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Looking back at the Advent challenge
The Advent Challenge was one of those well thought out not really very well thought out ideas. I had an idea I’d quite like to do five days about commuting & then five days that were book reviews. I didn’t … Continue reading
Advent 23: Lightmoor Bricks.
Looking into the history of Lightmoor has been a fascination for me since moving to the village. It’s been nice as I mention to friends locations around where I live and their faces light up with recognition. It’s usually that … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Eighteenth Century, england, History, industrial revolution, ironbridge, lightmoor, Shropshire
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Advent 21: Lightmoor Book Club
I’m really proud of Lightmoor Book Club. It grew out of a conversation between three Lightmoor residents on twitter (Me, Sharon and Jake).
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Tagged advent, books, community, lightmoor, lightmoor book club
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Advent 19: Lympics
I can’t hope to encapsulate the whole of the Jubilympics in one post and I don’t intend to. I don’t even intend to deconstructe the whole of the Opening Ceremony. Just one tiny piece that made me bawl and still has the capacity … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, calibans dream, Olympian, Olympic Flame, Olympic Games
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Advent 18: Jubilee!
As soon as you mumble the word Jubilee at me I get the rest of the line from a Eden Burning track in my head. The whole line is: Jubilee good news for the poor, the acceptable year of The … Continue reading
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Advent 16: Trains, Delays and Overcrowding
And now we move into the next set of posts: Significant Events in 2012. I’m going to try and move through the year in some kind of sequential order but I’m not going to try and address universally significant events. … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, advent challenge, Birmingham City Centre, commute, commuting, London Midland, Panorama, Shropshire, trains, wellington
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Advent 14: My Letter To Santa
Dear Santa, Sorry for not writing for a number of years but, you know, you don’t exist and I grew a little jaded as I got older and then cynicism set in and it was all downhill from there. I … Continue reading
Advent 13: That Was The Worst Christmas…
That was the worst Christmas I: I returned home for Christmas on Christmas Eve. Christmas with my family runs along traditional timings that we’ve developed. There’s a wonderful familiarity knowing that Christmas Eve I can expect a roasted joint of … Continue reading
Advent 12: My Speech at the Lightmoor Christmas Lights
Here’s what I said before I switched on the lights in Lightmoor. Emily Dickenson wrote the following words in a poem: Before the ice is in the pools, Before the skaters go, Or any cheek at nightfall Is tarnished by … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Christmas lights switch on, lightmoor
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Advent 11: Something Christmassy
Here’s a few links to Christmassy songs I enjoy. Crash Test Dummies – The first Noel. Pet Shop Boys – My Girl (Madness Cover) They released it on a Christmas album so it absolutely counts as Christmas music. I only … Continue reading
Advent 09: ABC Thing Four
Please notice that I started with schism and then worked back from there. These aren’t demands I’m making and then saying “if I don’t get these things then I want the church to be remade” I’d like to see the … Continue reading
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