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Post by bathstoke on Oct 13, 2019 8:37:46 GMT
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Post by harryburrows on Oct 13, 2019 11:43:56 GMT
I've got an old apple tree in my garden , no idea what variety. Interesting how the flavour and texture differs from the very sweet supermarket apples now on sale . I'll google
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Oct 13, 2019 18:41:14 GMT
Oi that's my mum & dads neighbour.  |
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 13, 2019 18:47:24 GMT
Oi that's my mum & dads neighbour. I loved listening to Jane, she was so natural. Is everyone in the village on the hill poshXx |
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 13, 2019 18:54:44 GMT
Oi that's my mum & dads neighbour. I loved listening to Jane, she was so natural. Is everyone in the village on the hill poshXx My grandmother was born in Penkhull & grew up there. Wiz, can you ask your folks if they know if there's somewhere near there with a stream (etc.) called Coxter's Brook or maybe Coxeter's Brook? She always used to tell me how she used to love to jump over it & try to stop her bonnet from falling off. Talk about a different century - or two! |
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 13, 2019 19:01:40 GMT
I loved listening to Jane, she was so natural. Is everyone in the village on the hill poshXx My grandmother was born in Penkhull & grew up there. Is there somewhere near there with a stream (etc.) called Coxter's Brook or maybe Coxeter's Brook? She always used to tell me how she used to love to jump over it & try to stop her bonnet from falling off. Talk about a different century - or two! My neighbors grandmother is from Penkhull & my neighbor is posh. Strangely, my other neighbor is a Vale fan! I think I maybe ghettoised in a Stoke economic refugee scenario. |
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 13, 2019 19:21:28 GMT
My grandmother was born in Penkhull & grew up there. Is there somewhere near there with a stream (etc.) called Coxter's Brook or maybe Coxeter's Brook? She always used to tell me how she used to love to jump over it & try to stop her bonnet from falling off. Talk about a different century - or two!
My neighbors grandmother is from Penkhull & my neighbor is posh. Strangely, my other neighbor is a Vale fan! I think I maybe ghettoised in a Stoke economic refugee scenario. Well can you ask her about Coxter's Brook, then, please, Bathy? It may by now be LONG gone - but if it's your neighbour's gran she might be old enough to know about it or remember it? Thx mate. (Line 2) Oh, shock, horror!  I trust you never fraternise with the neighbour on the other side! (Just keep the string of garlic, crucifix, silver bullet & the wooden stake + mallet handy. And take care. We'll be with you. xxx) |
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 13, 2019 19:24:52 GMT
My neighbors grandmother is from Penkhull & my neighbor is posh. Strangely, my other neighbor is a Vale fan! I think I maybe ghettoised in a Stoke economic refugee scenario. Well can you ask her about Coxter's Brook, then, please, Bathy? It may by now be LONG gone - but if it's your neighbour's gran she might be old enough to know about it or remember it? Thx mate. (Line 2) Oh, shock, horror! I trust you never fraternise with the neighbour on the other side! (Just keep the string of garlic, crucifix, silver bullet & the wooden stake + mallet handy. And take care. We'll be with you. xxx) He’s a really nice guy. I can see why he left Burslem. But we never discuss football after that first question... |
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 13, 2019 19:41:44 GMT
Well can you ask her about Coxter's Brook, then, please, Bathy? It may by now be LONG gone - but if it's your neighbour's gran she might be old enough to know about it or remember it? Thx mate. (Line 2) Oh, shock, horror! I trust you never fraternise with the neighbour on the other side! (Just keep the string of garlic, crucifix, silver bullet & the wooden stake + mallet handy. And take care. We'll be with you. xxx) He’s a really nice guy. I can see why he left Burslem. But we never discuss football after that first question... ..... Well at least tell me you chuck all the slugs & snails you find in your garden over the fence and into his place????? G'aarrrrrrnnnnn! |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Oct 13, 2019 20:02:15 GMT
I loved listening to Jane, she was so natural. Is everyone in the village on the hill poshXx My grandmother was born in Penkhull & grew up there. Wiz, can you ask your folks if they know if there's somewhere near there with a stream (etc.) called Coxter's Brook or maybe Coxeter's Brook? She always used to tell me how she used to love to jump over it & try to stop her bonnet from falling off. Talk about a different century - or two! Don't know of any streams or Brooks in Penkhull murph BUT years ago there used to be one running through the field where the Harplands Hospital is now. It would run parallel to where the A34 is now. It was called 'Dougs Field'. Doug was a farmer who lived behind the Greyhound Pub in his farm. He used to graze his cow's in the field then walk them up Newcastle Lane to his farm everyday (1970s). Maybe that was it? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2019 20:58:17 GMT
