tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post32482621304083939..comments2024-03-28T14:50:57.692+00:00Comments on Corners of my Mind: Monday MiscellanyRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-86964123817572135002015-11-01T11:27:08.251+00:002015-11-01T11:27:08.251+00:00Thanks, Louise - we do seem to have been around a ...Thanks, Louise - we do seem to have been around a bit over the last week or two:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-55233631618234810252015-10-28T21:18:18.321+00:002015-10-28T21:18:18.321+00:00Sounds like you've had some good days out rece...Sounds like you've had some good days out recently! Great collection of Monday Miscellany!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043065727770116407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-85166258136490743772015-10-28T09:58:22.699+00:002015-10-28T09:58:22.699+00:00The play is tourning in Yorkshire at the moment - ...The play is tourning in Yorkshire at the moment - don't know if it is coming near you. Stoke has all but lost all of its main industries, Coal, Steel and pottery works. Just Dudson, Steelite, Bridgewater and Portmerion flying the flag now, Wedgwood still keeps going too:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-45461268351532200892015-10-28T09:54:53.120+00:002015-10-28T09:54:53.120+00:00The last film we saw late afternoon had a few more...The last film we saw late afternoon had a few more people there although I expect most people will go in the evenings. The play was wonderful:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-55815249338250060752015-10-28T09:49:38.795+00:002015-10-28T09:49:38.795+00:00Ha Ha - she can be a bit of a drip can't she? ...Ha Ha - she can be a bit of a drip can't she? I like her the least of the main characters:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-60274084149981080942015-10-28T09:46:06.424+00:002015-10-28T09:46:06.424+00:00When I saw the vending machine I didn't actual...When I saw the vending machine I didn't actually realise that you could work it - I learnt that when I looked it up for this post:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-33943436454435396232015-10-28T09:44:41.733+00:002015-10-28T09:44:41.733+00:00I think Portmeirion wanted to keep the old names a...I think Portmeirion wanted to keep the old names alive - they still have Spode items in their factory shop at the moment, I think they appeal to our more casual approach to eating - the days of 'posh' china and Sunday best plates have gone - it was a shame for the big producers like Doulton, Minton, Worcester and Spode, even Wedgwood has struggled:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-40701264083887882692015-10-28T09:39:55.903+00:002015-10-28T09:39:55.903+00:00I know you like Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway ...I know you like Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway novels so think you would enjoy the Wesley Peterson ones different writing styles but similar in their history/who done it approach:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-90609063756426121182015-10-28T09:37:40.230+00:002015-10-28T09:37:40.230+00:00I've never read any Jim Crace novels but will ...I've never read any Jim Crace novels but will seek this one out. We saw this theatre group last year when they did an adaptation of JL Carr's A Month in the Country and that was so true to the book that I think this one must be too:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-53837374474540669342015-10-26T22:56:01.010+00:002015-10-26T22:56:01.010+00:00That all looks really really interesting and just ...That all looks really really interesting and just my sort of thing! It's a crying shame that all these potteries are no longer. I miss the old industries that used to give our towns and cities their identities xxDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269721218424514656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-33262490648058032942015-10-26T19:46:30.567+00:002015-10-26T19:46:30.567+00:00A very interesting miscellany! The play sounds ve...A very interesting miscellany! The play sounds very interesting and as though the cast carried on very well given the interruptions. I have only been to afternoon cinema a few times, but it has always been very empty, so perhaps there will be more people for evening showings. Hope that you have a good week. xxAmy at love made my homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111180584250029433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-47290484818262969642015-10-26T19:19:11.875+00:002015-10-26T19:19:11.875+00:00What an interesting and varied miscellany. The boo...What an interesting and varied miscellany. The book of The Gift of Stones sounds my kind of thing and I must look for the Joe Plantaganet books too - I've read most of the Wesley Peterson ones but find his wife rather irritating I'm afraid:)Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-6036444436976965652015-10-26T18:20:55.601+00:002015-10-26T18:20:55.601+00:00You do get to do some great cultural things Rosie....You do get to do some great cultural things Rosie. I think I would have liked the Gift of Stones play but would have found all of those interruptions a bit disconcerting! Good on the actors that carried on in the tradition of 'the show must go on'. The exhibition looks really interesting too. The vending machine is a little spooky though dispensing what could be broken china! xSimonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766240849932971541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-35924866531364054102015-10-26T15:37:25.873+00:002015-10-26T15:37:25.873+00:00Very enjoyable Rosie. The Biennial looks very inte...Very enjoyable Rosie. The Biennial looks very interesting, Portmerion seems to be swallowing up all the old names things are not always as they seem are they. :-) Crimson Kettlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701829170555353323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-22968841386692121802015-10-26T14:29:17.478+00:002015-10-26T14:29:17.478+00:00Sad that Spode is gone and Worcester, we visited t...Sad that Spode is gone and Worcester, we visited their factory more than once. Thanks for the book recommendation, I'm always on the lookout for books.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-89326374461665516932015-10-26T12:41:38.005+00:002015-10-26T12:41:38.005+00:00There's some fascinating things in there. I&#...There's some fascinating things in there. I've read quite a bit of Jim Crace but not that one, so I think I might track it down. The Kate Ellis books look good too. The History Anorakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718067264562106116noreply@blogger.com