i have been thinking about wot icon to use and thinking of a house which is childlike as my story is featured around a home . I have been to the theatre tonight and saw a really funny the little theatre which used to be a church!!! before entertaining the masses took over . all well with the world til i came home and realised i have lost my new glasses so am not bothering anymore and gone back to using glasses at the same time

looking forward going back

Their was a stillness i felt even before going through the door,a stillness you could almost touch, i felt as if i was walking into a picture frame. A voice called out"hello Masie we have been expecting you,a cheerful voice called out"I'll be with you in a minute", i was led into a room with music oozing from i felt my legs take me in their as if they had a life of their own.The music,seemed strangely familiar,although if asked i would say not one for classical music but the majority of people say that then hum along. I walked in to a biggish room with about 7 to 8 people in a few siting , one sleeping and a couple dancing around all seemed at home in the house called BEACHLANDS but i was taken elsewhere as large french window was open and that is when i saw it. I felt my legs wobble and slightly give way as my eyes looked upon a derelict house with old raggedy curtains blowing in the wind. , WOOSH their i was a young slip of a girl who had a job as a maid in MR.Jacksons house, a post,I was so lucky to get i had been told "masie you have not got a job at rock park have you, I was brought up not that faraway in Tranmere but this is were the rich and the gentry lived th e ship owners as what could be better than looking across the Mersey to the city of liverpool. I was well -looked after and never actually felt as in service, more like having two families and it was here I first met our Blly who had a job as in the house also and no we were not like the folk from upstairs / downstairs but when we got older and saw the tv programme we used to howl laughing! Although we worked hard I remember the day fell for our Billy , the Jacksons were having one of their dancy things although the staff were officially still on duty we used to peep in at the gaiety of it all I suppose most people remember their first dance and what the music was but to me it was pure magic.......? I Felt a slight touch on my arm not quite noticeable but you knew it was their , sometimes you can feel the breeze of the wind on your body but is it really there "O.k Masie ready to come back through, it is getting a bit nippy out here"and was gently led away from the window and back towards the room were the music was getting louder and louder. I could not believe my ears the music coming from the player was none other ,I can hardly believe it , i knew my ears were not as strong as they used to be but i,d know it anywhere The BLue DANube" i looked across to the derelict house and i found myself smiling one of those secret smiles were only you are aware what the amusement and I knew i was going to be happy here. Janey was whisking me down the path "come on I dont want to be late"I followed at a pace to suit MYSELF giving myself just enough time to look at the gate were I could not be sure I saw a glimpse of a man in old -fashioned clothing entering once again my thoughts wondered back to NATHANIEL and the thoughts that a ghost will always return to the place it once lived especially if it was happy their and the home was no longer their and they walk about just as if their home was still standing . I was not worried or frightened as i knew this is were my new home was going to be and i knew I would always have the memories of the past to keep me happy!

continyeing adventures of out on alimb

MAY20th

Today was sadly the last proper meeting of our little community , although i have missed a few sessions due to transport or illness , i feel time has flown but we have promised to carry on with our new found hobby and Blog away to each other .
so fingers and toes crossed.

WE discussed the project as a whole which was goodas felt free and was interesting instead of the boring pieces of paper people love you to fill in , but i gaily refuse ,I think i have told you i only do what I want to do!!!! and my talking we are obviously being environmental and saving paper which is just ripped up and put in the bin
we discussed how our blog are going and was glad Elaine volunteered to help us out with the technical bits and bobs.
The over all analysis was how well the group has gelled together although a few felt a bit panicky aboiut getting it all done on time
Itwas interesting how we liked the size of the group if a few more it would be to big so maybe not able to get enough support , i think any less and it would not be so interesting meeting different people with all kinds of experiences , some of us were computer wizzkids and some at the beginingof this thing called BLOGGING
the size of the group was just right and so were all the people , maybe i have been reading to much goldilocks and the 3 bears. I was quite relieved to find out this blog is mine and can continue doing other things with it in the future . OH WELL heres hoping , that when we have our launch do in july sounds posh that !!! that it will not be the end of my ramblings sorry world !!!! watch out!!!

MAY 13TH





We are coming to the end of our adventures of our adventures and I must admit when our little meetings can no longer take place although at times i must admit I feel stressed as the clock is ticking stronger and stronger for all our thoughts and feelings and not forgeting stories must be finished .I hate working to a deadline as i sometimes it is this what makes the creative processes slow down as become more concerned about increasing rush to get things finished .


OH well when i arrive i always feel calmer and really enjoy myself especially listening to other peoples stories and how different they all are but at the same time their is definitely links between them.


i felt relaxed listeniung to everyones stories and as per usual time just flewso of course we must all be having fun had alively salad from next door , we are in an ideal place with a choce of 3 eating places right on the dourstep,

After eating and drinking(tea session back on the compuer time and felt quite pleased as Elaine showed me how to get photos uploaded wether i will be able to do it again is another matter

I think next week will be our final session in the library so will remember to bring my tissues but i think i heared the mention of the word PARTY mentionedso not all bad news then!!!!!

looking back going forward 2

Rock Park Just the words made my heart "flutter BANG" not the regular beat of a heart by any means the memories of the place was like opening the flood gates, just as people can remember clearly the opening of the kingsway tunnel or more famously " I remember EXACTLY where I was when Kennedy was shot.
Janey had organised a visit (TYPICAL) she loved organising people but i decided to go mainly to shut her up if nothing else NAG ! NAG! down my ear , should maybe pick up some tablets from FOGGS chemist to shut her up or calm me down.
SO we,re off any one would think the world was ending " come on MUM you know how busy i am got a meeting the new boss at three"

