tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post1153850071226636301..comments2023-12-31T13:20:27.351+00:00Comments on Saltaire Daily Photo: Dark Ages and daffodilsjennyfreckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-34709047782342381742018-04-18T02:37:01.889+01:002018-04-18T02:37:01.889+01:00So good to see a sweep of daffodils. They are del...So good to see a sweep of daffodils. They are delayed in so many places because of awful weather.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-9683429056123968232018-04-17T21:53:46.447+01:002018-04-17T21:53:46.447+01:00There is a small unmentioned matter of the Vikings...There is a small unmentioned matter of the Vikings who attacked our island from 800 AD onward. You remember, all that rape and pillage. After hard battles they made peace with the Anglo-Saxons and occupied eastern England naming it the "Danlaw." Interestingly, William of Normandy also had Viking blood in his veins. In Yorkshire we still use many Scandinavian words eg. "ginnel."peter woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535535150947166836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-32722118514429026932018-04-17T19:16:04.611+01:002018-04-17T19:16:04.611+01:00How lovely to see the flowers!How lovely to see the flowers!RedPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980471119229896414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-89459452442783499932018-04-17T16:15:53.859+01:002018-04-17T16:15:53.859+01:00I've enjoyed taking history classes.
The daff...I've enjoyed taking history classes.<br /><br />The daffs are a cheerful sight. We won't see them here until May.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-87088205642115734642018-04-17T15:04:50.826+01:002018-04-17T15:04:50.826+01:00Oh goodie, a new plant for me, Siberian Squill. I ...Oh goodie, a new plant for me, Siberian Squill. I think taking my children through various historic enactments, new ways of looking at history outside the books, made it come alive for me, including the digs which show actual objects that people used...and work in ancestry on my own, what a difference from those dull classes.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-52957737670665449932018-04-17T12:08:11.704+01:002018-04-17T12:08:11.704+01:00Horrible Histories has done great things to popula...Horrible Histories has done great things to popularise the rather dull lists of dates that we were supposed to memorise. John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-70461345932723721532018-04-17T08:47:17.030+01:002018-04-17T08:47:17.030+01:00Me too. I didn't like history at school but no...Me too. I didn't like history at school but now I find it fascinating. The daffodils look lovely.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.com