Bricks & Water Heritage Tours - Alexatours

30/04/2025

30/04/2025

Fabulous

21/03/2025

I'm not usually interested in stamps but I saw the newest issue today.
Later this month the Royal Mail launches Myths & Legends stamp collection based on UK folklore:
Designed by Adam Simpson they include:
• The Loch Ness Monster
• Cornish piskies
• Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion
• Beowulf & Grendel
• Grindylow
• Black Shuck
• Selkie
• Fionn mac Cumhaill

I'm focusing on ' Grindylows' as they're local...

In English folklore, Grindylow or Grundylow is a creature in the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire.The name is thought to be connected to Grendel, a name or term used in Beowulf and in many Old English charters where it is seen in connection with meres, bogs and lakes.

Grindylows are supernatural creatures that appear in the folklore of England, most notably the Lancaster area. They are described as diminutive humanoids with scaly skin, a greenish complexion, sharp claws and teeth, and long, wiry arms with lengthy fingers at the end. They dwell in ponds and marshes waiting for unsuspecting children, which they grab with their shockingly strong grip, and then drag under the surface of the waters.

Mentioned in Harry Potter
""Ah. Why don't you come in? I've just taken delivery of a grindylow for our next lesson."
— Remus Lupin to Harry Potter

And Newt Scamander had several Grindylows in his suitcase during his travels to New York in 1926

20/03/2025

Fascinating

19/03/2025

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06/12/2024

Stuck for a gift for that history mad person in your life...
Look no further

A history lecture and virtual architectural visit to Windsor Castle, St Georges Chapel, Windsor town and Eton.Plan your trip for 2025 or learn more about the oldest inhabited Castle in the world, the Royal collection and its important residents.Words from past students:"Al...

08/11/2024

If you're interested in Cumbrian churches look at this

https://open.substack.com/pub/hefted/p/hefted-newsletter-5-november-2024?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=989bk

And learning more about churches generally
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/159PaRKq2S/

Despatches from Cumbria and the Lake District, from the team at Countrystride and Inspired by Lakeland

04/11/2024

Interested in learning about churches?
Join architectural historian to learn more about the general history of churches in England focusing on the Parish Church .

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Churches are often the oldest buildings in a settlement due to their importance historically and socially within a community. They are full of symbols patterns and art. This day course will explain the history and design of English Christian ecclesiastical buildings.Many religious build...

02/08/2024

It has been a successful academic year at the Guild with lots of new faces, new activities and many achievements.  Most recently we have hosted the Wilmslow Festival of Writing, a celebration of our students’ work and the work of children at local primary schools.  This year we have also enjoyed...

02/08/2024

Interesting info
Worsley Green fountain 1905 is a memorial to the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. However did you know that originally it was part of a chimney stack serving a forge within the main factory buildings which stood on the banks of the Bridgewater Canal.

On the base of it is a lengthy inscription in Latin, which has been translated as follows:
"A lofty column breathing smoke and fire,
Did I the Builder’s glory once aspire,
Whose founder was that Duke who far and wide
Bridged water through Bridgewater’s countryside.
Stranger! This spot, where once did never cease
Great Vulcan’s year, would sleep in silent peace,
But beneath my very stones does mount
That water’s source, his honour’s spring and fount.
Alas! That I who gazed o’er field and town,
Should to these proportions dwindle down.
But all’s not over, still enough remains
To testify past glories, duties, pain"

Bridgewater Canal Guided Tours

30/05/2024

A quiz, I love a quiz
https://www.st-marks-graveyard.org/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2I6HIQ4skdjt4nF3eJU3zLm0-F037sexQq1nsGkE82YEdOuQEprUrKlow_aem_AbhF4CMMZYjC0_B0-awR6e1e2MPLLCkgp12yRZwaKXRtCcSSE47W3huHKLVSXCBAnXRvIMKUYyzoTdgCgoeYY8Py

20/03/2024

Spring Solstice earlier this morning! Love this image
Neolithic Dawn by