Bits and pieces by Lois

Transformed

A hundred years ago this tranquil water would have been a filthy toxic brew; it would have been full of the foulest rubbish, industrial waste, effluent… it would have reeked. The air would have been full of smoke; smoke from the factories and hills, smoke from the trains transporting goods to and from the docks, […]

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TV, radio, film and theatre by Lois

Boomtown

An America cop show I really enjoyed which only ran for a couple of series was Boomtown…. this is what i wrote about it a little while ago: It only ran for two series, but ‘Boom Town’ was the best cop show I have ever watched, I have the DVD and I can watch it over and […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Going up

We were walking towards a foot bridge we have crossed many times when we heard a beep-beep-beep-beep, and insistent warning sound. Then we noticed…. the bridge we’ve walked across so many times… was going up!It went up, and up and up, until there was enough room for small ship to pass beneath  

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Poems by Lois

Casuals

This sculpture, Casuals, can be found on Salford Quays as part of the sculpture trail by Stephen Broadbent in 2010 with the help of former Salford Dock workers and their families. “Each metal structure in this installation represents a dock workers union card. They are arranged in separate groups emphasising the divide between those in and […]

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