Well how are yu all a’gettin on t’gether?
Thas a rum old time at the moment, That there man in charge Russia recon he want t’free them folk in Ukraine cos their polatitions are actin like them folk in Germany did durin the Second Wold War but them folk in Ukraine recon they are alright uz they are und don’t want him a’movin in und are a’putti up a fight. I recon we’d du the same if that happened over here.
Yu hev gotta field sorry for all them folk who are a’tryin t’get away, the look on some o’their faces is enough to bring yu to tears. One thing I hev got t’say is that all them reporters & tv cameras don’t help. I know thas terrible was a’happenin but if you are a tryin t’move out of danger with yar family the last thing you want is somebody a’tryin t’interview you. I think them tv stations are a’havin a competition t’see who can have the most reporters in one country.
They were sum rare storms we had tuther week-end, I drawed round the garden afore them winds started t’meake sure we hant got anything that could take orf when the wind started t’git up. I told the hins t’stay inside or they could end up in next door’s garden. With this here Bird Flu still about yu can’t be to careful I hear today (2nd March) that there hev bin another outbreak of it on a farm down near Diss. What surprised me durin the high winds were that the little old garden birds kept a cummin arter the food in the bird feeders even though they were a swingin about like bells bein rung. The power went orf three times so we ha’a git our old picnic stove out t’hev a cup o’tea und I lit the fire for the fust time in several years, I hev allus kept sum coal und wood in the shud just in case. The only thing I ha’a du was chop sum kindlin, that took me a rare long time t’find my little axe t’do this , cos I hant used it for a while that hed got right t’the back o’cupboard, I ha’a give that a sharpen up with my old rub afore I used it. I remember an old fella a’showin me how t’sharpen a axe und scythe in the late 1950s, un I can still remember how t’du it. Although I still hev an axe or two I dout I could buy a scythe now to sharpen
I hev heard that the village’s History Group are a’goin t’hev a permanent home in the village. They are a takin over the old porta’cabin next t’the village hall. That used t’be used by the play group but since they hev moved over the rood to be nearer the school that hev bin redundant. There’s a bit o’wark t’du to meake it right but I recon the group will be able to tricoliate it up so thas right for their needs.
That were nice t’see sum sheep down in the middle o’the village tuther day. I hed drawed down Drury Lane t’where that meet Summer Lane und on one side o’the road there were a flock o’sheep folded on a crop o’turnips, then I tunned round und on the tuther side o’the corner were a flock o’ewes with sum lambs a’foot grazin on sum grass. Cos years ago folk would hev seen a lot more sheep about as nearly every farmer hed a flock. Cos that were when most farms were what they called mixed farms, that meant that they hed both livestock & arable crops. That way they recon that there would be a profit in when that cum to sell either fat cattle, sheep or pigs or if the prices for livestock were down there would be a profit in the arable crops when they cum to be sold. They used to call it Up Horn down Corn or Up Corn down Horn. Yes I know pigs don’t hev horns but they were rolled in w’sheep un cattle.
I’ll be a watchin the TV t’night cos Norwich City are in a FA Cup game agin Liverpool. If they play how they played last time they were on the TV they don’t need to be a’watch the draw for the next round. I recon they could du with a bit o’luck so I told the Missus I were a goin t’send the Manager a rabbit’s foot cos if he kept that in his pocket while watching the team play that would bring them a bit o’luck. The Missus din’t say anything……….she just gi me one o’har looks…She also recon that she din’t know where I were a’goin t’git a rabbit’s foot from.
I just see that their last manager (Mr Farke) hev left his new managers job in Southern Russia. I don’t know if that hev anything t’du with what I were a talkin about earlier but I recon that might.
Well thas all for now cos thank time for me fourses (tea und a biscuit) thas nearly light enough to git back out in t’the garden arter m’fourses, there’s plenty d’du out the but thas still a bit dauby underfoot.
Du yu all keep save und i’ll hev a word along with yu next month. I were a’havin a look back tuther day und I recon I hev bin havin a wud along with yu all for ni on ten years. I don’t know if I can keep a’goin for another ten years but God willin I might be able t’put a dent in it.
Fare ye well t’gether und du yu keep a’troshin