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English in the north: dropping consonants
Today I had a new discovery: my newly met friends not only dropped the ‘t’ sound for the word ‘but’, but also the ‘h’ sound at the beginning of a word. For example, they say, “do you ‘ave” when they...
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The north south divide
I’m sending this short post by email. I hope it works and you manage to read it. I’m staying with Tilly Bud (The Laughing Housewife) for a few days. We met through WordPress blogging. We speak...
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Laughter and love
Meeting a WordPress friend in real life was actually a weird experience. Tilly Bud (famously known as The Laughing Housewife) and I have been in contact via WordPress for about a year. We seemed to...
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Oxo cube: good or evil?
I’ve never been a great traveller. On our honeymoon, we went to Jersey for 2 weeks. We couldn’t have gone abroad for our honeymoon like a lot of people do, as we had no money, and the Home Office had...
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Milk in first with Earl Grey?
How do you like your tea? I’m now addicted to caffeine after drinking too much tea in Stockport last week. It’s an universal truth that Tilly Bud (The Laughing Housewife) drinks Earl Grey Tea. When she...
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What would you do for a friend’s friend?
The first morning in Tilly’s house, she had some visitors. Alison came to visit with a huge cheese cake. Tilly said, “Alison has just made this for you.” Alison is Tilly’s friend. Because I’m Tilly’s...
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Stockport Air Raid Shelters
We only visited 4 museums during our 5 days in Stockport, Greater Manchester. However, these visits had proved too much for our host, who was quickly turning into a jelly. We visited Stockport Air Raid...
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Where’s Stockport’s new landmark?
I know a new landmark in Stockport. Does this place look familiar to you? No? It’s the same place where Tilly had her famous photograph taken, which is now used as the header of her blog, The Laughing...
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When Janet met Tilly: an ebook
Recently, you’ve read a lot of my encounters with Tilly Bud (The Laughing Housewife) in the north of England. I’ve turned these blog posts into an ebook. You may think, “I’ve read these posts before. I...
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How many ways can you view Tilly?
Speaker Deck slideshow A few days ago, I published an ‘ebook': When Janet met Tilly: an ebook Today, I’m surprised to find out that I could convert this ebook into a slideshow, via Speaker Deck...
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