I loved listening to Jane, she was so natural. Is everyone in the village on the hill poshXx My grandmother was born in Penkhull & grew up there. Wiz, can you ask your folks if they know if there's somewhere near there with a stream (etc.) called Coxter's Brook or maybe Coxeter's Brook? She always used to tell me how she used to love to jump over it & try to stop her bonnet from falling off. Talk about a different century - or two! There was and indeed still is a Cockster Brook but that’s in Blurton. Great for jumping over (and often falling in ) as I recall. I don’t think there’s too many brooks up Penkhull way with it being so high up. |
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 15, 2019 10:13:32 GMT
My grandmother was born in Penkhull & grew up there. Wiz, can you ask your folks if they know if there's somewhere near there with a stream (etc.) called Coxter's Brook or maybe Coxeter's Brook? She always used to tell me how she used to love to jump over it & try to stop her bonnet from falling off. Talk about a different century - or two! Don't know of any streams or Brooks in Penkhull murph BUT years ago there used to be one running through the field where the Harplands Hospital is now. It would run parallel to where the A34 is now. It was called 'Dougs Field'. Doug was a farmer who lived behind the Greyhound Pub in his farm. He used to graze his cow's in the field then walk them up Newcastle Lane to his farm everyday (1970s). Maybe that was it? Thanks for that, Wiz.  I dunno........ but I know they used to walk miles, playing, when they were little. She also used to tell me they used to look for newts in the brook, but they always called them 'efts'.  |
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 15, 2019 10:25:39 GMT
My grandmother was born in Penkhull & grew up there. Wiz, can you ask your folks if they know if there's somewhere near there with a stream (etc.) called Coxter's Brook or maybe Coxeter's Brook? She always used to tell me how she used to love to jump over it & try to stop her bonnet from falling off. Talk about a different century - or two! There was and indeed still is a Cockster Brook but that’s in Blurton. Great for jumping over (and often falling in ) as I recall. I don’t think there’s too many brooks up Penkhull way with it being so high up. Oh, great, thanks for that, Assy. Well, hmmm, Blurton's quite a way away from Penkers, but they used to cover large areas when they went out playing, and I definitely remember the name of the brook as Cockster Brook (she always said Cocksters), but I wasn't sure of the spelling..... ......I always think the image of a little girl jumping over the stream from side to side & trying to stop her bonnet from falling off & into the water sounds like something right out of the Railway Children. |
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 15, 2019 10:41:58 GMT
I've got an old apple tree in my garden , no idea what variety. Interesting how the flavour and texture differs from the very sweet supermarket apples now on sale . I'll google  No rush, 'Arry................... it's just that we're all waitin'............ |
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Post by harryburrows on Oct 15, 2019 14:43:41 GMT
I've got an old apple tree in my garden , no idea what variety. Interesting how the flavour and texture differs from the very sweet supermarket apples now on sale . I'll google No rush, 'Arry................... it's just that we're all waitin'............ A bit inconclusive murf , had a look at the various varieties it's a bit like a cox,s but greener and bigger |
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 15, 2019 15:46:12 GMT
No rush, 'Arry................... it's just that we're all waitin'............ A bit inconclusive murf , had a look at the various varieties it's a bit like a cox,s but greener and bigger You need penicillin |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Oct 15, 2019 17:39:41 GMT
A bit inconclusive murf , had a look at the various varieties it's a bit like a cox,s but greener and bigger You need penicillin Penicillin? I think that needs major surgery |
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Post by partickpotter on Oct 15, 2019 18:32:48 GMT
When I saw this thread a certain jolly tune jumped, inappropriately, to mind...
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 15, 2019 18:45:24 GMT
A bit inconclusive murf , had a look at the various varieties it's a bit like a cox,s but greener and bigger You need penicillin I spat me cup of tea out when I saw 'Arry's reply, Bathy. And congrats to all of us for resisting the urge to 'slightly amend' the 17th word...... |
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I trust you never fraternise with the neighbour on the other side! (Just keep the string of garlic, crucifix, silver bullet & the wooden stake + mallet handy. And take care. We'll be with you. xxx)
I dunno........ but I know they used to walk miles, playing, when they were little. 
No rush, 'Arry................... it's just that we're all waitin'............ 
