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The River - We Are
Cool?
Please Roll Over The Images To Find Links and / or To See Changes To The Artwork
Wednesday 16 September 2015
Monday 14 September 2015
Sunderland Vibe - Summer 2015
Sunderland Vibe - Summer 2015
See page 5, 6, 7 & 8
Sunday 6 September 2015
Alice in Sunderland
In
Alice in Sunderland
Alice in Sunderland
In
Alice in Sunderland
In
Alice in Sunderland
The 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland has seen many events and celebrations take place throughout the world, when organisers of the "Alice in Sunderland" art competition gave it a title it is likely they thought they gave the competition a unique name. Over in America a field of maze has been transformed into a stunning artwork that can be seen from above the clouds.
The work is in the town of Sunderland in Massachusetts.
See more details at the LINK:
Thursday 3 September 2015
Monday 31 August 2015
Tuesday 25 August 2015
Monday 24 August 2015
Drink Me
Drink Me
But then had a few more
And had an idea
Why people outside the Blandford
Sometimes trip & fall
Monday 17 August 2015
Twiddle Dee
☚ And ☛
Twiddle Dum
Twiddle Dee
☚ And ☛
Twiddle Dum
☚ And ☛
Twiddle Dum
The Caterpillar
The Caterpillar
Sunday 9 August 2015
Sunny Sunderland
Sunny Sunderland
And if there were two the sky would always be blue
So now you know why it's always raining on you
And though two heads are better then one
It did not help tweedle dee and tweedle dum
Saturday 8 August 2015
The Walrus & The Carpenter
The Walrus & The Carpenter
Friday 7 August 2015
Thursday 6 August 2015
Wednesday 5 August 2015
Wo Ist Wunderland?
Wo Ist Wunderland?
Monday 3 August 2015
The Mad Hatter
Sea Road
Sunderland
The Mad Hatter
Sea Road
Sunderland
Sea Road
Sunderland
Thanks to the management and staff of the Mad Hatter for allowing me to include the details
Sunday 2 August 2015
Friday 31 July 2015
Wednesday 29 July 2015
Tuesday 28 July 2015
by
Alice Sunderland
by
Alice Sunderland
Alice Sunderland
The Caterpillar
The Caterpillar
Ah-Sunder?
Where they bridge the gap
What gap?
Between red and white
And the colour of light
The colour of light?
Where all things are bright
Because it's dark at night
Monday 27 July 2015
Sunday 26 July 2015
Saturday 25 July 2015
Your Alice in Sunderland
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Competition Info
Your Alice in Sunderland
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Competition Info
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Competition Info
And you'll not need a pill
To feel ten feet tall
As long you don't fall
Before Washington Road
Wednesday 22 July 2015
The Lambton Worm
The Lambton Worm
The Lambton Worm
One Sunday morn young Lambton
Went a-fishin' in the Wear;
He catched a fish upon his heuk,
He thowt leuk't varry queer,
But whatt'na kind of fish it was
Young Lambton couldna tell.
He waddna fash to carry hyem,
So he hoyed it in a well.
Chorus:
Whisht! lads, haad ya gobs,
Aa'll tell ye aall an aaful story,
Whisht! lads, haad ya gobs,
An aa'll tell ye ‘boot the worm.
Noo Lambton felt inclined to gan
An' fight in foreign wars.
He joined a troop o' Knights
That cared for neither wounds nor scars,
An' off he went to Palestine
Where queer things befel,
An' varry seun forgot aboot
The queer worm in the well.
Chorus:
But the worm got fat an' graad an' graad,
An' graad an aaful size;
With greet big teeth, and greet big mooth,
An' greet big goggley eyes.
An' when at neets he craaled ‘oot
To pick up bits o' news,
If he felt dry upon the road,
He milked a dozen coos.
Chorus:
This feorful worm wad often feed
On calves an' lambs an' sheep
An' swally little bairns alive
When they laid doon to sleep.
An' when he'd eaten aall he cud
An' he had had his fill,
He craaled away an' lapped his tail
Seven times roond Pensher Hill.
Chorus:
The news of this most aaful worm
An' his queer gannins on,
Seun crossed the seas, gat to the ears
Of brave an' bowld Sir John.
So hyem he cam an' catched the beast
An' cut ‘im in three halves,
An' that seun stopped him eatin' bairns
An' sheep an' lambs and calves.
Chorus:
So noo ye knaa hoo aall the folks
On byeth sides of the Wear
Lost lots o' sheep an' lots o' sleep
An' lived in mortal feor.
So let's hev one to brave Sir John
That kept the bairns frae harm,
Saved coos an' calves by myekin' halves
O' the famis Lambton Worm.
Final Chorus:
Noo lads, Aa'll haad me gob,
That's aall Aa knaa aboot the story
Of Sir John's clivvor job
Wi' the aaful Lambton Worm.
Jabberwocky Details
Jabberwocky Details
There is little argument regarding the fact that Lewis Carroll produced most of his poem Jabberwocky while visiting relatives in Sunderland, there is documentary evidence of the fact, which can be found further on in the Blog.
It is claimed that Lewis Carroll based his ideas for the Jabberwocky on the local Legend in Sunderland of the Lambton Worm.
The poem, "The Lambton Worm" tells of how the Worm could wrap its body Seven times roond Pensher Hill, which is now spelt Penshaw.
The area behind Penshaw Monument is still a little rural enclave of Sunderland.
Down from the monument is the small village of Cox Green.
In the village there is a small well, which is known as Alice's Well, which was rebuilt in 1895. It is commonly thought the well was named after Alice (Liddell), though I have never been able to find conclusive evidence, it could be truth.
With a number of events taking place in Sunderland to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland there has been a renewed interest in the story and you never know one day conclusive evidence might be found.
A decade before the publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking-Glass, Carroll wrote the first stanza to what would become "Jabberwocky" while in Croft on Tees, close to Darlington, where he lived as a child, and printed it in 1855 in Mischmasch, a periodical he wrote and illustrated for the amusement of his family. The piece was titled "Stanza of Anglo-Saxon Poetry" and read:
Twas bryllyg, and ye slythy toves
Did gyre and gymble in ye wabe:
All mimsy were ye borogoves;
And ye mome raths outgrabe.
Carroll wrote the letter-combination ye throughout the poem instead of the word the, using the letter Y in place of the letter þ (Thorn) in combination with the superscript E, as in þe, a common abbreviation for the word the in middle and early modern English, presumably to create a pseudo-archaic impression.
The rest of the poem was written during Carroll's stay with relatives at Whitburn, near Sunderland. The story may have been partly inspired by the local Sunderland area legend of the Lambton Worm.
Source:
Cox Green
Cox Green
Cox Green around 1900Cox Green is a small village on the south bank of the river Wear (pronounced We-Are), which is near Pensaw Hill. Inserted into the image of the village I have placed a small photograph of Alice's Well, when the well was rebuilt in 1895 it was the only source of fresh water in the village.
Alice in Sunderland series II of IV
- by JAG -
AKA Geordie Gardiner
Alice in Sunderland series II of IV
- by JAG -
AKA Geordie Gardiner
- by JAG -
AKA Geordie Gardiner
Alice in Sunderland No. I of series II
Monday 20 July 2015
Sunday 19 July 2015
Saturday 18 July 2015
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