Category Archives: Architecture

A journey to the Empire of Makemland*

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Shades

I haven’t really been to Sunderland very much. My Mum worked there for about a year in the late 1960s, in a shop on Fawcett Street, the main retail street of the town. (It was still a town then, it … Continue reading →

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Under the Spell

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Shades

I became enthralled by the musical Godspell back in the early 1970s. I regularly used to go to the Newcastle Theatres to see all sorts of shows, by myself or with my Mum. (I was still a teenager back then!) … Continue reading →

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An unexpected find

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Shades

We visit Wakefield Theatre Royal quite regularly. It isn’t big enough to get the Blockbuster shows but it does a good traditional Panto and has an excellent Youth Theatre Group. The Theatre was close to being lost in the early … Continue reading →

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Snow domes

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Shades
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Bringing the House down

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Shades
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