This is the "next door" bench, it was just too good to not take a pic. I'm glad the lady on the left is wearing a hat whilst snoozing in the sun!
The plaque reads "Standard Chain of 66 Feet" Seems to be do with this:
Gunter's Chain - Unit of length equal to 66 feet, or 4 poles. Developed by English polymath Edmund Gunter in the early 1600's, the standard measuring chain revolutionized surveying. Gunter's chain was 22 yards long, one tenth of a furlong. This was a common unit of length used in the old days. An area one chain wide by ten chains long was exactly an acre. In 1595 Queen Elizabeth I redefined the mile from the old Roman value of 5000 feet to 5280 feet in order for it to be an even number of furlongs. A mile is 80 chains.
wonderful bench shot - love the characters at play here - if i look at it long enough I'm expecting a see-saw action to happen and the ladies to spring the cowboy man into the air!!
Great shot of every-day life. I wonder if the guy smells funny and that's why the ladies are leaning away from him? Here's another thought...the women are in "white" while the man is in "black"...could it be that he's the bad guy in this daily life scenario?
Of course, Queen Elizabeth I was just plain old Queen Elizabeth in 1595... She only became QE1 in 1952 lol...