tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post4840683461823372892..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Pretentious MewsAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-7860606478178472132007-01-25T00:04:00.000+00:002007-01-25T00:04:00.000+00:00Yes, we are quite good on islands here, even thoug...Yes, we are quite good on islands here, even though we are sixty miles or so from the sea. There is a new converted mill down the road located between the canal and the river which has somehow become Mill Royd Island.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-65016890977749742852007-01-23T19:13:00.000+00:002007-01-23T19:13:00.000+00:00Round us water is good. So all the new estates tha...Round us water is good. So all the new estates that have turned what used to be our beautiful rural canal into a city drain are Waterside, Waterways, and Whatabloodysillyname for an estate whose main claim to scenic beauty is a view of our canal boat. (Okay, I made that one up.)Jane Gordon-Cumminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08908646930735620458noreply@blogger.com