tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post441219254754121363..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: WorcesterPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-60283275124383945092018-01-14T16:50:34.995+00:002018-01-14T16:50:34.995+00:00These are beautiful carvings: the long dresses giv...These are beautiful carvings: the long dresses give a Classical feel, the expressions give a sense of joyful productivity. Just finished reading about the French Socialist thinker Charles Peguy, who used to get lyrical about the value and dignity of work like this, despite it undoubtedly being "ard coller" as they used to say in the Black Country.Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-12102336569294448382018-01-14T10:17:03.135+00:002018-01-14T10:17:03.135+00:00I too remember people going on hop-picking 'ho...I too remember people going on hop-picking 'holidays' to Kent when I was growing up in the East End of London. I consumed a certain amount of hops last night with my Belgian beer appreciating friends, who mostly slept over and have only just left!<br />PS: I like the carvings too. These days one is inclined to think the builders would simply buy plastic mouldings in Wickes and just glue them into place!<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s quixotic Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-74319250171145589252018-01-13T20:16:58.838+00:002018-01-13T20:16:58.838+00:00Ah, yes, Hels. Indeed, post-WW2, but still with th...Ah, yes, Hels. Indeed, post-WW2, but still with the flavour of Kent. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-13880820707350279802018-01-13T13:08:53.336+00:002018-01-13T13:08:53.336+00:00Do you remember the Darling Buds of May? I realise...Do you remember the Darling Buds of May? I realise the film was set decades after the Victorian era and perhaps even after World War Two, but the hopping connection to Kent remains in my mind. Including the oast houses.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com