{"id":16479,"date":"2015-08-24T16:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=16479"},"modified":"2015-08-25T11:30:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T10:30:32","slug":"pistol-packin-bucking-bronco-cider-swillin-scenes-from-boomtowns-wild-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/pistol-packin-bucking-bronco-cider-swillin-scenes-from-boomtowns-wild-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistol packin’, bucking bronco, cider swillin’ scenes from Boomtown’s Wild West"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pistol<\/p>\n

One of my favourite areas in Boomtown is the Wild West, where an awful load of work must go into constructing a wonderfully detailed facsimile of a frontier town, complete with jail, bars, an old mine and station.<\/p>\n

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The district is described as “…an almighty powerhouse of thigh slapping, Stetson slinging, cider swigging sounds with the very best in folk, roots, world, hillbilly and a whole lot of Yeehaaaa!”<\/p>\n

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A stand of outside Shotgun Willies.<\/p>\n

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A suspect is rounded up.<\/p>\n

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The Wrong Side Of The Tracks station, Blazing Saddles and Sour’n’Mash.<\/p>\n

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Looking down the main drag.<\/p>\n

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Crazy Calamities venue.<\/p>\n

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Top notch graffiti.<\/p>\n

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The station.<\/p>\n

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Several hopefuls chanced their luck on the Bucking Bronco. All of the ended up eating dirt.<\/p>\n

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Man down to the sound of laughter from his girlfriend.<\/p>\n

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The inner secret workings of the Bucking Bronco controls.<\/p>\n

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Visiting doctors.<\/p>\n

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The superb Beans On Toast plays the Old Mine.<\/p>\n

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The Bank.<\/p>\n

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A gunslinger takes a nap.<\/p>\n

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Night views.<\/p>\n

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The locomotive inside the station.<\/p>\n

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Card game in progress.<\/p>\n

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