There is evidence of Christmas everywhere. The top two photos are from the little village of Grassington in the Yorkshire (Pennine) dales. Everywhere the shops are lighting up, both inside and out, with christmas decorations, which turns the short dark December days into a magical time.
On Thursday and Friday we went to stay in Yarm with Eric and Eileen Mason, and had a lovely time reminiscing about the early 60's in Malton. The Reverend Eric B.D. married Kerry the same time as he married me! The picture shows Eric, Eileen and Kerry going into the local Church!
On the way back to Harrogate, we called into Northallerton, to see my cousin Ann and her husband Brian. Ann grew up at Swinton Grange but is four years older than me. She also has a strong recollection about sledging and being nithered, and infact has written a poem about those days, including the sledging. Brian played football for Amotherby and then took up bowls and has represented Yorkshire at bowls. The bottom two photos show the winter lanes en-route to Grassington and the shop lights in Northallerton. Yarm and Northallerton are about 40 miles North of Malton and this visit was the first time both Kerry and I had been there. You just couldn't get decent horses when we were young.
1 comment:
Top photo looks very quaint, drab but quaint!
I thought nithered was when you nearly got hit in the nither regions
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