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Category: Historical
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#Octpowrimo #Clink #Delivery #Milkman #Autumn In the dark days of Autumn , I miss that sound…. The sound that signified a warm breakfast was coming as freshly bottled milk in glass bottles – were placed on the waiting doorstep soon to be warmed up in a pan and combining with wheat or oats and if…
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#Napowrimo #Salford #Ordsallhall When the Romans left The Saxons arrived and built a home by the waters edge and they built such a place with grand trees fields and walls and a spot by the water where the crops grew tall Stables and granges with Orchards for fruit eaten by the horses who would gallop…
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#Fowc #Historic Down our way is a place that’s stood since Tudor times royalty used to drop in, and engage in country pursuits as council housing en masse wasn’t a thing back then then neither were the motorcar or bikes if you wanted something to eat – you would cook it on an open fire…
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#writephoto #approach It didn’t look so grand on the photo but now you’ve made your way past the gate your weeks accommodation is looking ever so elevated and as you approach the keep gate masked by the fog and trees the thought of being lord or lady of your own manor is coming to fruition
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#socs #closeeyesandpoint Above, you’ll see a picture of a ‘traditional’ plum pudding, eaten at dessert time around the table at Christmas time….before anyone goes ballistic….i’m following the rules of the previous challenge – and it just happened to fall on the page on the origin Christmas puddings So, when did the craziness start inky? Those…
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Salford 1st November Response to a Writeclub Prompt by Inky #Larkhillplace #writeclub #street #Salford There’s a breeze tonight a perfect westerly don’t need to check the weather forecast and i’ll tell you why tween lark hill place and ackers st the mangles have been working overtime and Mrs Protheroe’s washing is hanging on the line…
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#writeclub #Dinosaur #Toomanybones The Professors and the Doctors shook their heads as they watched the students with their problem They had been on the dig for a number of weeks measuring bones and giving them tweaks And putting them together leg “a” to foot ‘b” to show off their theories as part of their degree…
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#waterwheel #promptuarium There was a time, where this mighty wheel would turn the stones, that would crush the wheat for the flour that made your morning bread Today however, it’s taking a day off for some clever person thought chucking stones into a stream was a good idea and while the fish go another direction…
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Salford 19th February 2018 Present I can look back on yesterday Ponder my actions Examine my thoughts Tomorrow lies ahead but sat here in the moment its so far away Preparation – in a short while for journeys to come can ease any last minute nerves The future can wait till the sun rises again…
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Pedestrian Walking on water ? not exactly as they straddle the Locks , Quays and Rivers of my home town never shy of their responsiblity – they get people to their destination from A to B and back again easing a walker’s worry they’ll get wet in the water revolutionary ? in their day necessity…
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