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Furniture shopping British style. Eating breakfast on the front seat of a double decker passing through a rainy Mytholmroyd
Two storeys of this mill are stacked with used furniture
The stairwell. It reminded me of going to Black Dyke Mill . . .
. . . or Saltaire
More festivities at The Piece Hall
Crazy hair concoctions
After years of being closed for renovation the 1779 Piece Hall officially reopened on August 1st. There’s a month long celebration – and this was the 100 strong saxophone band at dusk.
It was raining!
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It was great to be able to get amongst the performers as they played.
Vintage shopping!
Getting ready for dinner in honor of Ted Hughes (former poet laureate)
25 people for dinner in the upstairs room at Stubbings Wharf.
Guest speaker was Tony Buzan,(who developed mind mapping), long-time friend of Ted Hughes . . . and
Tony Buzan on the right
. . .Lorraine Gill, Australian artist extraordinaire and former friend of Ted Hughes. I’m sitting next to Julia, ice skater and a former professor of English Literature at Bradford University.
Lorraine and I talked about her upbringing just outside Alice Springs in the Australian Outback and her trips to Uluru (Ayres Rock) with Aborigine guides. I think my composition entitled ‘Uluru’ from my ‘Outback’ collection would go well with her paintings.
This place is for auction – above Stainland-Holywell Green
Stainland
Barkisland is Rolls Royce country
So much Heather – high above Sowerby Bridge
Looking down on Sowerby Bridge – Christ church is there
Pretty flower display in traveling trunks at Sowerby Bridge station where Branwell Bronte worked
Very clever. Get it?
The Old Coop building has been turned into a very nice cafe. I’ve never noticed it before.
A delicious sampler of three Mediterranean salads and hummus
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Then off to find the resting place of ‘Mister Wrigley.’ He was the brother of James Wrigley of Lily Hall, and therefore is my 4th great uncle.
He is buried at this remote church in the tiny hamlet of Lumbutts which is just below Stoodley Pike. This was brand new territory for me, though I remember my mum talking about Mankinholes Youth Hostel which is about two miles away and I passed it on the bus.
It took me a while to find Abraham’s grave. he’s buried with his 17 year old daughter Mary Mally Wrigley.
Stoodley Pike from the cemetery
The imposing tower of Lumbutts Mill once contained three waterwheels, stacked up vertically.
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Hebden’s Pink Picnic
The day started with a trip to the Halifax Agricultural fair
A David Hockney garden
Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon
Sheep racing (chased by a sheep dog)
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My host, Nicola, preparing for the civil rights lecture
Street art on the square
Nicola all decked out for the conclusion of Happy Valley Pride week; a disco at the Trades
Manchester cathedral was the venue for many of my ancestors’ weddings. It’s undergoing major refurbishment inside and out
Bee keeping on top of the tower!
A street art installation encouraging kids to read over the summer holidays
A chili lunch outdoors on a chilly day
At the National Football museum
From my window back at th’ mill
A drag makeup workshop
Bourgeois and Maurice cabaret
Watch one of the songs they performed:
Yummy!
Then my laptop went on the blink which necessitated a trip to the Mac store in Leeds: 50 minutes by train
I discovered this underground river underneath the railway station in Leeds!
This larger than life statue was above my head in the shopping centre
Back home on my deck overlooking the canal I tucked into the goodies I’d purchased at Todmorden market
In the evening I attended a cabaret called Listen with Mother. Here’s my Airb&b host (and Happy Valley Pride director) checking the guest list.
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