to all the Experience UK team
Woon
Jun
Kyle
Kate
Hamza
Jay
Jib
Freida
Happy Christmas
and
a Wonderful New Year!
from Lorenzo
Monday, 23 December 2013
Saturday, 14 December 2013
some pictures of an experience in Leek Market
This sheep was too cute to become food
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| Font |
This font is used for the baptism of children
Every part of the church reminds me of some horror movies
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| a beautiful jar from the market |
Images of leek town
Sheep on sale at Leek Cattle Market
The Cattle Market
Today's sheep market was the last of the year.
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| Playing the Beatles at Leek Antiques Market |
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| The traditional Staffordshire Oatcake (mushroom and cheese filling). |
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The Salvation Army Band play Christmas carols
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| There has been an outdoor market in Leek since the 13th century! |
St Edwards' Church, dating back over 1000 years.
The Church lectern (on which the bible is placed).
Here we take a short cut to the Butter Market.
In search of the Butter Market
The Pulpit, made out of walnut and dating back to the 1860's. This one was probably carved in Germany.
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One of Leek's last remaining textile factories. Notice the numerous windows. This was built before electricity.
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| Saturday is the busiest day of the week with several markets in progress, attracting visitors from all over North Staffordshire. |
On arrival back in Hanley we were amazed to see an exhibition of owls.
Thursday, 12 December 2013
EXPERIENCE UK
Field Trip to Leek
Saturday December 14th
2013
Meeting point: Leek Road Security Lodge (09:30)
Overview
Leek is
one of the oldest towns in Staffordshire, set in the scenic Staffordshire Peak
District. During
the 18th
Century, while Stoke on Trent was establishing itself as the centre for the
English Pottery
Industry,
Leek was becoming equally famous for the design and manufacture of textiles. In
fact many
textile
factories have been preserved and are now used as large antique centres,
attracting visitors
from
Britain and overseas.
The town still plays an
important role in the surrounding rural area. It has several thriving markets,
both indoors and outdoors, dating back 800 years, still selling local produce.
The
Cattle market is one of the few such remaining markets in the Midlands and
attracts farmers
from
all over Britain. On Saturday December 14th there will be a Sheep auction which
will attract
numerous
sheep farmers from the surrounding hill farms.
Itinerary
Stage
One
Visit
the Sheep Market to observe and record.
Interview
a sheep farmer.
Stage
Two
Visit
the Butter Market
Interview
a stall holder.
Sample
the local food: Oatcakes
Stage Three
Visit
St Edward’s Church (over 1000 years old).
See the
mermaid in the churchyard dedicated to the French prisoners who helped kick
start the
town’s
textile industry between 1803 and 1812.
Interval
(Coffee/tea break) to discuss and share ideas/opinions, ask questions.
Stage
Four
Visit
the Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery followed by
Free
time to shop and explore
Return
to Stoke: 3pm
Task:
Update the blog with your photos, videos and yes please…short articles. Share
your ideas and comment on what the other team members write.
Monday, 2 December 2013
Drayton Market
Listen to this short recording from the novel: 'A Childhood Remembered', by Gwyn Lewis, and answer the questions that follow.
The Questions:
https://soundcloud.com/lorenzo-ball/drayton-market-8-questions-wma
The Answers:
https://soundcloud.com/lorenzo-ball/drayton-market-answers-wma
https://soundcloud.com/lorenzo-ball/drayton-market-8-questions-wma
The Answers:
https://soundcloud.com/lorenzo-ball/drayton-market-answers-wma
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
A wonderful rural trip
Have you seen wide open pastureland? Have you touched a baby calf which is only four months old? Have you taken a ride on a tractor in a narrow road and have you felt how that pleasant feeling that nature and farming brings? All of these answers can be found at Beech Cliffe farm.
I was very glad that I had a chance to visit Beech Cliffe Farm, which has approximately 450 acres and is located near to the M6 motorway, Monkey Forest and Trentham Gardens. In addition, this farm has about 300 animals include 50 turkeys, 180 cows and 100 sheep.
I remembered clearly that we stood on the roadside and were waiting for the host there to pick us up. it really make amazed me when Gareth arrived driving his tractor which looked like a red monster,and the wheels were higher than me. Actually, I have never seen such a big tractor before. Behind the tractor there was a trailer that he used for loading livestock to Leek market. However, it was prepared for us at present. awesome! We got on the trailer, then drove towards the farm. On the way, everybody was excited and talked about what they saw and listened.
After about 7 minutes, we arrived at the farm, and Natalie (Gareth's wife) was waiting for us at the gate. Afterwards, we went into a room and picked the suitable wellington boots, as it was very muddy outside. Following this, we started our brilliant farming trip.
First of all, Natalie took us to see turkeys in a field. we did not see anything when got there, but she just crowed a few times, and a large groups of turkey appeared suddenly and none of us knew where they came from. They stared at us surprising as well as they hoped we would give them some food. Unfortunately, we did not. Lorenzo asked Natalie, whose nationality is French, " do you get attached to them". she said" I try not to". the reason may be is that she would not be too sad, if she sold them. When we left the field, I told her your turkeys were very disappointed because they did not get anything to eat and ran to you in vain.
