AS A LOCAL pointed out to me in the Kite last night, Mill Street is more like Corrie Street than a village. The Kite was full of young Americans being inducted in the ancient game of Aunt Sally, so rather than going into the back garden for a puff, I wandered outside and watched them from afar.
But we got culture here as well as a club. The Old Power Station, pictured below, is putting on a gallery of art by a mister called John Gerrard. We haven’t had a chance to have a dekko yet, but we will, we will… ♣
I heard the diamond geezer’s sun “spot drawing” is a good-un (LOL); art, for art’s sake and all that nonsense. Still, there’s nothing better than a few shots in the kite and a good old fashioned smoke in the garden afterwards.
Well, see ya, me old flower!
thanks for the info about the exhibition I might go see it today or tomorrow, as it give us a chance to look inside and talk to the organisers.
Apparently Binsey lane is exactly the same, my mum only had to mention to one person that she was buying a house down there and everyone knew. Personally I suggested Mill street…
Hello Big Kate,
Did you know Treacle Well in Binsley Lane used to be the centre of Oxford; it was said, St Frideswide (Friouswip) and a group of nuns drew up the water to give to the sick.
Still, those three fish fisheries that used to be in Mill Street must have been quite a sight, and stunk to high heaven!
Yeah, its best to keep the cards close to your chest when it comes to playing the house game.
Have a good trip to the exhibition, perhaps you may see the sun spot drawing.
See ya!
When yer avin a fag in the garden Mike, where dya sit?
http://www.thekiteoxford.co.uk/images/splash/41227355.jpg
Still, mind you; there’s a cosy little spot with a view inside as well…
http://www.thekiteoxford.co.uk/images/splash/145844485.jpg
Generally speaking, I leave my pint on the bar and go have a wee tab outside :)
Any games of Aunt Sally going on up in or around the Sheffield Campus this Michaelmas?