tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post4233502068853325066..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Arnside fireworks - 2019Sir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-24417266075023047352019-11-12T08:54:54.152+00:002019-11-12T08:54:54.152+00:00gimmer - dom't count your chickens yet.gimmer - dom't count your chickens yet.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-81610103312184241982019-11-11T23:39:45.402+00:002019-11-11T23:39:45.402+00:00I should think not - nasty narrow-minded zealots w...I should think not - nasty narrow-minded zealots who got their kicks from banning all forms of enjoyment and entertainment, both public and private - but anyway, that was a long drawn out affair, not a single final moment - not even the murder of the King ended it - and anyway was so deeply unpopular with the common people that they had to fill London with their troops, crowding Whitehall and lining ten deep around the scaffold to prevent an uprising spoiling their party. The Restoration was indeed celebrated widely and joyously and some groups still commemorate the death of the King with a sort of solemn wake - much like the Jacobites still raise a toast to the King over the Water ! It is not hard to see why we don't celebrate the imposition of military rule and do the ending of it. Just as we are celebrating the thirty years since the collapse of Communism and the fall of the Wall. <br />So I think that there is a good chance we will have a national holiday and then, 'ere long, see it made a Bank Holiday, with compulsory jollity. Maybe bonfires too - as on VE Day ! All adds to the gaiety of nations.gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-77994057011740893772019-11-08T11:10:57.519+00:002019-11-08T11:10:57.519+00:00Gimmer - as far as I know we don't celebrate C...Gimmer - as far as I know we don't celebrate Cromwell's defeat of the Royalists, another epic that divided the nation.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-68927612907733969142019-11-05T12:22:07.975+00:002019-11-05T12:22:07.975+00:00thanks - i'll try that
talking about Guy Fawke...thanks - i'll try that<br />talking about Guy Fawkes night (aka Bonfire night) - do you recall that all such things were banned in Leathley, as it was both a Catholic village and the ancestral manor and home of one of the chief conspirators (GF himself): I've been to several other places where they don't 'do' these things, all being strongly Catholic areas.<br /> I wonder if the celebrations on leaving the EU - bonfires of various personages, red, white and blue fireworks, lots of good strong ale in pint pots (in Yorkshire, to wash down the sticky parkin, of course) - will be banned in Remain majority areas for such a time. I cannot imagine its being forgotten, the angst and fury its advent is causing - on both sides - and the middle as well.<br />As 4th July is commemorated the more widely and exuberantly as the years pass, perhaps our 'upcoming' equivalent will still be a national holiday full of rejoicing and gaiety - until - 'the end of life as we know it' , perhaps !gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-29509076404461949582019-11-04T21:17:09.478+00:002019-11-04T21:17:09.478+00:00gimmer - I used a setting called "Hand held n...gimmer - I used a setting called "Hand held niight scene" in "Scene" on my Panasonic TZ 80Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-5337648525833333642019-11-04T15:04:06.300+00:002019-11-04T15:04:06.300+00:00it's very impressive the way you manage to cat...it's very impressive the way you manage to catch the mid-air explosions at their maximum impact - is there a special setting for that on your camera ? my 'few and far between' attempts always come out fuzzy and that second or two too late to make a worthwhile picture.gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-35525563696232151392019-11-04T11:58:05.753+00:002019-11-04T11:58:05.753+00:00I am far from a serious fan or for that matter ver...I am far from a serious fan or for that matter very knowledgeable about the game, but do try to watch the Six Nations. One thing I was sure about: Scotland wasn’t in the running.afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-54501579723143739212019-11-04T09:31:16.176+00:002019-11-04T09:31:16.176+00:00afoot - I am not a fanatical rugby follower but do...afoot - I am not a fanatical rugby follower but do take an interest with the international events. I often wonder why in RU they do all that kicking up field which immediately gives possession to the other side. In Rugby League they barge or speed their way upfield retaining possession for much longer periods, or at least to the end of the five tackle rule, when often a small kick ahead gives them a chance of retrieving possession. On this occasion England seemed to consistently give-away possession almost immediately after achieving it.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-62482409638187929852019-11-04T09:15:00.046+00:002019-11-04T09:15:00.046+00:00Commiserations on the rugby result Conrad. Unlike ...Commiserations on the rugby result Conrad. Unlike a small minority of my fellow Scots, I did hope that England could pull it off.<br /><br />That looks like a wonderful fireworks display.afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-22314936175954985512019-11-03T11:14:17.279+00:002019-11-03T11:14:17.279+00:00HH - That must be a record collection?
(HH is Kat...HH - That must be a record collection?<br /><br />(HH is Katie's mum and my daughter)Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-23182397211700241502019-11-03T11:09:22.972+00:002019-11-03T11:09:22.972+00:00What a night! All run by local volunteers in the v...What a night! All run by local volunteers in the village. We raised over £4000! My teacher's voice came in handy for the bucket rattling!High Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466287570979256689noreply@blogger.com