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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
GLD 371.65-1.1%Nov 17 4:00 PM EST

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To: TobagoJack who wrote (172933)6/8/2021 9:57:34 AM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) of 217842
 
<<Now, onward to the thatched roof villages!>>

Owning a building with a thatched roof used to be plebeian way of life, but sadly no longer.

To own a house with a thatched roof, properly maintained, you need to have a job in a city, be a successful stock broker or bank manager. The other possibility is you are a thatcher by trade, which means you can afford your own wages, and have access to the materials too.

No I passed beyond, to the Northern end of the Black Country,

Black Country - Wikipedia

To the still distinctly black, or still very dark grey, Country of Sheffield. Southern Yorkshire. It used to be part of the industrial heartland of the UK.

Here in Bowden Wood, Next to Smelter Wood, (all these woods were used as sources of charcoal over the centuries) is a celebration to the steel worker of past ages... Parkway man. I found this statue by accident a few years ago, wandering around this place. That is little 'ol me on the LHS. No longer a resident by the stone beaches of Bexhill and Hastings.



Parkway Man - Wikipedia
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