katyjay 5,091 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Knock 'em dead, bro. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 As mentioned earlier, Tuesday night at the Bulwell 'spoons was poetry night as part of the annual Bulwell Festival. What a very good occasion it was - attendance was 45, which pleased Wetherspoons. About 15 of us recited and only one was not rhyming verse - I gave them five of mine. This was a far more enjoyable experience than the one I attended earlier in the year by the Nottingham Poetry Society. The lady who organised the event, Joy, can be seen addressing the audience in the photo below. A comical gel, her 'party piece' was her singing Greensleeves. The tune was the same but the words were all about Bulwell, delivered in a Bulwell/Nottingham dialect, full of causies, mardies, black over Bill's mothers, etc, etc. A young lady, who was not a poet, told us that she took established poems and set them to music. For her example she sang the words of a Yeats poem, to her own musical composition. The two photos (also on Facebook) were taken by Wendy Soo Mawston. Chulla giving it some poetic welly, not evangelizing. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 From your pictures it shows what a good night you all had Chulla. Were your poems ones that we have read on NS, or new ones? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 All the poems were ones that are posted on NS. They were: Bulwell La belle elegant The interrupted romance A matter of the heart Getting old I have four more to post on NS and that will be it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,316 Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 #860 Is that going to be your entire oeuvre then, Chulla? Surely, you've not run out of things to say? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted July 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 #860. No, Jill. I have run out of people who want to read them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,316 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Can't believe that, Chulla! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Chemo day today (number 6 of 10). Tomorrow morning will be having breakfast in 'spoons Bulwell at 9 o'clock, hopefully accompanied by Bubblewrap. Anyone want to join us then please do. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,316 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 #864 Hope all goes well today, Chulla Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Thank you, Jill - the infusion is straight-forward and lasts around a hour and a half. As to your previous question - do I look like a liberty bodice person? Decorum is my middle name! Mind you, it does get a bit nippy in Tibet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Best wishes for today Chulla. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,630 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Good luck for today Chulla,I'll be over in a couple of weeks Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,613 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Thinking of you today, Chulla. Hope the infusion goes well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Thinking of you today Chulla could have made Spoons, day off today! Just Gorrhup! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Went in 'Spoons at lunchtime today, 8 oz rump steak chips& peas £3.99, praise the lord ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 My, you know how to live it up Mick ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Best thing was Fly, ordered 2 & shared the chips & peas with Mrs C & I had 2 rump steaks, beautiful ! Mrs C had her veggie meal. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 34 minutes ago, catfan said: Went in 'Spoons at lunchtime today, 8 oz rump steak chips& peas £3.99, praise the lord ! Hey, Mike, according to 'spoon's price list, rump steak is £10.90. If that's what being religious does, I had better see the light. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 God loves a sinner Dave, even you ! It's never too late. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,613 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Chulla said: Hey, Mike, according to 'spoon's price list, rump steak is £10.90. If that's what being religious does, I had better see the light. I wonder if it was the rump from an animal other than a bullock to make it so cheap? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Margie. According to the 'spoons menu, it was Aberdeen Angus. The alternative was sirloin, for the same price. £3.99 is cheaper than Skeggy fish and chips. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 # 876. As Chulla said Margie, Aberdeen Angus & it tasted beautiful too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,630 Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 I am meeting up with Chulla on Monday 28th August in Wetherspoons Bulwell for breakfast at about 09.00-09.30 if anyone is about come and join us Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,182 Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 You never know your luck in Bulwell Rog, ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,630 Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Not changed since I were a kid then Ben,never knew my luck then except the only thing that was certain was a clout of me mam Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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