Places out and about are beginning to look quite festive. Wednesday morning after I'd had my hair cut we popped up to Middleport Pottery for a coffee and scone and a little wander around.
There was a cool breeze but it was dry and sunny after Tuesday's wind and rain.
Inside the factory and shop was looking very pretty. I love the Christmas Wreath above.
Dressed tables, white and green seemed to be a theme.
Trees with tempting parcels underneath.
Black and white wares on a black table cloth looked stunning.
Then it was up the canal to Westport Lake where a heron caught my eye.
It had it's beady eye on something in the shallows. The sun kept shining for our walk around the lake. We'd put all the Christmas cards in a bag in the car so popped into Burslem where we knew there was a post office.
The new bronze cast statue of 'Lemmy' (real name Ian Frazer Kilmister) who was born in the town in 1945, stands near the town hall. A member of the band Hawkwind and later front man of the rock band Motorhead The work is by local sculptor Andy Edwards who is responsible for many notable sculptures including the one of The Beatles in front of the Liver building in Liverpool.
Last but not least we popped into the T G Green factory shop close by.
Such a colourful shop. Year ago we liked to visit their factory shop in Church Gresley in South Derbyshire. Usually when I was there researching family history. My father's family came from the area around Swadlincote and Midway. My 5x great grandfather apparently settled there c. 1780 when he brought a gang of men, all from the Forest of Dean, to dig out test bell pits for the Gresley Family of Gresley Hall.
We treated ourselves to a couple of Cornish ware mugs, neither the blue or the red but the green stripey ones.
Well, I think that is all for now.
Looking lovely and colourful in your corner :) B x
ReplyDeleteThank you B, yes we need these places of colour as the outside world is quite dull and grey at the moment:)
DeleteWhat a lovely day you had and the Christmas displays in the pottery are lovely. I like the door wreath too. Canal walks are always enjoyable and great to see a heron. Have a good weekend Rosie.
ReplyDeleteThank you Caroline, it was a lovely day, Middleport always have lovely shop displays. It was great to see the heron. Hope you too have a good weekend:)
DeleteWhat a joyous Christmassy post, lovely bright colours everywhere. What a cute penguin! I hope you came home with a stripy cup but which colour to choose - maybe one of each! 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you CK, it was great to see some colour and festive displays after a few grey days, There was a penguin trail for the children around the shops and museum. We chose green stripes, they seemed to look the nicest ones, although the original blue are lovely too:)
DeleteYou have visited some lovely places recently, Rosie. I especially enjoyed seeing the Middleport pottery factory and shop. The decorated tables look amazing and the black and white one with the greenery is stunning.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the heron found something for lunch in the shallows?
I hope you enjoy using your new green Cornishware mugs.
Have a good week.
Thank you Beverley, hope you too have a good week. The heron was very intent on whatever it had spotted. The black and white display with the green foliage was stunning, their upstairs shop is always so beautifully decorated. The mugs have been used and enjoyed:)
DeleteI enjoyed coming out with you to look at all the decorations. Happy holidays!
ReplyDeleteAmalia
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Thank you Amalia, Happy Holidays to you too:)
DeleteThat looks like a lovely place. I like the Cornish pottery. I think my Nan used to have the blue stripy ones. I have seen a lot of people talk about Heron spotting recently. I have one that visits my garden shed and swoops down to the fishpond in a neighbours garden. All the magpies and other birds make such a noise when they see it. Hope you are enjoying the weekend Rosie. x
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone, the blue stripe is the original colour of Cornish ware, it always look so fresh and clean. The Heron will probably return until it has had all the fish, they are beautiful and yet a bit weird too. Hope you too are enjoying the weekend:)
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