The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: History

  • The old toy shop

    A tale of Lark Hill Place, Salford by inky. As you walk into Lark Hill Place, and head over limestone and cobbled space at the end of the street, something catches young eyes in Radcliffe’s toyshop there on by Stuffed toy animals, puzzles and blocks Snakes and Ladders, and marbles from rocks. Noah’s ark, animals…

  • A Marvel of Invention – the people look on proud. A noble gent is making his way through the crowd. He’s sat on a seat – made of wood and of brass awaiting peelers whistle – which lets him go past Seeing his neighbours going on by and passing pigeons off tiled roofs they fly.…

  • Lark Hill Place

    A reaction to a visit to Lark Hill Place, a reconstructed victorian street located in Salford’s museum & art gallery.  Created by Inky for the Inkwell. On your way to Peel Park, lies an old cobbled street from that time before Tarmac Lay under your feet .A Modern carriage waits for its wheels to be…

  • A descriptive piece on a building in Lark Hill Place, at Salford’s Museum and Art Gallery. Old building by Cobbles with Oak table and chairs, Copper Kettle boils on stove near to the stairs. Fruit from the grocers, is cut up and cored ready for the pie crust in the oven its stored. Washboard and…