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Category: Tradition
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Narrow Saturday July 30th, 2016 A Thought: Narrowboat They carried the cargo before the rail up and down the waterways Colourful characters towing the coal that burned in the houses, factories and mills but then with the dawn came the engine of steam much faster than canal – down rail…
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Salford, Wednesday 27th July (Via Blackpool, Morecambe and Colwyn Bay :)) Summer Parasols parade A pageant of all colours Prepared for picnics Hermit crabs scuttle Across the sandy shore Safety in numbers Candy floss floating on long wooden carry sticks windmills turn in breeze And tiny fish await A delightful day dish Dipping down below
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in response to Leftovers Sandwich A poem created from the left out scribbles of “The blacksmith” – perfect for the Leftovers sandwich challenge. fire burning brightly forging metal by the smith who fixes up the shoes for a grateful shire horse in the gloom of a metal foundry a mighty beasts shoes take form on…
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The scene may say 2012 – it’s a Carbon copy of the garden this Christmas season In response to the prompt Stroke of Midnight Midnight – the last few seconds of 2015 and the first few seconds of 2016 found me stood outside the front door of the family Lancastrian terrace. I’d skipped out the…
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