Due to certain circumstances I have been pretty quiet on the Wessyman site for quite some time – just looking in on it briefly , and checking for comments that need approving before they can be published. NB I never edit the comments, but will not necessarily publish ALL comments. Right now to business; and […]Read Post ›
This will not be the easiest post to do , as I am currently on a beer and free diet, so working from memory on this one, ( and my memory tells me that I could do with a beer.) At this time I would like to refute the suggestion made to me that pictures […]Read Post ›
My “Spot The Pub” posts are purely my own experiences and my opinions – please feel free to visit the same pubs and form your own opinions . Mrs W’s idea to visit here, not mine – but to save further earache I relented – anything for a quiet life, but I will not be […]Read Post ›
Whilst working on a previous post I visited the village of Marsden which lies just under the pennines about seven miles west of Huddersfield. Before visiting I did a small amount of basic research on the village and stumbled across a woman who was born and spent her early years in the village, but is […]Read Post ›
Drink Selection Time to spot a pub again – keep the followers interested. this one is from some time ago – Me and Mrs Wessy out for the day – Mrs Wessy drives home so that I can test the beer quality ( important task). Where shall we go ? I have had my eye […]Read Post ›
It was said that a toss of a coin chose Rawfolds mill as the target for the Luddite attack in 1812; if the coin had landed the other way , the attack would have been on Ottiwells mill, property of Mr William Horsefall, situated in the village of Marsden, approximately seven or eight miles from […]Read Post ›
My intention with this post is to follow the likely route of the “luddite” march and assault on William Cartwright’s mill, which was located in the Spen Valley area of West Yorkshire . We will follow the route, take a few pictures , and discuss it on the way – it is not my intention […]Read Post ›
There are few rules to this competition – and there are fewer prizes, but the rules are as follows. 1/ The pub can be anywhere in the world, where I have taken refreshment ( either food or drink or both). 2/ Anyone who was in the party when the pictures were taken cannot enter the […]Read Post ›
Currently putting my next local history post together, but it involves a six or seven mile walk .Therefore I have to pick the right day weatherwise , when I have no other pressing task to do – I have very little spare time at the minute. 🙂
This pub is in a town we visit occasionally, I thought it could have been a small city because it has some history, but Wikiwhatsitdoofer says it is a town, so we will settle for town. A few years ago we found a carpark on the outskirts of the town centre where there is usually […]Read Post ›
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