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Walled Gardens

Frank, There is a tour of the Norton Priory walled garden on Monday 9th May at 7pm . £3 a person.

Veronica, on 03/06/2016

Walled Gardens

Norton Priory is an excellent place for a Cheshire visit. I will go there again in Summer I think. It would be a good day out for your family I think.

Veronica, on 03/06/2016

Movie Review: The Martian (2015)

We have this coming, glad you liked it!

Judy, on 03/06/2016

Nonverbal Expressions: The Art of Candy Waters

Alina, Thanks for providing that link. I wasn't aware of it. I have edited the post to reflect the new information.

melanie_a917, on 03/05/2016

Walled Gardens

Thanks, I did not know of Norton Priory, but of course Cheshire is one of your specialist areas.

frankbeswick, on 03/05/2016

Walled Gardens

Norton Priory in Cheshire has a great example of a walled garden

Veronica, on 03/05/2016

Same-Sex Wedding Planners: Guidebooks for a Gay Wedding

Wonderful! As a wedding singer, I have had a challenge coming up with a non-heterosexist playlist. Of course most of the couples choose a song that is important to them. "the wedding song" can't be modified at all and is very hetero-sexist.

rabbitagent99, on 03/04/2016

The Stockport ( Cheshire ) Anti Irish riots 1852

While we have little day to day control over politicians, we hold them to account at elections.

frankbeswick, on 03/04/2016

25 Signs You May Be About to Go Into Labor

This sums up how I feel about everything we read about during pregnancy!! It could mean this, orrrr could be nothing....(well which is it?!?!) Haha, glad I'm not the only one who feels this way :)

Summer, on 03/04/2016

The Stockport ( Cheshire ) Anti Irish riots 1852

but WE won't be doing that. People talk about us in UK ruling OURSELVES away from Europe, "WE will govern ourselves" . NO we won't ; the politicians will still be doing it ; we won't .

Veronica, on 03/04/2016

Walled Gardens

Downton Abbey is a good example,but in the series the programmes concentrated on the people in the house and the gardeners were overlooked. But the audience was more interested in the house than the gardens. Espalier is an excellent way to ...

frankbeswick, on 03/04/2016

Walled Gardens

What a lovely account! Funnily enough I was just explaining to my husband that in the Downton Abbey days the big house would have had a garden to grow their fruits and vegetables - I forgot that it would be walled. That would be a good way to ...

jptanabe, on 03/04/2016

Leader vs Manager: Myths and Misconceptions

Leadership is a strategy of management. A manager is a leader as well, whether her or his dominant characteristic is autocratic or democratic. Leading is not all the time in the positive ...

beatrice, on 03/04/2016

John Stuart Mill: a thinker for our time

What I love about Mill was his deep tolerance of others' opinions. Unlike the modern politically correct, who confuse tolerance with approval and agreement, Mill was capable of strongly disagreeing with you but completely respecting your ...

frankbeswick, on 03/04/2016

The Stockport ( Cheshire ) Anti Irish riots 1852

There are several depressed towns around Greater Manchester, roll on the devolution of responsibility to the Greater Manchester region, which will enable us to unleash our own energies to solve our own problems.

frankbeswick, on 03/03/2016