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pickle
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 252 Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject: Stuart Maconie - Pies & Prejudice |
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I have been reading this all through Christmas and January. I agree with him about the amount of light reflective jackets seen in the streets - I help to get these washed in my current job - and the amount of Greggs' bakeries in various northern towns.
The sections on Manchester, Bury, Rotherham and Leeds all struck home with me. I have friends and relatives scattered all over there and recognised the placenames and landmarks.
Thanks to Stuart for his lovely description of Leeds Art Gallery, and of libraries elsewhere. I also pass Bury Market on my way to my elder sister's, and he described the black puddings on sale there as excellent, but taking them home's like being 'a walking abbatoir'! _________________ We made a land where crap is king and the good don't last for long.
'The Good Don't Last', Spock's Beard |
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Clive55
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1336
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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Mr Macaronies written a book? |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:08 am Post subject: |
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More than one! _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Currently working my through Pies & Prejudice. It is an excellent read. _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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