General Chat

No I think all that part was knocked down with the main building which is a shame. I can only see one on the photos but It did have two tall chimneys (probably from the boiler house) that you could see from a long way away years ago, but it looks like there was just one I can see on some photos so maybe the other was added later. I'd be interested to just see what buildings are left now and the other end of one of the footpaths is near the senior school in the village. The police get complaints about antisocial behaviour near there so that's a no go for me, even with OH! I think I've worked out that the main building is where the head office block for Santander is now and that is on high ground. The building with my hairdresser that's opposite has great views, so the hospital must have had great views from upstairs too. It's a pity I'm not still in touch with the neighbour that taught craft there. She's about 93 now.

Gosh there are a lot of photos of it and a few of the Chapel. Lovely red bricks. Do you think the tower is still there as I see it had a bell and a lovely weathervane.

Afternoon All,

Rain's due here but it's been 18 degrees and no wind. We are back to the problem of the chap reversing uphill on our drive and behind my car with a radio blaring when he delivers the local paper. I have his reg no and want to see if I can video him on my phone before we tackle him so he won't be able to deny it, or can show his boss if needs be. Because my car was further down the drive than usual after us leaving space in front of it to get something out of the garage, he was revving away to get really close up to my bumper and off the road.

I'm glad you found the old chapel and hospital interesting. I'm emailing another site that is full of photos including some that show the whole site and some aerial ones if you scroll right down to the bottom that have some of the chapel but no closeups.. There are also some of the building of the hospital and show the rail track around the site. I hadn't realised that the houses built on the road outside the site were the workers homes and my dentist now occupies an end one not seen on the photo!

I hope you have been a bit better again today Mandy as those feelings put you off doing things. The tablets should start to make a difference in a while too. I hope your new kettle's arrived ok. Our kettle is getting a bit old. I never pay much for kettles here as the hard water makes it hard to keep them looking nice!

Vera, that phrase had my brain whirring too and it's not even easy to say is it, let alone try and guess what it means! lol. You obviously did some complicated topics! I have hung onto things I should chuck out really. I've kept all my old work reports and I even have my school Biology work folder for my O level in the loft somewhere. All I can remember from that is a big diagram of a housefly! I think looking back is a reminder of what complicated things we did before we retired as it is easy to forget, although some aspects are happily forgotten!

Well you are busy clearing out wardrobes, another overdue job here! I see we all have trouble with clothes shrinkage as well! :-D

Is your car ok now Mel? You will have to go for a little sightseeing, joy ride or visit someone now and again like I do, as I don't usually do much mileage with travelling in OH's car more nowadays. My battery is nearly 9 years old now and it's the longest I've ever had a battery, so I've started to take notice how easily it starts the car. I was wondering how many chickens you have left now.

It's a shame Jake has missed another good painting day AnnG. It will get done soon I hope. I'm glad you mentioned teabags as I need to put them on my order.

An early start for us tomorrow as I need to be up, showered and at the surgery by 8.10am in the morning for my blood tests. Now they've taken half the parking spaces for all the part time staff, I'm hoping there will be a space free that early.

:-D :-D :-D

Soggy toast is ok at the moment.

Hope toast was not soggy as well Mel.

Yes I have had them a couple of years now. I came in at 2.12pm and am just going to have beans on toast. I did'nt realise it was so late. After I cleaned the girls out I tried to get my old leccy fence out but I think BIL has mown over a bit of it and its all tangled up and torn. He never looks where he is going on the mower just infront of him.

Beans are getting cold.......... :-|

Are they old now Mel?

I have just walked down to Irene's to take her some books back and to give her some of my trousers (waists have shrunk!) and tops and all the Christmas and birthday cards I had piling up in my office. I cut the backs off all of them yesterday so I hope she know somewhere that recycles cards for charities.

Lovely and sunny out, no wind and warm too. It will have been an ideal day for painting the seat today but no word from Jake.

I know just how you feel Anng. I keep having to have rests too.

Done a bit of drilling of aa storage jar this morning and got the things out of the oven I made in polyclay yesterday. One thing had burnt a bit but it was only a ball I was going to make into a pudding in a cloth it did'nt matter. Made the pudding in the cloth. I also made some joints of meat so they need painting too.

Also its not windy today so it will give me a chance to clean the big girls out. Even though I'e not got banty anymore I still think of the other as the big girls. I need some new ones as these are'nt laying well.

Yes Mel you need to know that as maybe you will want to eat something before you go in case you can't eat or drink when you get home.

I have just cut the lawn and done half an hour weeding pots and the wall bed outside the conservatory. Had to come in for a rest can't keep going like I used to.

Morning girls,

Dull and grey here this morning but I think like era the wind has dropped as I can't see the trees moving. I expect it will come up again when the tides change as they seem to have an affect on the wind here.
Glad you slept well Anng as I did but I still wake up aching. I can't remember the last time I woke up and felt really refreshed and not in pain. Probably since we had the new mattress two years ago.

