tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post4636961710704944622..comments2024-03-13T16:33:53.563+00:00Comments on <b>Dr Tony Shaw</b><br>: Hardys Well and Lemn Sissay's PoemDr Tony Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-84740018185532191522013-07-31T14:16:05.353+01:002013-07-31T14:16:05.353+01:00I arrived here through a google search. Hardy'...I arrived here through a google search. Hardy's Well has always intrigued me. As a Rusholme kid I grew up three streets away from it but it never registered on my childhood map. I knew of the Osborne and Claremont but 'town'was where I was at and all about. I love this poem as I always get stuck at traffic lights and like to see how far I can get down it, but sadly I can't find much information about its origins. I hope there was a well, and like to think of Hardy as last of a breed of bucolic Manchester men..choosing to make a living tilling the rich near fallow fields among an increasing industrialised city. Probably some yuppie marketing name though. Shame.clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472937005125579188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-48748504701403383792011-07-18T20:22:02.432+01:002011-07-18T20:22:02.432+01:00And?<b>And?</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-31464739924186721802011-07-18T20:15:34.470+01:002011-07-18T20:15:34.470+01:00I walked past there just the other dayI walked past there just the other dayHence72https://www.blogger.com/profile/12991263979801982324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-84561155058953021442011-07-18T14:44:24.530+01:002011-07-18T14:44:24.530+01:00(Without typos this time, I hope.)
Hi Lemn! I cou...<b>(Without typos this time, I hope.)<br /><br />Hi Lemn! I could have done with a little help from you last week, when I was in Manchester and couldn't find 'RAIN'. Now I know that too is on Wilmslow Road, only your website says it's over Geminii Take Away, near Contact Theatre. No amount of Googling could help me there though, and I suspect Contact Theatre is no longer, or at least not in the same place? So, for when I hit Manchester sometime in the future, could you tell me where 'RAIN' is in relation to Hardys Well?<br /><br />Now, I photoed 'Flags' on Tib Street, and shall be trying to piece that together for another post probably later today. Trouble is, there are now a number of letters chipped off some stones, which doesn't make for easy reading. Plus, I may get the order wrong. If you could send me the poem by email, you'd not only be saving me an effort, but I'd get it right! Or is it on the internet somewhere? Anyway: anottsquair@hotmail.com<br /><br />And of course I agree: that poem has to stay on that wall! It's a gem.<br /><br />Keep up the good work bringing poetry to the people, although I'm sure you will.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Tony</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-45185295694811144852011-07-18T12:55:10.008+01:002011-07-18T12:55:10.008+01:00While at the same time Manchester City Council is ...While at the same time Manchester City Council is considering where to place my street poem and Manchester University acommodation are erecting one in their building. But if this poem goes it will be a blow to the area more than a blow to me personally. it's become part of the landscape and in so much landscapes change. It will be a real pity to see the poem go if it does.lemnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700988500718442719noreply@blogger.com