'Lead Us Not Into Trent Station' is Richard Guise's popular memoir of childhood in a Derbyshire town of the 1950s and '60s. Mr Handlebar in the Market Place, sneezing thurifer's at St Laurence's church, 'Mad Ron' at the local grammar school... real-life characters pack these pages. We're soon taken beyond the Midlands to the hazards of university life, epic battles with French red tape, complete confusion in Spain, sartorial problems in China -- and finally back again to a Long Eaton that poses its own problems in the form of Bazzaranshaz.
'Lead Us Not Into Trent Station' is Richard Guise's popular memoir of childhood in a Derbyshire town of the 1950s and '60s. Mr Handlebar in the Market...
The Derbyshire villages of Draycott and Church Wilne have dozed quietly beside the left bank of the Derwent for more than a thousand years, barely registering a mention even in the history of the area. But have things really been as quiet as that? What about the case of the dodgy 18th-century vicar? The flying corpse? The combustible cricketer? And more disastrous, but unexplained, fires than you could shake a stick at. No, things are definitely not as quiet as they seem down by the Derwent. And anyway, why are the local inhabitants known as 'Neddies'?
The Derbyshire villages of Draycott and Church Wilne have dozed quietly beside the left bank of the Derwent for more than a thousand years, barely reg...
'The reason the wind is so cold is that there's nothing between here and the Urals'. A casual remark by his father, to which no one else seems to have paid the slightest attention, sets Richard Guise off on an unlikely adventure. Fifty years after standing on that chilly Leicestershire hilltop, he aims to prove his father wrong. A quest for truth, beer and jokes through England, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Belarus and Russia.
'The reason the wind is so cold is that there's nothing between here and the Urals'. A casual remark by his father, to which no one else seems to have...
It is increasingly important to define what constitutes the unique character of our neighbourhoods, in order to identify what we value and should protect, to pinpoint areas for improvement and places which could be enhanced through sensitive change. But how do we define 'character' or a 'sense of place'? How do we appraise the setting and site of a development area, in order that the essential character is retained and reflected in the design of new development? How can these qualities be communicated to decision makers and involve communities?
Characterising...
It is increasingly important to define what constitutes the unique character of our neighbourhoods, in order to identify what we value and ...
It is increasingly important to define what constitutes the unique character of our neighbourhoods, in order to identify what we value and should protect, to pinpoint areas for improvement and places which could be enhanced through sensitive change. But how do we define 'character' or a 'sense of place'? How do we appraise the setting and site of a development area, in order that the essential character is retained and reflected in the design of new development? How can these qualities be communicated to decision makers and involve communities?
Characterising...
It is increasingly important to define what constitutes the unique character of our neighbourhoods, in order to identify what we value and ...
Four English blokes of a certain age strike out from their Leicestershire local and head for the hills of the Dingle Peninsula. This laugh-out-loud tale of their short amble on the wild west coast of Ireland is packed with character and characters, beer and banter, daftness and a dolphin.
Four English blokes of a certain age strike out from their Leicestershire local and head for the hills of the Dingle Peninsula. This laugh-out-loud ta...
