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Sunday, 3 November 2013

blink and it was gone!


Tulips planted
Apple crumble
Half term has been and gone.
Greenhouse Gardening
It seemed like I had lots of time to myself and then before I knew it I am planning my lessons for next week!
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The engraving on St Chad's House that is now the library in Uppermill
After an exciting workshop with Anne Brooke on the Saturday, on the Sunday it was wet......very wet!
It rained all day. Hubby and I wanted to get out though and looked for somewhere indoors were we could mooch around.


With all the local government cuts most art galleries and museums are now shut on a Sunday (seems strange when that is when lots of people are looking for something to do!) But we found a voluntary run local museum in Uppermill.


 An interesting little museum and full of quirky items.
After we walked back to the car through the park that once use to be the grounds of St Chad's House.

 This is St Chad's House (now Uppermill Library)
It is a grade 2 listed building. A 1798 house largely rebuilt in 19th century by George Shaw who lived here. He reused many old stones from other houses.

 On Monday I went to visit my mum and Took some photos of the dahlias in her garden.

Wednesday and I went to visit a friend who made the most delicious pumpkin soup for our lunch.

Hubby was off work Thursday and Friday. On Thursday we went to Gallery Oldham. Always a lovely gallery to look around.
 They built the new section in 2002 and it has a first floor link to the old gallery
 Great views across Oldham.

 This small collection of children's books fascinated me.
 A bit blurred but I think you can just about read it.



 They also have a lot of local craft makers showcased here and you can buy some great gifts.
On Friday we went away for the night and this will have to have a whole post all to itself.
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16 comments:

  1. mrsnesbitt3 November 2013 at 18:56

    Love old reading books - bring back childhood memories. xxx

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  2. Simone3 November 2013 at 19:04

    You do visit some lovely places Lyn. The fact that you live in a lovely area helps I suppose! Tell your Mum that her Dahlias are wonderful! x

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  3. love those cupcakes3 November 2013 at 19:27

    You certainly packed plenty into your week. And I'm now craving apple crumble!

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  4. Kathy3 November 2013 at 19:38

    Why do half term weeks always seem to be so much shorter than school weeks? One of life's mysteries.
    Interesting to see the i.t.a. books. That's how my younger brother was taught to read. It was a disaster, because he could only read school books. The rest of the world ( and all children's books in shops and libraries) was NOT in i.t.a.
    Only seven weeks till the next hols!

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  5. Gillian Roe3 November 2013 at 20:02

    Goodness what a jam packed half term! You made the best of it though, despite the wet weather. Apple crumble has featured quite heavily here, too. x

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  6. Diane3 November 2013 at 20:23

    The mere mention of Oldham transports me back to the 1960's watching Hilda Baker playing charades on Christmas TV!! (Can you guess what she did?). You did some great things as ever xxxx

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  7. Mairéad3 November 2013 at 20:40

    Sounds like you had a very busy and enjoyable week. Loved your photos of Uppermill - I always like to visit it when we visit the in-laws in Oldham and the art gallery is very impressive.

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  8. RhymesWithCakes3 November 2013 at 22:11

    I went to school in Oldham! Beautiful dahlias & I love the pumpkin garland x

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  9. ann3 November 2013 at 23:02

    You always travel to such interesting places and share them with such grand photos. We visited Shaw's flat in Dublin. Nothing so grand as this house!.

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  10. Josie-Mary4 November 2013 at 07:20

    Looks like you had a great half term, lovely photo's :) xx

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  11. Patricia4 November 2013 at 09:14

    Enjoyed your half term pictures Lyn. It certainly looked a great week. Apple crumble Mmmmm. x

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  12. Carolien4 November 2013 at 10:06

    Lovely pictures and atmosphere, as ever ... Love the 'quiet' geraniums ... Have a nice day!

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  13. Anonymous4 November 2013 at 17:04

    You do get to some fabulous places and take wonderful pictures, thank you.

    My daughter was shocked when she went to school to find that the teachers wanted her to learn that alphabet, she told them that she could read rather well, thank you and she'd be having none of that nonsense! She was right of course.

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  14. Paula4 November 2013 at 17:21

    Beautiful photos, looks like you had a very busy half term. I love the look of your apple crumble :-)

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  15. Jennyff7 November 2013 at 11:11

    The time can't have gone that quickly, you packed in so much, including scary window decs.

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  16. Beth of The Linen Cat18 November 2013 at 17:36

    Oh my goodness, I have some of those Beatrix Potters books written in 'Initial Teaching Alphabet' and I was the only one who could easily read them when I was a kid (still have them somewhere, I think) we never did understand why they were written in that way, I'm glad you've answered the mystery! Looks like a productive and fun half term.....seems an age away already, I'm sure. Bx

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