Having attended a home football match at Edgar St. over the August bank holiday I left feeling more frustrated than ever before. I’ve said for some considerable time that I dislike the league we’re in… the Northern league. A huge % of teams must be using ‘acting’ as part of their training sessions. They mimic a really bad injury, and the game comes to a halt, usually when WE’RE having a very positive run. 5 minutes later the player slowly raises himself, having had ‘treatment’ and after just a few seconds of an almost convincing limp, he’s ‘as good as new.’ urghhhh!! If they happen to be drawing or winning about 10 mins. from the end they cleverly slow down the game, especially the goalkeeper. How long does it take to kick a ball up the pitch! Tactics! The referee was fooled by so much of their acting, such a pity there wasn’t a referee reporter there that day to relay his comments to the FA. The true meaning of SPORT can be ruined by any partakers of any sport, sadly.
I’ve been looking into the history of the Pandy Inn, Dorstone, (the oldest in Herefordshire) as I noticed it was on the market at £495,000 if you’re interested. For starters 2 different dates were found for the official building date by Richard le Breton, one of the 4 knights who killed Thomas a Becket in 1170. There was a local cloth mill, this being built for the workers, ‘Pandy’ being the name of one of their machines in the mill. It was also used by workers building a chapel (since demolished)originally attached to the church. It is thought Richard had it built in atonement for his sins, but some evidence says the chapel wasn’t built until 1256. The more one looks into things the more complicated it becomes especially when dates are involved. TBC
HEREFORDSHIRE DIALECT of the PAST
Apparently ‘hedging’ is a speciality of the Golden Valley, nothing to do with what you’re thinking, the growing thing between fields or gardens. It is…
not giving a direct answer.
Example: Question: “ How old do you think she is?”
Reply: (from someone who knows).. “Well she must be getting on.” or
Jokingly, “ She’s not so young as she was.
Question: “What’s the time?”
Reply: “Well, in quarter of an hour it will be 11.00 o’clock.”
Others: Will you be at tomorrow’s meeting? Instead of a direct, “I shall,” it’s “I suppose”or “if it all goes well” or “ God willing” or on the other hand “it’s unsure”or “ I’m not quite sure” is more negative.
Others in the area:
We have a reluctance of using the words ‘death or dying’ but:
he is going down hill; he’s leaving us; he is going to ‘is rest; he’s going home; his day’s work is nearly over; he’s not long for this world; he’s passed away (or on);
Understatements: a man with a bumper crop.. not boasting but..pretty fair. On the other hand a poor crop..: it’s a bit thin. A farmer’s remark that he’d …paid a pretty fair shot, for his farm…means he’d paid a high price for what was ..good land.
Hope you all had A PRETTY FAIR CROP THIS YEAR. Health, money, results, crops etc.