He was, the sad creature. The Graveney is a tributary of the Wandle and you
could see it about to go underground a mile or so south of my parents house
in Tooting Graveney. That house had a coal cellar. In the winter it was
inches deep in water. There were something like 40 houses along one side of
our road where there had been 4 in the days that Johnson went sniffing
after the scent of Mrs Thrale - you could spit at Thrale Rd from where I
was teenaged, and sometimes I did. Presumably the forces of Edwardian
capitalism decided there was no need to allow a space to the ghost of a
river.
Anyway, dear boy, do show respect to our natural powers. Let's live by
British values.
pip pip
L
On 11 June 2014 16:13, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> William Morris was the man picked the Wandle and inspired -News From
> Nowhere
> P
> Ps sorry L to offend your mighty river
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 11 June 2014 12:41
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: pat snap 630 !"!"!"
>
> Pat as a citizen once of and now near the Wandle I take issue with your
> description of its being piddling. Too much re and misdirection; but in its
> unaltered state it was a substantial Thames tributary and a major centre of
> early industrialisation
>
> L
>
>
> On 11 June 2014 12:35, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Pat, I laughed. Like the local content too. But you might consider
> > butting out one of your buts. Two buts throws readers out. Line 4
> > could simply begin, 'It was' for instance without disarming your flow.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > > On 11 Jun 2014, at 6:39 pm, Patrick McManus <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > RIVER
> > >
> > > I am not
> > > criticising
> > > she said
> > > but it was
> > > all very well
> > > naming our son
> > > Moses
> > > but isn't it
> > > a bit much
> > > to make a cradle
> > > to tar it
> > > to float it
> > > in the river
> > > after all
> > > the Wandle
> > > is hardly
> > > the Nile
> > > and as far
> > > as I know
> > > there are no
> > > Pharaoh's Daughters
> > > living in
> > > Earlsfield
> > >
> > >
> > > pmcmanus
> > > r573
> > > some here will know this but
> > >
> > > River Wandle is a local piddling River Earlsfied -is a sub-suburbia
> > > nearby This inspired by partner suddenly taking up a writing course
> > > -subject
> > 'River
> > > Wandle'
> > >
> >
>
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