WE get to the car and with the seat belts still in a twizzle we were off BRRRRROOM along the causeway I remember the fury of it being built , how we fought telling the developers surely their was another way of improving traffic flow,without demolishing so many homes and the houses were not the run of the mill terraced houses easily replaced , each one was special and all with stories to tell.
I remember going with OUR Billy to the meetings were all the so called important people were
with the suits neatly ironed but the ties were always crooked , perhaps to go with the contents of their brains!!!!
Funny how your bottle goes when you see someone in a suit or a woman with flowery dresses but I was proud of our BILLY Even with the smell of FISH but it was a friendly smell and somehow like home as the smell of the river seemed to be upon him and were would any of us be without the MERSEY.
"You cant rewrite history and try as you might you cannot rebuild it the smells and the sights can never be fully brought back , and like people it is not til they are gone you fully understand what you once had " I remember blushing like a beetroot when I heard this and he sat down to thunderous applause.
I believe in always hoping Even if it is as much as a flutter of a wing of a butterfly but I knew as I searched for my hankie that the people in their ironed clothes and wonky ties would win but at least I know we went down fighting
Janey had swung the car through the gates "COME ON " she said i don't think anyone could picture how i felt as I ventured nearer and closer to..........

looking forward,going back 2

Rock PARK,just the words make my heart go " (flutter,flutter,bang") so not a healthy heartbeat by any streetch ofthe imagination.The memories just come flooding back just like the flood waters of NOAH erupting (I was not their, I'm old but not that old), some people have strong memories of KING GEORGE the V1 opening the tunnel or the famous remark , "I know exactly what I was doing and evan saying when Kennedy was shot.

looking back going forward

I had been living quite happily off Old Chester road for more years than I could care to mention, I have always been happy here and the days were mainly sunshine but like most things in life what starts off as a sunny day the clouds begin to form and soon the rain is treachours,

I like to think back on happier times when my hubby owned the fish shop BIlly jones was his name, this was years ago when TRanmere was a proper community full of bustle and shops , but Even today I hear do you remember BILLY Jones who owned the fish shop and god i feel proud scuse me thinking of happier times always upsets me , NOW were did I put my hankie!?
Sorry things have been rough ,the last few years what with the passing of BIlly and of course the kids growing up as all kids do.
Billy the kid and little MIkey had families of their own now, and i do feel i am becoming a burdan which no-one wants them to be, busy with their own lives to far away , well they do live in MEOLS , but that's not MARS is it, well maybe it is to people around here.

That left our JANEY my one and only daughter but like alot of daughter /mother relationships it was like a box of matches going off in the back of a van full of fireworks.( get the picture)
I will now tell you why , and you are not going to believe it she thinks i am going do -lally me I,m as sane as they come just cause i leave a few taps on they seem to think i am insane., i mean me !!!

I t waaswhen Janey suggested the home she insisted on taking me round that my heat took a somersault and the beats went bumpty bump for the name of the house was BEACHLANDS nothing to awful about that but it was were it was situated none other than ROCK-Park my heart practically stopped but to Janey's dismay it never. PERHAPS I should explain the reasons why
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the continueing adventures of out on a limb

MAY6th
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WHAT WILL TODAY BRING



Today is Election day so who knows who will be in charge this time tomorrow but I am also wondering what today will bring as we are going sightseeing hoping to add things of interest on the day.

Margaret volunteered to give myself and Dot a lift so no transport worries , I Do like public transport but it is alot less worrying when being picked up as don't have anything coming over the speaker like "Sorry Margarets lift been cancelled so thanks for that!!!!
so off we go refreshments with us we're off on the famous FERRYACROSS THE MERSEY people are often amazed from outside the area when they find YES the ferry does exist!!!!!
I took maybe two photos as the camera was not mine I think i have told yo u i am new and i mean new to this world of technology but the one thing i don't want to do is drop someones camera into the MERSEY with an almighty SPLASH!!!!!!!!!!
Jenn was embarking at the journey at the WORLD famous PIER HEAD and with us all aboard we were all embarking on the river cruise yet again most of us had come on the ferry at WOODSIDE and elaine kindly treated us to liquid refreshment (TEA)!!!!!!!
The ferry drive brought a rosy glow to our cheeks as we sailed although the weather was more like MARCH than MAY!!!!!!
Back on dry land and it was off to ROCk -PARK ap lace for some absurd reason has a hold on me maybe along lost relative lived here a shiver goes down my spine as I look at the houses of unusual shapes and sizes and imagine the gentry who used to live their and think what the place could have been like if the powers that be had not in their wisdom put an ugly BY-PASS through knocking beautiful houses full of life and stories down that can never be replaced!!!!
I really enjjoyed the day but the only souvenier I picked up was a streaming cold!!!!!

same house, differnt lives

1837







A very tall gentleman was walking along by the riverside , the sun was in the sky and all seemed well with the world, or as well as could be expected.



I still remember the gentleman although many moons and probably rain clouds had passed since that day and i have long left my childhood days behind.





This is a rough few lines of what i am considering for my story there is more in my notebook that i am forming are roughly Rock park was started in 1836 and was ready roughly the year Queen Victoria came to the throne and thought could a little something about the grand houses being constructed . I am wondering how to move the story into the story of the house from were it was very grand insay 1910 and then move to how the place was ruined by the by- pass to the destruction of today . I am debating on w whether to make it more childlike like with finding something which lets them go between the times although I do NOT want to end up like science fiction try and keep the local aspect their. so what do people think all thoughts and criticisms gratefully accepted