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Post by Dave Miller on Jul 31, 2019 18:27:05 GMT
In Oz it’s next month? Wow, there must be lots of arguments, with those who insist it’s this month. 😄
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Post by Dave Miller on Jul 31, 2019 18:32:34 GMT
On the BBC’s news app:
A postcard written by DH Lawrence during a visit to a "hideous" mining town has sold for £1,800 at auction. The author and poet sent the postcard from Shirebrook, Derbyshire, to a woman in Eakring, Nottinghamshire, in 1911. In the message to Nellie Holderness, DH Lawrence described the town as "a most hideous place". The owner of the postcard, which features the Old School House and Rock Cottages, was almost thrown in a skip four years ago. It was originally expected to fetch about £250 but was bought for much more than that by a private UK buyer.
Quite right, too. You can’t go around owning postcards.
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Post by Verbivore on Jul 31, 2019 21:25:54 GMT
'Tis now, 'twasn't then. Welcome to the August month. Will someone start the monthly thread?
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Post by Verbivore on Jul 31, 2019 21:30:45 GMT
On the BBC’s news app: A postcard written by DH Lawrence during a visit to a "hideous" mining town has sold for £1,800 at auction. The author and poet sent the postcard from Shirebrook, Derbyshire, to a woman in Eakring, Nottinghamshire, in 1911. In the message to Nellie Holderness, DH Lawrence described the town as "a most hideous place". The owner of the postcard, which features the Old School House and Rock Cottages, was almost thrown in a skip four years ago. It was originally expected to fetch about £250 but was bought for much more than that by a private UK buyer.Quite right, too. You can’t go around owning postcards. Indeed, Dave. And people who pen such mangled sentences as "The owner … was almost thrown in a skip" ought also to be skipped.
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