Dentist tomorrow and I may ring to see if I am having this other tooth out or not.

Good morning all. so far bright and sunny and hardly any wind. I slept well last night.

It should be the garden group here today but not knowing about my appointment, it was changed to somebody else's house. I am unable to get a lift and not prepared to fight the bus service (although from here to either of the large towns is a good service. In the actual village one of our buses runs every 20 minutes and one every hour.) the doctors surgery, community centre and the meeting place today are all on the hourly bus, which is not a good time for anything there starting on the hour. So I have given myself the afternoon off which is fine, no chairs to shift and no teas to make.

Actually I have run out of ordinary tea bags, I was convinced I had ordered them but I think they must have been on the order Tesco cancelled and I forgot to re-order. Luckily I have some decaff tea bags, as well as lots of herb/fruit ones so no a problem and they will be replaced on Saturday.

Good morning

At the moment it’s dry and grey out. The wind has dropped to a bit of a breeze but I haven’t yet seen the forecast for the rest of the day. Dry and sunny would be nice.

We’re picking up M & V and taking them to our usual Thursday coffee meet but otherwise I have no plans for the day.

Glad your feeling abit better today Mandy and I hope the tablets kick in soon so you don't feel so tired.

I did find a picture online of the whole hospital I think and it was a huge place in its day. Ann does find some interesting places to catch our attention dos'nt she.

Whats everyone watching on the telly at the mo? Is anyone watching Professor T ? I like that as it a bit funny . Love Francis Delatour as his mother. I watch the farming programs but theres no old fashioned series on at present they all seem to come up on thhings you have to pay for and I'm not doing that. I may subscribe to Amazon so I can see more series of the ones I watched a while ago.

Evening all,

It's been quite a nice day ,we had sun for a while but about four o'clock I felt a few spots of rain when I went to the shed but it didn't come to anything .

I have felt a bit better today and did a few small jobs I seem to have one good day then I feel tired again but I suppose these tablets will take a while to get me feeling better as I have to take them for three months.

I had to get a new kettle today which should come tomorrow, I was cleaning the filter bit and the gauze like bits on the filter came away in my hand .

Ann it's such a shame when old buildings are just left to gradually crumble away ,they are left to long before anyone can do something with it then it's costs to much to do .
It must have been a lovely building in it's day and I bet the gardens round it looked beautiful , I wonder if there's any old photos of it so you could see what it was like years ago.
Vera you are having a good clear out ,I had started on our wardrobes but only got one done I hope to get back to it soon .

I could'nt even read “the reductionist aspects of instinctivism” let alone know what it was about.

Stuart has just come down and got the car started and we have left it running for a while to charge the battery up. He got a new batterry in as he said the cold weather could have ruined the battery even though its a newish one. I just don't use the car enough and I think thats the problem. Poor old car she's been really good to me. He checked the charge on the battery and said that seemed ok and I told him I drove to Holsworthy and it would'nt start when I had finished shopping. I am charging up my big mobile battery pack and shall take that with me when I go out in future.

Its thrown me and I hav'nt been able to get on with anything today. I hav'nt even hoovered.

You are having a nice clearout Vera you put me to shame.

I am going to corn the chickens now and then have a nice COT.

Vera have you worked out what it means as I would love to know. I suppose it was useful at the time but now I think it might be important and I am not in the know :-D :-D

No rain today yet but it’s forecast for this afternoon again. It’s not cold but it’s still very blowy.

I am still working my way round all the built in wardrobes and cupboards in OH’s room as all my stuff plus various household things are there too. It’s taking me ages and I am shattered but there’s not much more to do. I’ve just been trying on a couple of skirts and some trousers deciding whether to keep them or not. I love one of the skirts but sadly my waist has grown since I last wore it so that’s for charity. One skirt has gone back in the wardrobe and a pair of trousers put aside.for someone I know will love them. There is so much piling up for the charity shop that we’ll have to make several trips as we can’t stop outside either of the shops we go to so can only take as much as we can easily carry from the car park.

I’ve also put aside to go to the big paper bin at the tip all my course texts and books and all my assignments and essays from when I was doing a degree with the OU back in the 1980s. I was sad to see them go as they represented 6 years of hard work while running a home and a job at the same time but there was no point in keeping them any longer. As I was glancing through them to see what was there I caught sight of a tutor’s comments on one essay about my conclusions regarding “the reductionist aspects of instinctivism”. What??? Shows how we forget. Once I could write about it, now I don’t even understand what it means :-S

I hope you are feeling better today Mandy. I’ve been wondering how Gill is getting along these days too. Perhaps she’ll post again one day.

didn't take long for it to start to rain and hasn't stopped since, looks as though it is set in for the day. Really fed up with the weather now.

Now its raining.......

I do hope they can do something with that Chapel as its a lovely building and as someone else said it would make a good museum or information centre and it would be such a shame for it to just rot away and fall down. The sitee must have been huge when it was in operation.