A cowshed is in close proximity to the turkey enclosure. There were some baby calves, the exact numbers of which I did not count, but they are super cute. The first time that I touched one I was very nervous as I was afraid he would bite me. In fact, he not only was friendly and docile, but also allowed me to touch his head. I was very happy and Woon helped me take a photo with him.
Next station, we went to find the sheep in a very vast pastureland. It was comfortable to walk on the soft grass with cool breeze and sunset. I was curious that Natalie had said she brought us to see the sheep, but, so far, I did not even see a shadow of a sheep. until we climbed to the top of this gentle slope, I understood the reason. A vivid image of the scene rose before our eyes, there were two groups of sheep which were eating grass leisurely. Maybe our appearance bothered them and they stopped eating, just looked at us. We tried to approach, whereas they started to run away. Thus, we did not have a chance to touch them. Cate said" running under the sunset that is my lost youth." what a beautiful scenery!
I was very glad that I had a chance to visit Beech Cliffe Farm, which has approximately 450 acres and is located near to the M6 motorway, Monkey Forest and Trentham Gardens. In addition, this farm has about 300 animals include 50 turkeys, 180 cows and 100 sheep.
I remembered clearly that we stood on the roadside and were waiting for the host there to pick us up. it really make amazed me when Gareth arrived driving his tractor which looked like a red monster,and the wheels were higher than me. Actually, I have never seen such a big tractor before. Behind the tractor there was a trailer that he used for loading livestock to Leek market. However, it was prepared for us at present. awesome! We got on the trailer, then drove towards the farm. On the way, everybody was excited and talked about what they saw and listened.
After about 7 minutes, we arrived at the farm, and Natalie (Gareth's wife) was waiting for us at the gate. Afterwards, we went into a room and picked the suitable wellington boots, as it was very muddy outside. Following this, we started our brilliant farming trip.
First of all, Natalie took us to see turkeys in a field. we did not see anything when got there, but she just crowed a few times, and a large groups of turkey appeared suddenly and none of us knew where they came from. They stared at us surprising as well as they hoped we would give them some food. Unfortunately, we did not. Lorenzo asked Natalie, whose nationality is French, " do you get attached to them". she said" I try not to". the reason may be is that she would not be too sad, if she sold them. When we left the field, I told her your turkeys were very disappointed because they did not get anything to eat and ran to you in vain.
A cowshed is in close proximity to the turkey enclosure. There were some baby calves, the exact numbers of which I did not count, but they are super cute. The first time that I touched one I was very nervous as I was afraid he would bite me. In fact, he not only was friendly and docile, but also allowed me to touch his head. I was very happy and Woon helped me take a photo with him.
Next station, we went to find the sheep in a very vast pastureland. It was comfortable to walk on the soft grass with cool breeze and sunset. I was curious that Natalie had said she brought us to see the sheep, but, so far, I did not even see a shadow of a sheep. until we climbed to the top of this gentle slope, I understood the reason. A vivid image of the scene rose before our eyes, there were two groups of sheep which were eating grass leisurely. Maybe our appearance bothered them and they stopped eating, just looked at us. We tried to approach, whereas they started to run away. Thus, we did not have a chance to touch them. Cate said" running under the sunset that is my lost youth." what a beautiful scenery!
First trip to visit a farm in the UK
Last Wednesday, i went to a farm which is located near to the Monkey Forest and Trentham Gardens. That was my first to visit a farm in the UK.
Last Wednesday we had a field trip to a farm , it is a unique experience in my life because I had not visited any farm in the UK before
I was very amazed and completely taken by the nature there the trees were yellow and some of them were gold and red so I felt it is the most suitable time to visit a farm here in the country
Despite the fact that the weather was very cold and a bit windy this did not block us from having fun and getting some vital information about how the work goes in the farms here because I believe that this farm is typical to the , an other thing that made me very amazed how big the farm is and even though they are very organized and nothing will be left without an accurate observation
Another thing I was amazed about were the tools in the farm which are similar to what we have in Sudan with the same names, so I discovered that the Sudanese people are very influenced by English language as it is the second language in the country. I used to hear some words in English in my home but I did not recognize the origin of these words until I came here which encouraged me more to learn the English
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Beechcliffe Farm
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| Last Wednesday,we went to the Beechcliff Farm.It is a memorable trip for us. |
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| Turkeys for Christmas |
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| There are cattles,lovely |
A red cattle
A lovely cattle
A group of sheep
There are some big cows there.
There are some big cows.
This is the first time I went to a farm which is large 1.8 hectare (250 acres) .It is large and there are many cows,sheeps,turkeys and so on.Only 3 people work there, so it is not an easy job.Though it was cold,we all enjoyed the trip there.
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