This site is for collecting inappropriately captioned old images. All images should use an open license or be in the public domain. If you want to add an image, you will need a secret key word. This means you need to know the owner of this site, or someone who has already added an image and can share the key word with you.

Why Fanny Central?

In short – this image:

Salvesen Photo Album (c) University of Edinburgh Library CC-BY-NC-SA

You might find this Dictionary of Scottish Slang useful.

This image was the response btw:

Salvesen Photo Album (c) University of Edinburgh Library CC-BY-NC-SA

Salvesen Photo Album (c) University of Edinburgh Library CC-BY-NC-SA

Making images to upload

  1. Find an appropriate CC-licensed or Public Domain image to edit (that means any CC licensed images with No Derivatives specified are right out I’m afraid). Some easy places to find images are:
    1. Use the CC Search
    2. Biodiversity Heritage Library
    3. Public Domain Review – Images
    4. Wikimedia Commons
  2. Take a note of the image name and license info as you will need it when you upload to the site.
  3. Use some image editing software to add a hilarious caption (I like Pixlr on my smartphone when I need to knock one out in on the go…)
  4. Save and upload to this site.