When in Belgium, we bought a Lowry print when here f or a family visit .
Many English friends in Belgium had pictures of their towns,villages in England .
Lovely Cotswold scenes, Yorkshire moors, Lake District ,Cathedrals etc.
So a bit of inverted snobbery and we bought the one of the huge viaduct at Stockport , it looms over the town.
Not from Stockport but it is an impressive painting.
We also got “ Waiting for the chip shop to open “ and “ Coming home from the match” I think that is its title.
Well sunny day wuth cool breeze, my Mum’s birthday today ,she would have been 129, born 1896.
Gosh the things she told us from her childhood , she saw Buffalo Bill, on one of his visits ,with Indian people ,parading through Manchester ,
Not sure of the date ,I think he made more than one visit.
Victoria’s funeral, newspaper accounts , Edward’s Coronation etc etc
Well, I don’t go really golden tan ,more brown patches, a bit like Vitiligo .
Someone had a kind laugh about my chins ,well only one as I said but I was for a time known as ‘ The face that launched a thousand chips”
The chippy not far from our first home , Wes so good,very clean and the chips and fish were delicious .
The man cooked and prepared the fish etc and they both served .
The lady became ill, so for a time they asked me to help out .
It was good fun ,a laugh and jokes whilst the queue waited patiently for the freshly cooked food.
So that was my nickname ,given me by the many workmen who bought their lunches there .
Helen of Troy I was not ,nary a trireme or quinquireme set sail to,rescue me !
I did not need it though.
Quinquereme of Nineveh from far distant Ophir ———
We sang that in an inter school choir competition.
It is all creamy and gentle,Stately Spanish galleons— THEN-
Staccato —- Dirty British Coaster, with a salt caked smokestack—-
John Masefield .
We won the competition.
Hey Ho!
Back to work or something that vaguely resembles it
Thanks for all your news and look after yourselves .
Viktoria.
