raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

That were really good ones

Don

Tikva Loc: Waukesha, WI

LOL, these were really cute.

Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI

One needs a few chuckles every day. Thanks!

Graham Thirkill Loc: Idylic North Yorkshire, England UK.

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Yes I do remember we boarded at Pickering and went to Whitby, then back to Pickering. It was about a 3 hour ride if I remember correctly. I spent most of the time hanging out of an open window between two railcars taking photos!
My Daughter and I flew from Houston, landed in Manchester and went to Huddersfield where we stayed the week. From there one day we took a bus to Pickering and caught the train. At the end of the week we caught a train to London, then took the train from there to Paris. A few days there then went to see kinfolks near Epernay for a week, then went to Corsica for a couple of weeks to see more kin.
Charlie
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Sounds like you had a wonderful holiday. Next time, make your base Scarborough instead of Huddersfield. You would have been handily situated for , Whitby, Ravenscar, (where I live) Robin Hoods Bay, Staithes, filey, Flamborough Head, Bempton Cliffs, Filey, Reighton Gap, Hornsea, etc etc etc and just an hour train to historical York which is wonderful stone walled city with a magnificent Minster. Anyhow I am so very pleased you had a great holiday. It's such a shame as you were in Whitby, within 20 minutes I could have been down to the railway station to meet and greet you. Never mind eh!!

I don't want to spoil this thread at all, but you will have seen we do not live in fear from Muslim ISIS extremists do we?? and are not afraid to go out at night like "a few idiots on here like to think we are", and it's not a shit hole of a country is it Charlie....Huddersfield is just nine miles from Leeds, the city of my birth and I will bet all the Yorkshire folks treated you with the utmost respect and kindness and we are known to be very friendly folks.

My wife's cousin came to stay with us for a couple of weeks and we had a day in York, Photo's below.


Cheers and beers to you Charlie
Graham
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Graham Thirkill Loc: Idylic North Yorkshire, England UK.

When do you get out of hospital?????? lol . lol . !!

Cheers and Beers
Graham
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richosob Loc: Lambertville, MI

[quote=Graham Thirkill]

Graham, those are some great photos.

Rich

grillmaster5062

Very good!

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

W5RA Loc: Walker, Louisiana

Thanks Graham,
Yes I truly did enjoy my visit in your area and found everyone that we came in contact with to be very kind and courteous, just as I had expected! I had people around here ask me was I not afraid to be travelling to Europe with all the muslim terrorist threats at this time? I would simply tell them hell no! The vast majority of the folks everywhere that I have gone are great to be around. The worst thing that I find in my trips is having to put up with the long security lines in airports, and wondering whether or not some of my carryon camera gear will not pass some agents inspection! It is not supposed too but it seems to vary a little bit from agent to agent!

I really enjoyed your images, and would love to visit that area. I did see road signs pointing the way to Scarborough, and told my daughter that we should pass thru there, but did not have the time. Is this the city with the Fair that Simon and Garfunkle sang about?

Charlie

Graham Thirkill Loc: Idylic North Yorkshire, England UK.

Yes to the Simon and Garfunkel question but they didn't write it:-

http://www.rockremembers.com/2009/03/scarborough-faircanticle-simon.html

If my name was Peabody and your name was Sherman, then right about now I'd be telling you to get into the Wayback Machine and set the dial for waaaaaay back to merry old England in the '50s...the 1250s, that is. Here we will watch King Henry the VIII sign a charter (in 1253 to be precise) which began the annual tradition of a 45-day fair in the seaside city of Scarborough in North Yorkshire (on the North Sea side of the UK). The charter stated, "The Burgesses and their heirs forever may have a yearly fayre in the Borough, to continue from the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary until the Feast of St Michael next following".

For a brief time, the Scarborough Fair was a big deal; however, it wasn't a medieval fair like we picture as a place to go specifically for amusement. Rather, it was an enormous open-air trading center/market that attracted merchants and tradesmen from all over the country. This monumentous occasion drew impressively large crowds. In its heyday, we might say that a trip to Scarborough Fair would be the equivalent of taking a modern-day trip to, say, London. It had everything anyone could need, and from August 15-September 29, it was England's hot spot. It was the place to be. Of course, since many hundreds of people from far and near attended to sell their wares, naturally there also came those who sold food and various amenities to those who were far from home.

The song Scarborough Fair, was actually not written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. In fact, the song predates them by about, oh, say at least 610 years; the tune and lyrics appeared somewhere around 1300. The song that was sung by this epic duo was actually a song that was written and sung by medieval bards throughout the English countryside. Because of the nature of song at the time, there is no single author credited with the song's inception. It was a folk tune that soon caught on with the local populous, and it became a tradition for the common folk to sing about participating in this auspicious occasion. As is true with most folk music, as time went on more lyrics and verses were added.

Although the song, itself, is a song about jilted love, in that respect it has little value for us. However, it does contain lyrics which do have some historical significance (and you know how we love that around here!)


If you know no other words in the song, you at least know the part that says, "Are you going to Scarborough Fair?/Parsley sage rosemary and thyme..." A good herbalist will tell you that Parsley isn't just for making a steak plate look good. It is an herb that is holistically used to treat indigestion. However, during medieval times herbs were believed to have an equivalent spiritual benefit. Indigestion is frequently referred to as "heartburn" because as too many Americans know, it makes the chest hurt in the are near where the heart is found. Due to general lack of understanding the medical sciences, this feeling of indigestion often led folks to believe that their heart hurt. Thus, parsley was prescribed to heal the hurting heart. The herb, Sage, has long been a symbol of strength. Rosemary represents faithfulness, love, and remembrance. The loving Greeks used to give sprigs of Rosemary to each other, and Greek brides traditionally wore a few sprigs of it in their hair on their wedding day. Rosemary, though, is usually symbolic of feminine love because this herb is very tough and strong, but it grows very slowly. Rosemary is also the symbol for prudence and sensibility. Ancient Roman doctors used to put Rosemary underneath the pillow of someone who had to perform a difficult mental job.

You take care,

Cheers and Beers
Graham
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W5RA Loc: Walker, Louisiana

Thanks for the info about the song and the fair, Graham! I went to the site that you posted, some very interesting material there. I was in the Army stationed in France when the the Simon & Garfunkel song came out. I certainly did not know the history behind it!


You take care

Charlie