from inkdrop – poetry, places and events
Something must have happened
Until now – we’ve been told to stay indoors
Move around only for Necessary Journeys
Maybe those down at Whitehall saw the
Elevated mercury from the thermometers on the wall –
Reaction varied – from the reserved to just plain crazy
The kids are acting as if they’ve never felt heat before, but
If they think – everythings back to normal – they’re wrong
Museums, Stadia, Art Galleries – all working differently
Expect to keep a distance when you visit.
Location : Ordsall Park, Salford, UK
Call it a Green Island in a Sea of Concrete
A good place for a football game
Trees of varying type scatter this wonderous island of Green
swings and climbing frames keep youngsters amused
whilst older kids send footballs into the northern air
as the local wildlife watches on in amusement
around each tree – signs of life
fallen treasures from the Conker Tree and Hazel
Furry sweet chestnuts piled by the tree
(Look out for the Wildlife!)
as juggernauts pass on the nearby road
Four seasons contained on this glorious green
Taking in the sun by a tree in spring and summer
Colours of leaves constantly changing.
Winds of autumn swirling whilst bowlers are playing
Lets release our Kite – and watch its colours fly.
A response to the Daily post Challenge – “Alphabet”
(Photo taken by the Author, Camera used Samsung WB-250)
Salford, 15th January 2016.
The picture you see is a Mural , created by the artist Walter Kershaw. It’s not the original, The original was taken down and replaced by the Trafford Park Development Corporation when I was in my teens. The second edition, whilst the building it was on was still being maintained by the corporation hung on the wall with pride for many years – until some of the industries that sponsored it moved out of town.
If you head to Old Trafford to see the football its still on display there – a memorial to the industry that once dominated the area. A pictorial A-Z of Northern Industry. Some firms are still there, the Delivery and Haulage firms as well as the food and chemical plants and you can see them as you travel around the industrial park. Rank Hovis has a factory opposite the northern branch of the Imperial War Museum – which itself is on the old site of storage silos from the second world war
And if you wander where your Morning Cornflakes come from – they’re most likely to have come from the Large Kelloggs factory in the centre of the park.
Both my Father and Grandfather worked at the MF Industrial works on Barton Dock Road, which has since passed over to Kelloggs since the work moved elsewhere in Europe. The Mural fondly remembers the factory though – as the vehicle the works produced appears on the picture alongside the company logo of the time. A fond memory of the works car park comes to mind – where the diggers were proudly on show in the docking bays. At Christmas any remaining diggers would be decorated brightly in Christmas lights
The building the mural hangs on – once a storage facility for the docks – has also undergone some changes – as it’s become a nightclub venue – strange but true.
