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Traditional Ale Flavourings
I am surprised that you drink Guinness Candy as it is reputed to travel badly. This may of course be an Irish myth to sell more of it in Ireland.
My dad always reckoned Guinness tasted better in Ireland. :)
Veronica, on 10/16/2016
Speke Hall, Liverpool
Travelling in winter in NW England can still be a grim endeavour :)
Speke Hall was definitely a leaving point for priests to get to Ireland.
Veronica, on 10/16/2016
Legend of the Dreamcatcher
Love these - I remember when one of the kids were young they made them in Art Class - he had it in his window for years :)
Barbara, on 10/16/2016
Telechron Vintage Alarm Clock
Very good advice. There is a price guide in the book " Electrifying Time", but it is rather old now. I will have to see if there is one on the Internet.
paperfacets, on 10/16/2016
Traditional Ale Flavourings
You are not being annoying, I am always glad to read your comments.
frankbeswick, on 10/16/2016
Traditional Ale Flavourings
At the risk of sounding like an annoying TV commercial, I drink beer once or twice a year but when I do it's Guinness Extra Stout. Interesting collection of flavorings, especially heather.
candy47, on 10/16/2016
The English Meadow
You would love parts of Scotland, for I have seen some lovely flower rich roadsides there.
If you want to grow wild flowers, which you can do from a wild flower seed mix, ensure that the soil where you are growing them is not too rich.
frankbeswick, on 10/16/2016
Telechron Vintage Alarm Clock
Bidding requires patience and discipline. Or you will spend too much. A price guide is essential.
blackspanielgallery, on 10/16/2016
The English Meadow
I believe wildflowers offer much aesthetically In this area we have no meadows, most of the land is a swamp. However, on the median of our highways occasionally wildflowers do grow. I once observed tractor mowers literally, and unnecessarily, ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/16/2016
Speke Hall, Liverpool
Priests could go to Ireland, but in the Mersey fogs you could go anywhere on the coast without being observed. I suggest that priests would have been very secure in Winter, as no one travelled without urgency in Winter in the sixteenth ...
frankbeswick, on 10/15/2016
Speke Hall, Liverpool
I got to know the fogs there as I did my second teaching practice in Speke, in late Autumn!
frankbeswick, on 10/15/2016
Speke Hall, Liverpool
You are right Frank. Speke Hall was ideally situated as an escape for priests. Boats could whisk them away over to Ireland and as you say, Speke Hall was marshy terrain and difficult for the authorities to gain access there.
As for fogs, in my ...
Veronica, on 10/15/2016
Speke Hall, Liverpool
Yes indeed it was a very dark time in British history and went on for years with several being executed for the faith. Many old houses had priest holes.
Veronica, on 10/15/2016
Speke Hall, Liverpool
Speke had an advantage when it came to sheltering fugitive priests. At that period South Lancashire was still very boggy, with large areas of swamp that made travel difficult. In wet conditions Speke would have been hard of access, and being ...
frankbeswick, on 10/15/2016
The Garden Awakening
I did not know that, but if you look at Mary Reynold's work it is the landscaping that is original.
frankbeswick, on 10/15/2016