Bénch

Thursday, August 03, 2017

have you herd?

So. There was this dream.........a couple of nights ago. We arrived to find my late mother ,Marjory.Dressed up in her finest. Looking very determined " I Mean Business " she said,firmly.........looking like a castle with a scar across her shoulder....

"After the advent of Christianity, the goat or God Pan with his beard, cloven hoofs and horns, later became associated as the unofficial image of the devil........"gnosticwarrior.com/goat.html
This week's sepia saturday
topic is around the theme of "goats".(Ummm...that's what I herd, anyway.......)
So where to go with this one?
While I pondered this problem ( not having any sepia goats myself,on my person ) i went on facebook for alternative inspiration.
I visited a page that posts old photos of Halifax.A few years back i found an old photo of my Mum (working in a Infant nursey ) there.......... that i never knew existed!

This morning I may have found another?
Its taken inside St Mary's church on Gibbet Street in Halifax.It's of a Polish Mass sometime in the 1970's. The priest holding the service is Father Gaik.
Now, I may be mistaken but the figure on the far right,back row,(black hair:brown top) looks very much like my Mum!Maybe it;s not her at all?It's just that there is something about the way she holds her body,reminds me her.
I dont know if this possibility makes me happy or sad........?

Pondering this ,while in Bradford this morning on business.Having an hour to kill at lunchtime. I walked around
Little_Germany[wikipedia]

and Bradford Cathedral[wikipedia]

Hoping to find some goats carved or painted somewhere .No Joy, although i did capture some splendid William Morris stainglass windows & fabrics.albeit,goatless..........

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Little-Germany-Bradford-Cathedral3rdAugust-2017/ By pure chance,i was later at a meeting in Halifax this afternoon...a 100 yards from where i lived as a child with my Mum& Dad.After the meeting I took a few extra photos of the building i knew best as a child......

Friday, July 28, 2017

you have made a happy man very old............

Hebden Bridge: 1920's

I took myself to Bacup today. I visited Bob.here are some photos I took.Lovely bloke

So the sepia saturday theme this week is "bridge"

As I was in Hebden Bridge this weekend. How could I resist?

I turn 65 on Sunday.

(I retire from work-again!in the middle of August.)

I keep checking my mirror.My skin is already turning sepia......so it goes.......

Friday, July 21, 2017

people say believe half of what you see

Had me a long talk with Norman Perry.I told him about how I used to live & work in the East End of London.what a nice bloke.
He seemed interested in me,as person,rather than some sort of voodoo doll.Refreshing to find a willingness to engagement from someone in a pub band, rather than they expecting me just being some sort of 'extra' in their vanity project......