tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post2759002934584348069..comments2024-03-28T14:01:51.325+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: InnocenceYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54731523784529069172018-12-07T14:44:11.699+00:002018-12-07T14:44:11.699+00:00Wow, what a crazy story. So much of the world'...Wow, what a crazy story. So much of the world's misery would be alleviated if people would just show each other a little compassion. At the same time, I see the predicament for the ticket takers. Not an easy situation!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-82757914665189576652018-12-06T19:24:19.306+00:002018-12-06T19:24:19.306+00:00That is heartrending. I'm glad you spoke up fo...That is heartrending. I'm glad you spoke up for him and hope it made some difference in the outcome. "Innocence" is such a fitting title.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-75707725246117640952018-12-06T09:50:40.919+00:002018-12-06T09:50:40.919+00:00It was 1974 or 1975. I didn't have enough mone...It was 1974 or 1975. I didn't have enough money to pay for the ticket. I told that ticket inspector the truth but he would not listen. It was me telling him - not the apparent "offender". That itself must have been very unusual. Besides, you only had to look at this dignified and honest working man to see that he was no cheat.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54211998240216634152018-12-06T05:35:12.658+00:002018-12-06T05:35:12.658+00:00The ticket inspector has probably heard it too man...The ticket inspector has probably heard it too many times - "I didn't know I need a ticket...", and all the touching tales they told him to justify their getting on board the train without a ticket or enough money to buy one. Why would he believe this man was different from the ticket dodgers he encountered every day?<br />I am sure you would have paid for the man's ticket yourself if you'd have had the possibility. <br />As you know, I am currently reading "The Valley". There is of course a lot about coal mining and the lives of the miners and their families in it; your account could be straight out of that book.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54136569349265492202018-12-06T03:02:06.975+00:002018-12-06T03:02:06.975+00:00I know what you mean. But frankly, at this point i...I know what you mean. But frankly, at this point in my life, I am not ready to tackle a novel like that one. What do I know of the life that that man lived? Descending a deep mine shaft day after day and tending the racing pigeons in his loft? And living such a limited life. No. If I do create a novel after hundreds of hours of crafting words, it will be a different one Mary.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1131320175145561962018-12-06T01:54:53.800+00:002018-12-06T01:54:53.800+00:00And therein lies an entire novel.
Have you ever t...And therein lies an entire novel. <br />Have you ever thought about sitting down and writing it using what you related here as the basis and making up the rest of it as you go? If you throw some love and romance in there, I think you'd have something worth sending to a publisher. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24211212736891890382018-12-06T00:57:17.129+00:002018-12-06T00:57:17.129+00:00I wish I could have followed him like an invisible...I wish I could have followed him like an invisible man and witnessed how things turned out. He may not have even reached Strangeways.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12526144238007067892018-12-06T00:56:00.557+00:002018-12-06T00:56:00.557+00:00I was just young fellow of 22. I lent him my ear....I was just young fellow of 22. I lent him my ear. That's all.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69801681774451234592018-12-06T00:54:39.793+00:002018-12-06T00:54:39.793+00:00As Jefferson Airplane once sang - "We should ...As Jefferson Airplane once sang - "We should be together - all you people standing round".Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-57145564354594534762018-12-06T00:53:41.918+00:002018-12-06T00:53:41.918+00:00I think that there are still a surprising number o...I think that there are still a surprising number of people who lead very narrow lives but that does not mean that such people are without wisdom or dignity.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-49369213940242612152018-12-06T00:52:19.545+00:002018-12-06T00:52:19.545+00:00Kindness and common sense did not appear to figure...Kindness and common sense did not appear to figure in a rail inspector's training.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43605538510266687572018-12-06T00:51:28.610+00:002018-12-06T00:51:28.610+00:00To see him offering that retirement cheque to the ...To see him offering that retirement cheque to the inspector was heart-rending. He had worked fifty years and paid his dues for that cheque and yet he didn't really know what do with it. It was mysterious to him.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45207003625002286972018-12-06T00:47:10.952+00:002018-12-06T00:47:10.952+00:00Like Red, I find it hard to comprehend having such...Like Red, I find it hard to comprehend having such a limited life and it was not such a long time ago.<br />I wonder if it was frightening for him to get on a train and go to somewhere foreign to him. His love for his son shines through.<br /><br />This story reduced me to tears. I hope he got a better run from that momentkyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51621421367786819172018-12-06T00:42:44.372+00:002018-12-06T00:42:44.372+00:00This story made me think about how much people lik...This story made me think about how much people like the unsympathetic inspector actually owe the hardworking poor. His life would have been a hell of a lot less comfortable without the services coalminers provided. That kind of class discrimination really makes me angry when I witness it.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17927550646204934762018-12-06T00:11:58.578+00:002018-12-06T00:11:58.578+00:00It's hard to believe that at that time thee we...It's hard to believe that at that time thee were people who had led such a narrow life. Bullies would pick on them. I hope things were sorted out.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33121555552255309722018-12-06T00:11:05.587+00:002018-12-06T00:11:05.587+00:00Oh, that's just heartbreaking.
Why are people ...Oh, that's just heartbreaking.<br />Why are people so very brutal to one another?Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03646554273207942631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-8190697875594702322018-12-05T22:39:43.055+00:002018-12-05T22:39:43.055+00:00What a sad story! I'm sure he appreciated the ...What a sad story! I'm sure he appreciated the kindness you gave him.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-36562420397088144812018-12-05T21:53:40.245+00:002018-12-05T21:53:40.245+00:00Poor bugger! I wonder how his story...that partic...Poor bugger! I wonder how his story...that particular story ended. I hope he met someone as generous and kind of heart as you to enable him to continue, uninterrupted, on his way to his misguided son.<br /><br />Having worked for four or so years in the coal-rich Bowen Basin in central Queensland, both in the towns of Glenden and Collinsville, I dealt with coal miners every day...and day long, it seemed...particularly when I was managing the Mess and single-men's accommodation for the miners employed by Collinsville Coal...a then subsidiary of Mount Isa Mines. Coal mining is not for the faint of heart, particularly underground mining.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.com