tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post8421303173675612289..comments2024-03-23T09:43:12.374+00:00Comments on Over the water: Liverpool prideThudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-4685348267007665942012-10-20T13:39:55.140+01:002012-10-20T13:39:55.140+01:00I agree that social pressure is important. The ot...I agree that social pressure is important. The other day on the evening commute two young lads (19ish?) were shouting to each other over the relative peace of the tube station while waiting for the train. Everyone, everyone noticed and disliked it and wanted them to shut up like everyone else.<br /><br />The difficulty is, unless you've been brought up that way or learned yourself, how are you supposed to know what is good form and what is bad form? The noisy lads weren't doing anything *wrong* per se.Blue Eyesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-30486261183682301992012-10-15T11:42:14.325+01:002012-10-15T11:42:14.325+01:00Looks a bit like Coronation Street.Looks a bit like Coronation Street.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-26854680622275182792012-10-14T17:09:03.321+01:002012-10-14T17:09:03.321+01:00My great uncle earned his bread and dripping in th...My great uncle earned his bread and dripping in the 30s by prize fighting. <br /><br />Others lost their legs in the Great War or their lungs to the mines. <br /><br />I'm as soft as clarts, me.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-6193074532255967442012-10-14T17:06:56.215+01:002012-10-14T17:06:56.215+01:00That's a beautiful street and a beautiful phot...That's a beautiful street and a beautiful photo. <br /><br />Those ladies would have known purpose and happiness. There is much that is uplifting about hard work and fresh air. <br /><br />I imagine a fair bit of yacking going on there too !<br /><br />Their husbands (HUSBANDS) would have been working docks and factories no doubt. <br /><br />There is a long essay by Lawrence Pearsell Jacks which I could paste here but I won't. I'll summarise it in one sentence instead:<br /><br />'The North Wind made the Vikings.'<br /><br />In many ways I'm jealous of them.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-76630497940681856132012-10-14T02:25:46.284+01:002012-10-14T02:25:46.284+01:00Remember, gran always used to say you could tell t...Remember, gran always used to say you could tell the state of the inside of someone's house by the look of their net curtains!Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-66685669169108103172012-10-13T18:29:25.649+01:002012-10-13T18:29:25.649+01:00scrobs, put a post up as I'd be interested in ...scrobs, put a post up as I'd be interested in the story.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-58004095753114820712012-10-13T05:59:04.618+01:002012-10-13T05:59:04.618+01:00Thoughtful post, Thud.
My family had a terrible t...Thoughtful post, Thud.<br /><br />My family had a terrible time in the recession of the early thirties, and we never knew about it until a couple of years ago!<br /><br />Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-87261351583779742342012-10-12T20:37:10.959+01:002012-10-12T20:37:10.959+01:00Ah!, donkey stoning the steps, mopping the flags, ...Ah!, donkey stoning the steps, mopping the flags, all had to be immaculate, another set of words , minding the fort, today was it was for real. Albertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-37732064333233268362012-10-12T20:13:38.399+01:002012-10-12T20:13:38.399+01:00Hard to think of any one getting out there and scr...Hard to think of any one getting out there and scrubbing the steps now. My mother always says when she comes to the Bay Area the all the houses look the same as noone gardens here. Just get the mow and blow guys in. Guess that's the same.About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.com