone say how they did it. The signal was that they didn't salute members as they passed. Forgive me if someone has said that and I have missed it.
Next one?

[PanBiker]

Would they not just cycle the roads until they found the police presence then go a bit further back to do the warnings. Can't see the point of wearing a uniform though as it's a bit of a giveaway to the cops. Another thing that comes to mind is that at the time there were no speed limits on the roads so what's the point?

[Tizer]

I think the police couldn't do anything about them at the time although they could prosecute motorists for speeding in the early days. There were speed limits at the beginning of 4 mph, then raised to 14, then 20 until 1931 when they were abolished, then a few years later began to be introduced again. Wkipedia

Now, what's this? (Sorry about the fuzziness but it's readable!)

[Cathy]

I looked it up, don’t understand what they are saying, so will leave it.

[PanBiker]

It's the algorithm that screwed up all the exam results.

[Stanley]

There was a catch all charge Cathy; "Driving at a furious pace" that their was no defence against.
At first glance it looks like a mathematical rather than a chemical formula.
I've just seen Ian's answer and I'll go with him.

[Big Kev]

Me too, that algorithm

[Stanley]

I think we are establishing a consensus here!
Well done Ian. My money is with you and Kev.

[Tizer]

Panbiker got it right first with`It's the algorithm that screwed up all the exam results' - although I have to qualify that by saying all I know is that one of the national newspapers had it on their front page with a caption that said the same (but without the `screwed up' bit ). Do you know if it definitely is the right algorithm?

In the meantime, here's another pic for you to identify. Try first without resorting to the Google reverse image trickery!

[Invernahaille]

A meeting of the conservative cabinet, Perhaps

[Tizer]

A good try and I sympathise with the sentiment! The Chairman (sorry, Chairbear) does look a bit like Boris. However, not the correct answer.

[plaques]

There are some images in the smoke, My guess is a Punch cartoon of the 1930s bear market crash.

[Stanley]

I can't think of a better answer than Ken's. Anthropomorphism in art was very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Think Lewis Carroll...

[Tizer]

Nothing to do with the 1930s bear market crash and, as far as I know, not directly related to Lewis Carroll. The image appeared in the records of a dining club together with poems, songs and the like related to the activities of the club. There is a good clue in the image but it's not in the smoke!

[Wendyf]

Oh! I thought that was a gavel the chairbear was wielding but it's not, could it be a geologist's hammer?

[Marilyn]

Is drink being poured from the gavel/hammer? Seems to have liquid coming from the handle and pouring into the glass?
( or do I need to clean my specs and tip my drink down the sink? )
And at first, I thought the smaller vessels on the table were egg cups...but they are liqueur glasses?
I tell you, there is liquid of some sort coming from that hammer/gavel.

[Marilyn]

No...I shall correct myself. I closed one eye and squinted. What looks like liquid is actually the top of the spoon, which others have in their glasses too.
What do you consume out of a glass with a spoon? ( custard...ice cream)

I am overthinking this, aren’t I?

[PanBiker]

Not liquid Maz, it's the handle of a spoon, there is one in every glass which makes me think they may be having trifle or some other such pudding. A play on the three bears porridge maybe? Lots of glasses but a teapot and plate of biscuits or buns in the middle of the table. There is a jug for the wine. It's obviously representative of one of the groups using the club but the penny hasn't dropped with me yet.

[PanBiker]

I know what it represent but I HAD to google it. I wont reveal but I reckon Wendy has cracked it with her superior observation powers.

[Tizer]

I am overthinking this, aren’t I?

Yes!

Wendy is right about the geologist's hammer. But why bears with a geologist's hammer?

[Stanley]

I noticed the gavel and thought it looked like a Mason's hammer. But I can't make a connection between freemasonry and bears.....

[Stanley]

Still no clue. Tell us what it is Ian!

[plaques]

One last guess. A discussion about the Piltdown man, celebrating the grand hoax.

[PanBiker]

Your wish.. It's the dining club group of a geologists society, apparently the group was known as the Grizzly Bears.

[Tizer]

Thanks for putting them out of their misery, Ian. They represent the dining club of the geologists of the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1869. Here's a link to the British Geological Survey web site with some details: BGS