{"id":179,"date":"2011-01-10T00:16:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T22:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=179"},"modified":"2011-05-08T15:46:41","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T13:46:41","slug":"milnerton-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/milnerton-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Milnerton Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stroll through the Milnerton Market is guaranteed to deliver all kinds of weird and wonderful people and things.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_195\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/santa_LMcC_9310.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"santa\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-195   \" title=\"santa\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/santa_LMcC_9310-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"santa\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/santa_LMcC_9310-250x300.jpg 250w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/santa_LMcC_9310.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">...some more weird than wonderful<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Aside from bathing Santa there, the most bizarre thing I saw on display today was a collection of teeth &#8211; the guy selling them said he used to be a whaler, sometimes as far away as Antarctica, and that the teeth were from a Sperm Whale&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_194\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/whaleteeth_LMcC_9308.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"whale teeth\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-194\" title=\"whale teeth\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/whaleteeth_LMcC_9308-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"whale teeth\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/whaleteeth_LMcC_9308-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/whaleteeth_LMcC_9308-575x383.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/whaleteeth_LMcC_9308.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">not quite sure how to feel about those teeth...<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, it was pretty much the usual collection of kitsch porcelain figurines, creepy dolls, interesting people and assorted 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src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/leatherguy_LMcC_9314-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"cloudy and muggy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/cow_LMcC_9289.jpg' title=\"cow\" data-rl_title=\"cow\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/cow_LMcC_9289-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"cow\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tiger2_LMcC_9294.jpg' title=\"depressing cross-eyed tiger painting\" data-rl_title=\"depressing 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src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/diver_LMcC_9323-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"diving helmet\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/figurines_LMcC_9324.jpg' title=\"sailors\" data-rl_title=\"sailors\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/figurines_LMcC_9324-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"sailors\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/bells+beugel2b_LMcC_9328.jpg' title=\"Bells\" 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