Posted by GrannyRant on January 8, 2012 in
JUST SAYING,
STORIES, POEMS AND FUNNIES
Tweet The sky is white like milk in contrast to the black spikes of the pine trees along the top of the hill. No sun, hardly any wind. The cold is hanging in the air, manifesting itself as white ghosts escaping from the mouths of children playing. This landscape has changed dramatically since my childhood. [...]
Tags: ABERTILLERY, BLACK, COAL, DUST, EBBW RIVER, GREEN, miners, SEVERN, SIX BELLS, SOUTH WALES, USK
Posted by GrannyRant on June 28, 2010 in
GRUMBLINGS,
RANTS
Tweet I am no football fan, being born and brought up in the South Wales Valleys I was exposed to the other ball game. Rugby Union was the name of the game at my house and when Wales was playing the whole of my small village went silent apart from the sound of Fathers, Grandfathers [...]
Tags: Britain, English, Football, gentlemen, GRUMBLINGS, MEN, miners, money, people, respect, rugby, sport, wales, worl cup