I’m afraid we batted off on a sticky wicket here in Stockport today.
HQ advised that I was to meet up with Stockport County Football Club’s twin mascots Animo and Fide. Apparently (and appropriately) their Latin names translate as Courage and Faith – two qualities which we all needed to display in order to locate each other.
You see, there’d been a clerical error regarding our rendezvous and none of us had mobile phones. What rotten luck! Still, we all got together eventually, and I’m so glad we did since we hit it off splendidly. Old A and F, pictured above, are an absolute riot.
Thanks to them and Stockport County for supporting the Smokefree roadshow. The good people of Stockport are certainly doing their fair share to stamp out smoking; last year 1,823 people became smokefree with help from Stockport NHS Stop Smoking Service.
As you can probably tell, I consider myself a renaissance penguin and as such I include history among my many interests. So, upon my arrival, it struck me straight away that Stockport retains its medieval street patterns.
What a charming town this is, with its traditional market and many churches and there are exquisite examples of Victorian, Regency, Georgian and even Tudor buildings. Are you impressed? Impressed by Stockport or me? Do tell. As for Stockport viaduct it impresses me utterly. I’m informed it is one of the largest remaining brick constructions in Western Europe!
I’m off to the Stockport’s hat museum now; the town was a centre for hat-making for many years y’know? I’m fond of the old bonce-warmers, I wonder if they have a gift shop – I’ll need to take something home for kith and kin.
See you this afternoon in Oldham.
HQ advised that I was to meet up with Stockport County Football Club’s twin mascots Animo and Fide. Apparently (and appropriately) their Latin names translate as Courage and Faith – two qualities which we all needed to display in order to locate each other.
You see, there’d been a clerical error regarding our rendezvous and none of us had mobile phones. What rotten luck! Still, we all got together eventually, and I’m so glad we did since we hit it off splendidly. Old A and F, pictured above, are an absolute riot.
Thanks to them and Stockport County for supporting the Smokefree roadshow. The good people of Stockport are certainly doing their fair share to stamp out smoking; last year 1,823 people became smokefree with help from Stockport NHS Stop Smoking Service.
As you can probably tell, I consider myself a renaissance penguin and as such I include history among my many interests. So, upon my arrival, it struck me straight away that Stockport retains its medieval street patterns.
What a charming town this is, with its traditional market and many churches and there are exquisite examples of Victorian, Regency, Georgian and even Tudor buildings. Are you impressed? Impressed by Stockport or me? Do tell. As for Stockport viaduct it impresses me utterly. I’m informed it is one of the largest remaining brick constructions in Western Europe!
I’m off to the Stockport’s hat museum now; the town was a centre for hat-making for many years y’know? I’m fond of the old bonce-warmers, I wonder if they have a gift shop – I’ll need to take something home for kith and kin.
See you this afternoon in Oldham.
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