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Old Man Bottom

LarryWinger
December 27, 2019
3

I suppose in every language, there are idiosyncrasies that will trip just about everyone up. Things like that verse in the carol ‘Ding-dong merrily on high’ where the line ‘And i-o, i-o, i-o, by priests and people sungen’, and you’re…

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Event Healthy Living

Christmas Day Feast

LarryWinger
December 25, 2019
2

This year for a change, we’ll join the ranks of the ‘waifs and strays’ who are often welcomed at the traditional family feast. Everyone must play their part in the annual Christmas pageant, of course, and this year it’s our…

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Community Farming Healthy Living Sports

The horsey community in the Allen Valleys

LarryWinger
December 21, 2019
0

Rosemary Granger sends in a lovely description of the joys of riding a horse out on the lanes, bridleways and byways of these valleys: “At this time of year, as I struggle  into waterproof trousers, warm coat, gloves, scarf and…

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Community Healthy Living Organisation

The Catton Line Dancers

LarryWinger
December 10, 2019
0

I spent a very jolly and laugh-filled twenty minutes or so in the company of the Catton Line Dancers last week, on the invitation of their leader Valerie Sparks, and I tried to capture some of their movements on camera….

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Access and Inclusion Education External Funding Healthy Living Sports

Allendale Sports Hall

LarryWinger
December 7, 2019
0

You’re never quite sure just what facility people are talking about, when you hear the words ‘Sports Hall,’ because they could be meaning the ‘Sports Club Pavilion’ over at the playing fields, or the big ‘Sports Hall’ beside the Primary…

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Anecdote Community External Funding Healthy Living Institutions Organisation Reminiscence

The Tea Dance

LarryWinger
December 4, 2019
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Mary Gibson invited me specially to drop in this afternoon to chat with the regulars at Wednesday afternoon’s Tea Dance Society in Allendale Village Hall. So I’ll certainly have more stories and information about this beloved institution in Allendale, later…

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Cultural Life Education Healthy Living

Music in the key of life . . .

LarryWinger
November 26, 2019
0

I had a lovely chat yesterday with June Welch who embarked on a life-changing career shift in her mid-forties, to embrace the learning and teaching of music. As she says, “For me, teaching is always about learning, both for the…

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Community Environment Event Healthy Living

Higher Ground Repair Day

LarryWinger
November 19, 2019
1

So I bustled out, after a lovely dinner, in the freezing cold (-3ÂșC by the little Fiat’s thermometer), venturing down the icy track to The King’s Head for a small informal meeting called by Jane Pryde of Higher Ground who’d…

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Business Environment Farming Healthy Living Tourism

Sinderhope Pony Trekking Centre

LarryWinger
November 16, 2019
0

I called Lisa Collingwood-Philipson on 01434 685266 the other day to chat about the pony trekking centre up at Sinderhope that she’s run since about ’99. It’s no wonder the enterprise is such a success, since she’s so down-to-earth friendly!…

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Anecdote Healthy Living Reminiscence

Cock Robin

LarryWinger
October 13, 2019
0

While I was writing up some of the text for the little photo album we’ve been creating for our grandsons, Carrie shared a nursery rhyme with me that she learned as a child. No doubt older readers will remember the…

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