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The Village

http://woldsvillage.blogspot.com/

An account of life in rural Yorkshire, England and beyond

• Added on: Mar 15th, 2008
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: runharerun
• Listed in: Relationships Society
• Tags: life love people community Nature village

Recent Posts

• The true meaning of Christmas

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 04:18 in blog, Film, England, weather, winter, york, yorkshire, christmas, village, flood, the village, scrooge

  Thanks to Vinogirl I am reminded of the wonderful actor and human being Alastair Sim, most famous for his film appearances as Scrooge and cross-dressing in the St. Trinian's pictures. He died more than thirty years ago, but his remarkable personalit...

• Hard Frost

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 04:28 in internet, blog, school, shopping, England, winter, united kingdom, yorkshire, december, village, nativity, the village

  It's good to wake up to the first hard frost of the season, and blue skies, when it eventually got light, after all the appalling rain in November - it is the first of December, and it actually feels like a real winter morning in northern England. T...

• No joke, and a joke

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 05:00 in recovery, England, winter, mental health, york, disaster, united kingdom, yorkshire, joke, Autumn, mental, lake district

  This was the scene of 'routine' flooding in the city centre of York at the end of last week, events those at the Kings Arms and other riverside properties are all too familiar with. It's not uncommon for us to be unable to reach our nearest small cit...

• A lesson in.........Beyonce

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 02:43 in education, music, blog, school, London, England, beyonce, yorkshire, jay-z, kanye west, michael jackson, village

  Our teenage daughter recently won some tickets in a sugar free gum competition to see the musical goddess Beyonce at the O2 arena in London - all tickets in the gigantic arena were free to her passionate audience of Trident gum-chewing winners. This...

• I have seen the future

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 07:57 in England, bike, cycling, yorkshire, Sharks, scooter, village, sylvia plath, the village, ted hughes, malton, yorkshire museum

  This is the optimistic painting on the wall outside the cycle shop in our nearby town of Malton; unlike York and the Vale of York, a short distance away, this area sometimes called Ryedale is by no means flat, and the usual cyclists you see are enthu...

• Remember, Remember

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 02:15 in England, winter, fireworks, united kingdom, yorkshire, Autumn, november, village, the village, bonfire, bonfire night

  Remember, remember 7th of Novemberwe went for some fun on Wold Hillbaked spuds, toffee apples, famous mulled winefireworks and fire, the weather was fineall villagers having their fillEach, and all had bold intentburning Guy was clearly meantand to s...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Lord and Lady

a great site, many of my family came from York,Shelby,Drax areas your post brings to life the area-I am past that point in life to travel there but your site makes it all seem so real
bob.

Posted: May 8th, 2008 | More Reviews From robertlord | Report This Comment

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