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Difficult Times
I seem to have been in stasis a bit since the coronavirus lockdown, dabbling in this and that but not really getting on with any of my planned projects. Random by name, random by nature, then; I will not wait … Continue reading
Injecting some colour into my life!
The other day I had a play with a couple of online colourising tools. It was coming up to what would have been my parents’ 70th wedding anniversary, so I played with a few photos to post elsewhere on the … Continue reading
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Revisiting the past: ‘dame school’.
I occasionally search desultorily for some of my childhood memories in one form or another. A search for mentions of my ‘dame school’ in Bukuru, Nigeria, threw up a surprise result today, in the form of a book written by … Continue reading
Posted in family history, History, Random, Travel
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You can take the girl out of Halifax…
I managed to come over all decisive today and finish off the mixed-media piece I started a few weeks ago on a course at Malvern Hills College. It was acrylic-based and also I learned how to do gelli prints and … Continue reading
Disappeared…
Looking through some Yorkshire directories on a genealogy hunt last night I found two wonderful, if rather niche, job categories – Strickle Makers and Scribbling and Fulling Millers. It set me off, not least as I think my last job … Continue reading
Centenary
It’s just 100 years since a 19-year-old lad from Halifax, Yorkshire, died from the gas that had wounded him on 5th September 1918. Read a little more about my great-uncle Leonard in a previous post here.
8 ways Yorkshire has changed the world
Just a few contributions from God’s Own County! The Historic England Blog Our capital city, London, is the heart of the political system and where power, protest and progress converge to make change a reality in law. However, the great … Continue reading
Preserving the past: the salty histories of Droitwich
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A Hidden Gem
I wrote about this place earlier in the year, and eventually got around to doing a slideshow. Sign of age, repeating myself, I guess, but it bears a re-visit! Enjoy a quiet meander through this local gem…
Posted in Artsy, History, Locality, Music, Photography, Travel
Tagged architecture, art, carving, church, contemplative, Droitwich, gem, glass, hidden, Josey, Pippet, quiet, Ravenna, stone, Venetian, Worcestershire
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Mystery Lady
My uncle and aunt found what they thought to be a daguerrotype when moving house recently and sorting through various belongings. I’ve scanned the rather too well-loved picture for them to see if my limited digital processing skills will let me restore … Continue reading
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