#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 …
Category Archives: Historical
Approach
#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
The plum pudding paradox
#socs #closeeyesandpoint A Christmas Pudding – Too early ? (C/o Bing) 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 …
Looking at a line full of laundry
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 …
Too Many Bones – Too
#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 …
Stopped
#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 …
Here and Now
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 …
Over the bridge
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 …
Traces
Roots 24th august 2017 they say everybody has roots. those tiny little things that define history traces of who you are, set in your DNA. back when I was studying at university for my HND, I got the opportunity to research my family tree looking back through birth records…to draw up a computer program connecting …
immerse yourself
Immerse Salford, 11th July 2017 when taking an interest in a subject, it pays to get the most of the subject matter. Do your research, but don’t restrict yourself to a library 📚 books are great, however if you can see an item relating to your interest….it makes your interest solid.. tangible. Its probably why I …
The Inkwell 