A lifetime ago, I worked for a heavy engineering design and manufacturing company in Ripley in Derbyshire. Sadly the site was run down last year with business transferred elsewhere within and without the holding company. The manufacturing site has some historical relevance though and the aditnow.co.uk website and forum has been tracking the demolition works.A …
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Told my younger daughter, woul…
Told my younger daughter, would disown her if she took a MCC degree. Looking more at music and history. Elder still undecided. #keele
RT @kiritia: Photo tampering t…
RT @kiritia: Photo tampering throughout history before photoshop: http://bit.ly/9t0eA (via @petapixel) #photography
Sick for Christmas
Last few weeks at work has seen me surrounded by people suffering from the most horrendous coughs and colds and given my asthmatic history, I have been deeply worried about getting sick. It looked like I was managing to fight off the bugs though until yesterday. First signs appeared during day but seemed to damp …
Kyle Mills Smoke Screen
An unexpected read that kept me up all night. I bought it cheap with a job-lot of other books. It is about a bit of a non-entity (our anti-hero) who has worked for a large tobacco firm all his life. In fact, he is tied to it as his grandfather was one of the founders. …
Dog walking on Lilleshall Hill
A local landmark that is a destination for many a dog-walker. Lilleshall Hill is the most easterly of the chain of volcanic hills that includes the Wrekin, Caer Caradoc and the Lawley, standing just 130m above sea level. The obelisk was begun in 1833 in memory of the 1st Duke of Sutherland, who owned the …