Friday, 15 April 2022

Sun in April...!

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  It has been strangely warm for April.  Is it climate change?  Yes, one ascribes (wrongly) every odd weather-happening to climate change, b...
Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Nello

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One of the most profiled living people in the Potteries is Neil Baldwin ('Nello') - yet most have never heard of him. His was ...
Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Citizen of Staffordshire

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    I don't know why particularly it should amuse me but I could only smile that the symbol for maternity at the North Staffordshire Hos...
Saturday, 15 January 2022

Not romantic ruin

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  A photo for gloomy January.  The abandoned Victorian factories of the Potteries are perfect examples of 'ruin porn', which we'...
Sunday, 5 December 2021

Calm before the Xmas storm

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  This month Lichfield Cathedral will go all-out with the Christmas spirit: light-shows, displays, mass carol concerts, even fairs on the gr...
Monday, 15 November 2021

Overgrown truck

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All returns to Nature, they say. This truck has. ++++ To comment on this post, just use the Comments field down this page To get an emai...
Sunday, 10 October 2021

Churchyard but no church

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  Here's an odd thing: a churchyard without a church. This particular patch of 'God's Acre' in Longton is now, essentially, ...
Wednesday, 21 July 2021

Dried up

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You might associate lakes that dry up with more tropical countries, but Britain has been having its share over the last few years; it's...
Saturday, 10 July 2021

Doors open again

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  Tourist attractions have been opening up gradually, following the Covid restrictions during the Spring, and all seems almost normal again ...
Thursday, 20 May 2021

Elvis in the sticks

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  On a fairly deserted country lane lading up to Oulton village, I glanced up to see ... Elvis Presley.  Which was quite a shock. He seems q...