I remember Clon being like this. It doesn’t seem like that long ago either …but it probably was😊 The hard back chairs around the fire, the only source of heat in the house. T’was the height of comfort and luxury back then with stewed Barry’s and toast
Here in America there are many different accents, it's almost like every region and state is like a different country. I'm American (deep south) southerner. My grandmother spoke like they did in Gone with the Wind. Very old gentile southern. Not like the Hollywood version now of an uneducated hillbilly southern accent.
"I have all I want to keep my house: leeks from my garden and poultry too, and my precious hive of bees." -Irish Monk from the 10th-11th century. That's the life.
Home! Grew up in Kyle and live a couple of miles outside it now. Used to love going on the ferry in the 80s and 90s as a kid. I remember the massive queues in the summer and I’m glad we have a bridge now.
Hands (RTÉ): "Imbued by a sense of urgency, the Shaw-Smiths travelled the length and breadth of Ireland during the 1970s and ’80s, capturing on film the final years of traditional rural and urban life. "
Huh. I learned how to throw pots in the early 90s, but a lot of the process was quite different, since that was an art studio. The clay was carefully mixed from powder and fine grog, and used relatively fresh. The kilns were smaller, indoors, and gas-fired (natural gas). The wheel throwing was only the quick first step, and pretty much nothing unglazed came out of the studio.