In the meantime, this was last Saturday in Framlingham. I met up with Sue, another South African Carer from Estcourt in KZN to compare notes.
Tuesday and Saturday are market days in Fram. Not quite the Biscuit Mill but it's been around a lot longer.
Here's an excerpt from an article in the Guardian from November
2013 by Tom Dyckhoff who says it better than I can:
"I wouldn't like to live here
in another age. Quite happy with today, with its anaesthetics and diminishing
homophobia. Back when East Anglia was Britain's pumping heart, when wool was
theOIL
of the world's economy, Framlingham was all bloody sieges and
tyranny, thanks to the local lords, the Bigods, who built themselves Framlingham's vast castle, with
13-metre-high walls. A century or two later, Mary Tudor gathered tens of
thousands of troops here as she declared herself queen. Today, on the grass
outside the castle, where once hangings, drawings and quarterings doubtless
took place, kids roly-poly down mounds and scoot off for a scoop of ice-cream,
and grannies roll round the bowling green. They hold nice concerts of a
summer's evening, which perfectly round off an afternoon birdwatching on the
Mere. I bought a delicious damson jam from the market, too. And that nice,
angst-lite pop star Ed Sheeran comes from here. Yes, Framlingham's a
lot nicer today."
of the world's economy, Framlingham was all bloody sieges and
tyranny, thanks to the local lords, the Bigods, who built themselves Framlingham's vast castle, with
13-metre-high walls. A century or two later, Mary Tudor gathered tens of
thousands of troops here as she declared herself queen. Today, on the grass
outside the castle, where once hangings, drawings and quarterings doubtless
took place, kids roly-poly down mounds and scoot off for a scoop of ice-cream,
and grannies roll round the bowling green. They hold nice concerts of a
summer's evening, which perfectly round off an afternoon birdwatching on the
Mere. I bought a delicious damson jam from the market, too. And that nice,
angst-lite pop star Ed Sheeran comes from here. Yes, Framlingham's a
lot nicer today."
I did my induction training with Sue and she has been working in Saxtead which is very close by. It was great to meet up with her and to hear her SA accent. My theory is that your brain has to work harder to understand accents, even if they are ostensibly speaking English! I'm like "enough with the accents already". So it was very relaxing to spend some time with her. This little tea/sweet shop could be a stop off point for Hogwarts pupils.
Time for a stroll around town and then back to work!
Hi Dot, interesting article on Framlingham Castle....definitely not a place to frolic back in those days. Glad you had a fellow South African to share a moment with. Enjoy Dublin...sounds like you deserve some time out xx
ReplyDeleteWonder how long til you start picking up the accent - are you says 'yeah' yet? ;-)
ReplyDeleteHave a good time in Ireland and send Belinda my love.
I'm trying not to! My client had a broad Suffolk accent - he didn't understand me and I didn't understand him so it was a case of loud and slow :)
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