tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159448148532564697.post5629505429558388509..comments2020-12-09T05:41:34.498-08:00Comments on barefootliam: Christmas 1976 (give or take a bit)Liam Quinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07191558941418599733noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159448148532564697.post-31960708912458846792014-12-31T12:59:54.006-08:002014-12-31T12:59:54.006-08:00That's a beautifully written memoir Liam; how ...That's a beautifully written memoir Liam; how places and experiences are so often about people.pdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819404025269638647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159448148532564697.post-52937290703258469522014-12-31T02:59:38.993-08:002014-12-31T02:59:38.993-08:00(the deleted post was a duplicate that Ruth asked ...(the deleted post was a duplicate that Ruth asked me to remove; unfortunately you probably still get to see that a comment was deleted)Liam Quinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191558941418599733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159448148532564697.post-10426113075780706962014-12-28T15:56:35.500-08:002014-12-28T15:56:35.500-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513612143981179623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159448148532564697.post-83491467831566690402014-12-28T15:54:00.643-08:002014-12-28T15:54:00.643-08:00Brillant! Happy days brov. I remember creeping int...Brillant! Happy days brov. I remember creeping into the coat cupboard to get warm. It was the warmest place in the house because all the hot water pipes passed through it. I also remember being held hostage in the downstairs toilet by an enormous Hertfordshire spider positioned between me and the door and later finding one in the bed in the pink room! Help!!! Don't forget the Narnia cupboard where all the jumble sale fur coats were hung up. Thats my room with the window ooverlooking the field. The Windows each side were bricked up to avoid the window tax. I painted the room purple including the old ink stained school cupboard where I found a bat hanging up one night! Still got the cupboard now... painted in a tasteful Farrow and Ball green now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513612143981179623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159448148532564697.post-87449882908632566382014-12-27T01:15:18.147-08:002014-12-27T01:15:18.147-08:00The photo belies the tale Liam! I guess most old (...The photo belies the tale Liam! I guess most old (glorious) houses fall prey to time and lack of investment/maintenance?<br /><br />Thanks, enlightening. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15776391827458687437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159448148532564697.post-67433501927478448602014-12-26T03:05:07.233-08:002014-12-26T03:05:07.233-08:00Despite now having central heating, for years in t...Despite now having central heating, for years in the 80's our vast farmhouse had none. Given that it's once vast areas of land were down to 80 acres, heating was not a priority for my young parents. So my early Christmases and winters in Yorkshire were very similar: my mother doing the dishes in coat and boots; of having to scrape the ice from the insides of windows; and of racing down to get the milk in before the finches pecked through and drank all the cream from the top. <br /><br />Yesterday I turned the heating on at home to warm it through before our guests arrived. The result, for a family used to wearing gloves in the house, was that we all fell foul of the soporific 14 dgerees and fell asleep on the sofas after lunch.<br /><br />Happy Christmas all.<br /><br />Tim.Captain Fantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024508487921912999noreply@blogger.com