This morning Jackie the affable dog groomer called around to sort the dogs out. As usual it was a big job as the Welsh terriers both looked liked miniature wookies, so as each dog was shaved I left Jackie with a coffee and marched them around the village.
 |
| William with his new art deco hair cut |
You can never have a short walk around Trelawnyd, there is always someone that stops to chat. The Red Faced Welsh Farmer, Auntie Gladys ( who was off to Rhyl on the bus alone to do her shopping! -not bad for a lady of 92 who fractured her pelvis only a few months ago) both had something to say and listen to.
Then I had an interesting conversation with Jason from Ty Wynne, who had read on the blog that I had studied the village 1861 census. I commented in passing that many of the village population were miners by profession back then and they either worked at the Coal mine at Point Of Ayr (5 miles away) or at the Lead Mines in the nearby village of Meliden . Jason told me of a bit of history that I found totally fascinating..... apparently when his mother had visited Pompeii on holiday, she had noticed on an information sign that lead for the town's building needs had been imported from the Meliden lead mines to Pompeii before Vesuvius'
eruption......what a bloody small world!
Anyhow I found it interesting!
Perhaps I should have deleted this entry too!
William is beautiful, he looks like one of those stuffed animals made of shorn chenille.
ReplyDeleteThat's very interesting, John.
ReplyDelete(Yawn);-)
fuck off chris
ReplyDeletenice to have you back
I always knew that you live at the nub of the world. Now it's official.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to imagine the Romans' trading links in centuries that did not include electricity or oil. Just the other day I was driving down "Fosse Way" in Nottinghamshire - one of many Roman roads that criss-crossed the British Isles. Those roads were not decorative or simply territorial - they were principally about trade and maintaining the Roman Empire's pre-eminent economic strength. Fallen asleep yet?
ReplyDeleteInteresting....did I sound convincing? No, really it was.
ReplyDeleteJane x
Well, I found it interesting.
ReplyDeleteDo NOT delete this post. LOL. It's definitely interesting (no matter what Chris may say -- and I don't even know who Chris is).
ReplyDeleteI think it was very fascinating.
ReplyDeleteSorry you found your last post boring.
Will you not be going to see the games then?
I'm smiling at the thought of walking around the village, and the locals all sharing their daily comings and goings, it makes me miss my village an awful lot......I'm a history buff, so any little tid-bit makes the big picture more credible.
ReplyDeleteWilliam looks smart, your groomer does a good job !
~Jo
It's a good day when you learn something new - no matter what it is.
ReplyDeleteJohn, this was WAY more interesting than the earlier post....what was that about? And I commented on it too! lol
ReplyDeleteFunny how we all, I am sure, think what we have to say can be boring at times. The comments/followers prove this theory wrong....at least most of the time. With the exception of Chris of course...he is a hard man to please! lol
Fascinating bit of information John.
ReplyDeleteThat dog is adorable - are you sure it is not a stuffed toy pretending to be a real dog?
At least he wasn't scraping chicken shit off his trousers today Jim. That's a step up in my book.
ReplyDeleteAnyway whatdyamean 'hard man to please' - I've had to spend the last two days doing f***ing word puzzles!
I love this John...you're right...it's a small world. I just wanted to say I'm in awe of Aunt Glad...what a woman! Hey ...have a great weekend! (I'm off to Missouri to look for treasures this weekend ;) )
ReplyDeleteMaura :)
I missed the last blog entry so shall never know whether it was boring or boring only to you, John the dogs.
ReplyDeleteAs i get to know more people in my town, i too find i can't have a short walk round without running into someone i know and having a chat.
God bless Auntie Gladys! I do hope i can have her spunk when i'm in my 90's.
megan
Yes, I found it interesting too!
ReplyDeleteJackie's done a good job on William by the way.
William looks snazzy!
ReplyDeleteAs far as the world getting smaller... yep, somebody is gonna have to leave. :-)
I think you should refer the the Red Faced Welsh Farmer simply as The RFWF from now on - it would save you a lot of typing.
ReplyDeleteWilliam looks like a stuffed toy dog, he is beautiful.
Don't delete any more posts, John!
Lead - trust you to discover a heavy topic! LOL!
ReplyDeleteWilliam looks adorable.
ReplyDeleteNo post is ever boring!! That shorn look could catch on.I've been round my village this morning , met my favourite Irish wolf hound who won't let me pass without a few pats and deep soulful eye contact, his eyes are almost level with mine! Met my favourite tail-less greyhound pal Bennie, oh and a few humans beides. Go Auntie Glad!!
ReplyDeleteI too found this really interesting John. Its snippets like this that totally amaze me - and I'm not being sarky - I really mean it. I bore my family and friends rigid with what I think is "exciting" (and they clearly don't!) xxx
ReplyDeletePompeii imported lead from Wales?? Who knew?!
ReplyDeleteAuntie Gladys is amazing for sure. I do wish someone had been going with her to town. But I bet everyone who knows her a long the way looks out for her.
ReplyDeleteWilliam still looks like a Teddy Bear even with short hair! :O)