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Elizabeth Gaskell's House, Manchester
Online sources describe Victorian money and power holders as domiciling indoor plants in greenhouses, hothouses and Wardian-case terrariums.
Might the Gaskell house have had all, any or some of the above-mentioned indoor plant-friendly ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/28/2024
Charles Perrault: Biography - Just the Facts
Thank you for your comment below on Jan 6, 2024, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
Online sources give an image of a building with a central, three-floor section flanked on each side by a two-floor wing. They identify ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/28/2024
10 Messages of Red Riding Hood
Perhaps another message to Red Riding Hood borrows from -- are you noting that they have the same birth month and day? -- Dylan Thomas (Oct 27, 1914-Nov 9, 1953) and Theodore Roosevelt (Oct 27, 1858-Jan 6, 1919).
"Do not go gentle into that ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/28/2024
10 Messages of Red Riding Hood
Thank you for the three links at the very end of your wizzley.
The Frank Adams images and information intrigue me.
That information invokes the rescuer as woodcutter instead of hunter. Is one of those occupations or past-times traditionally ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/28/2024
10 Messages of Red Riding Hood
Perhaps another message can be Look both ways before you cross the street.
That saying can be taken literally, particularly between an adult and a pre-tween, pre-teen child. It can be taken symbolically, as considering the down and the up, the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
Manchester Runway Viewing Park, Cheshire
The third paragraph to your introduction advises us that "The Viewing Park is a purpose built viewing area and is next to the taxiways that are used by aircraft landing and leaving the airport. There are 3 raised mounds that give a higher view ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
Essex Days ; Tollesbury Trail, Essex
The third paragraph to your introduction advises us that "The main trade of Tollesbury was crabs and oysters."
Do Tollesbury culinary tradition and present-day eateries have any signature, special crab and oyster dishes and recipes?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
Flower Festival at Bramall Hall, Cheshire
The 12th in-text image of the garland wreath on the kitchen table likewise looks inviting and photogenic.
Might its flowers be edible too since they matter for a kitchen table (where people must have been eating or preparing food ;-D!)?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
Albert Dock, Liverpool
The fourth subheading, The Waterfront, advises us that "By the Waterfront, there is a long metal fence with padlocks attached. If you are burdened by a secret come and padlock your secret to the fence. It is a staggering spectacle."
Are there ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
Elizabeth Gaskell's House, Manchester
Thank you for your comment below on Sep. 28, 2018, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
The Gaskell house draws me arboriculturally, horticulturally with its flat roof and tall windows.
Long windows here encourage ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
The Fishtoft, Boston, arsenic poisoning 1875
Your wizzley appeals to detective instincts!
Perhaps an answer can be discovered in the how, when, where, why of Ellen and John befriending one another.
Perhaps it can be found in John's romantic history, if he delighted in one with or without ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
Lincolnshire : Grimsby Minster; St James
The sixth subheading, Remembrance Walls, advises us that "The Remembrance Walls are a particularly popular and well-visited site in Grimsby Minster. They are beautifully set out and respectfully appointed."
How long have remembrance walls been ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
Dating pictures through fashion part 2 . 1910 - 1940s
Thank you for your comment below on May 29, 2022, in answer to my previous question.
Hemlines ending anywhere from ankle-high to floor-level do not seem safe, particularly when their clothes-wearers deal with down- and up-stairs.
Neither do ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
10 Messages of Red Riding Hood
Perhaps I can add another message to Red Riding Hood even as in a way it affords perhaps an addenda to your third and fourth messages, respectively about adhering to the path and avoiding the unknown.
Can we convey Better safe than ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/24/2024
The Bee Tree Community CIC;- an online support community
Thank you for your comment below on Sep. 19, 2022, in answer to my previous observation and question.
That's an attractive shape to the chocolate cake in your last in-text image.
What kind of mold or pan might make the final product look so ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/23/2024