More Monkey Laundering.... Okay, okay, I know he's a chimp which of course makes him an ape and not a monkey...
I wonder if references to "breeders" should have been "keepers" instead?
Today's only other offerings from The Yorkshire Pudding Blogpost Factory are three more photographs from my walk in East Yorkshire last Thursday and another of White Cross Cottage which is near the village of my birth.
You always knew you were nearly home when you saw White Cross. The "cross" in question is the stone pillar in front of the cottage. Historians generally agree that it marked one of the boundaries of Meaux Abbey's estate. You can read about Meaux Abbey here if you wish.
In Londesbrough, the old telephone box is now used as
a book exchange called The Wendy House..
In Londesbrough Park on The Yorkshire Wolds Way
Two miles farther - approaching Goodmanham
At White Cross with some Platinum Jubilee bunting
White Cross cottage looks more like a mini Castle. Do Sir Pudding's relatives live there?
ReplyDeletePS: I am not keen on watching animal antics video footage. It always seems rather cruel to me, even if the animals may not look badly treated.
I kind of agree with your PS JayCee. The PG Tips chimps ads could not happen now. I am proud to inform you that the Puddings come from a long line of serfs.
DeleteI like the idea of the book exchange or Wendy House.
ReplyDeleteMuch better than seeing the old phone box removed.
DeleteYou were blessed with good weather again YP. It all looks very lush-
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea to repurpose the old phone box into a book exchange. Something that could only done in country districts. Imagine the same idea in cities!
Thinking about it, I can't remember the last time I saw a public phone box here, but we have plenty of machines to pay for parking.
Yes. As the phone box has faded away into history, parking pay machines have begun to take over like Daleks in "Dr Who". I hate them.
DeleteLots of people have little book exchange cabinets here in the states. I love the idea. I have taken a few and left a few myself.
ReplyDeleteThat is a most dedicated chimp!
Maybe you could give him a job in Lloyd. He could also clean out the chickens.
DeleteI'm pretty sure my mom uttered, "even a monkey could be taught to (fill in the blank)," towards me over the years. I'm not sure if laundry was one of them but if it was, she was telling me a truth I probably didn't believe at the time.
ReplyDeleteYes. It sounds like your late mother was not averse to telling the truth.
DeleteLovely countryside views - thanks. And clever use of the telephone box - even if books can also be read on one's mobile these days... ;)
ReplyDeleteWell in my case, "one" does not possess a mobile.
DeleteHow did we get into monkey laundering? Were you just surfing YouTube for monkey videos?
ReplyDeleteLove the local photos especially the beautiful clouds over the fields!
I just saw the term "money laundering" and thought about adding a "k".
DeleteWhen I taught Kindergarten, I sometimes set up a center for toy washing. I let the students add a bit of dish soap to the washing buckets so they could make bubbles as they worked. It was so popular I had to set a timer to prevent melt downs in-between turns. Watching young students at play is the best...kind of like watching a good monkey/ape video.
ReplyDeleteI doubt that the parents of your small charges would have appreciated their little darlings being likened to apes and monkeys!
DeleteIs that Wendy at the door of the Wendy House? It looks kind of small for her.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how many books they can cram into an old phone box.
DeleteIt's good to see the telephone box.
ReplyDeleteThree weeks ago I came across a phone box that was still in working order.
DeleteAlways enjoy reading and seeing your outings.
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That's kind of you to say so Joy.
DeleteAh, I thought that poverty stricken woman was using a public telephone.
ReplyDeletePhone boxes were good for snogging in when it was raining. "Which service do you require?"
DeleteI'm with JoyM. Well, not with her, technically. But I agree with her. I enjoy your outings. As long as they don't include monkey washing.
ReplyDeleteSo you and SWMBO don't employ a chimp for domestic tasks?
DeleteMore beautiful pictures of your walk - thank you!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice, isn't it, how we all have "signs" that tell us we're nearly home. For us, when we returned from a family holiday by car, it was always a mini competition who would first spot Asperg castle on the hill, visible from the Autobahn not long before the exit for Ludwigsburg came up.
And your dad raising his voice in the front, "Will you two girls please stop squabbling!"
DeleteLoved the chimpanzee doing the washing, now he just needs to learn to peg it out. I always enjoy seeing the countryside you walk through.
ReplyDeleteHe seems rather slow. It would take a good long vwhile for him to get through a full basket of washing.
DeleteMale chimp doing the washing, obviously had a modern mum;)
ReplyDeleteShe would not stand for any monkey business.
DeleteI've heard of these book exchanges in post boxes before. What a great idea it is. There used to be a scheme for leaving a book you had read somewhere where another person could pick it up and have the pleasure of reading it also. I can't remember what it was called but maybe it is still going in some places.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you could introduce such a scheme when you are settled in the north east.
DeleteI have a vague memory of that, perhaps it was those books with a sticker saying "I am a travelling book" or a wandering book and people were encouraged to write inside the back or front cover the name of the place they had picked up the book. I've heard a few books travelled internationally this way back in the 1990s or early 2000s? Maybe even later. Before the Little Libraries anyway.
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