Sunday, 31 January 2021

Wall/bridge/lock/road/canal/path

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This road-bridge on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal (1770) is Grade-2 listed, believe it or not - though it was built by Brindl...
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Saturday, 23 January 2021

Mild & snowy

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  Another bout of the white stuff today.  You'd think the air would feel cold, or chilly at least.  But this is one of those snowy times...
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Monday, 11 January 2021

Lockdown ways

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  Lockdown again, so back to what we did in the last one - go for walks.
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Friday, 1 January 2021

New identities

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Brexit Day - the UK leaves the European Union today.  We'll all be watching to see what the effects, on England+Scotland+Ireland+Wale...
Monday, 28 December 2020

Surprise snow

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  No one really expected snow as the weather had been mild really for December - but then snow comes at unexpected moments. There was enough...
Saturday, 19 December 2020

Wet wet wet marshes

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  Rain, rain, rain. Although the skies have been variable - sometimes blue, sometimes grey - and the temperature relatively mild for winter,...
Friday, 11 December 2020

Pub gone to the dogs

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  The Talbot in Cheadle has now closed, possibly forever.  It's a shame; it was just an old boozer, but a great old boozer. 'Talbot...
Monday, 30 November 2020

A victim of centralisation

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This rather stylish building is the Old Fire Station, built in Fenton (part of Stoke on Trent) in the first decade of the twentieth century...
Friday, 20 November 2020

Victoriana rules

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  The word most often applied to the Glebe Pub in Stoke town is 'stately' - and it is. This old Victorian was restored by the Joule...
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Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Death has undone so many

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Yet again, Armistice Day is upon us - the day to remember the servicemen and women killed in the world wars. It's always sobering, an...
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