Posted on 04/29/2018 5:55:42 AM PDT by C19fan
Thousands of goths have descended on a quiet seaside town to celebrate the art of darkness. Steampunk, Cybergoth, Romanticism or Victoriana fans travelled over the moors to Whitby, which has become their spiritual home twice a year, for the Whitby Goth Weekend. Steampunk comes from science fiction and celebrates both Victorian fashion and industry, combining top hats with brass goggles and elaborate guns.
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Ocean views, famous for its jet jewelry industry.
It’s a fun music gig. I have good friends who go regularly, and a friend whose band is a regular at the fest. Fun, silly, lots of techies and nerds in the scene now.
The New British Caliphate will put an end to this foolishness.
(Just kidding...will always regret missing Woodstock.)
This is what old people do in England? Sheesh! What a train wreck - between the influx of head choppers and the elderly walking around in Herman Munster boots and black makeup, the country is f****d.
Hubby is a descendent of Bram Stoker on his mother’s side. I’ve always been envious that both his mother and father’s sides are traceable. Ours are not.
500 years from now, someone will find these pictures and think we were all like this.
A figure of the guy in the Executioner’s garb should be placed outside every British hospital.
The Wild Wild West was steampunk before the genre.
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