Post by mrkite23 on Sept 3, 2019 7:32:57 GMT 12
Where to start on this one !
I guess by now you may have noticed I`m lately writing about the area I`m from and long before the Internet and smart phones the stories that were told around this area were handed down from your parents and word of mouth
It was`nt easy to find books on your local area back then
I guess it was`nt that important as it should have been .
Anyway I`m waffling
But it`s incredible how much great and deep interesting History is in one small area of Tameside .
I`m blessed !
Just on one long road that is know as Mottram rise round these parts we have Gallows Clough , and a bit further on we have the Frog/Toad in the wall
And then we have the home of the Artist L.S. Lowery lived out his final years .
There is so much , I could go on and on !
Ever wondered where Beatrix Potters mother is from ?
Stalybridge apparently !
So the story
You may remember that I`ve had a Gallows in the stories before , I`m not morbid and have this thing with Gallows , it`s just that they were all the rage back in the day and I could`nt pass on one with Gallows Clough Rd . Could I ?
My first Idea was to have Walter not escape the Gallows and have him as Colin`s side kick ghost
But I had to scrap that Idea as I got a bit carried away with the whole thing and I was basically going to write pages and pages of Colin and Walter stuck in the Dark ages
Trouble was I don`t know to much about that era and if you know about the Dark Ages , no one knows to much anyway .
So I moved it one to the 18th Century which was still hanging on to the Gallows then
Then I came up with an Idea of the both of them stuck in the time of Christ ( check out the out take ) and it was on the same lines as the brilliant Life Of Brian film
The Life Of Colin Plint ( I told you about the name Colin Plint, it was one of the ideas of the Python series )
But the Frog in the wall came into my head and I wanted to try and get a story that explained how it came to be
Then of course I had to have a Witch in the story that our Colin could fall in love with and end up finally having a contented life
But I wanted it to be a tragic tale .
Annora
She is a daughter of Eric ( Khafre )
Her name is one from that time , but I don`t think I`ve finished with her yet
I have another Idea for a story which will be set 12 thousand years BC when Gods still held our attention . T.B.C.
So you can tell I had all sorts of stuff going on in my head and I had completely lost the plot !
As I now had changed the Idea of Walter ending up on the Gallows I delved into some tragic events in Hyde and low a mining accident came up
And then I looked at how many had died
23 !
Coincidence or what ?!
You remember Chapter 24 23 Part 2 of 3 ?
When Albert died at the beginning of the story ?
Well Kite goes to get help and gets Lana and Harry , that`s where Walter and Colin take the Shed
Not the Kite Timeline when he comes back from Bates Motel
Confusing , I know , but I will explain it in the next chapter
You may now be thinking I`ve lost the plot ( the story plot )
I hav`nt honest ! , it`s all in my head
So then I hope I`ve give you an inside look of how I came up with all the craziness of this chapter
I think it`s best not to read these explanations , I don`t think they help
But thanks for reading the Chapters and thanks for reading this bit
Here are some links below to insightful things that turned up in the story .
Laters !
Gallowsclough
glossopcuriosities.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/gallowsclough/
Frog in the Wall
www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6QEY2_the-mottram-frog-stone?guid=2285323e-784b-4a75-8275-59b202dae3f4
Hyde Mining Disaster
www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/lpfc-hyde-wharf/pit-disaster.htm
I guess by now you may have noticed I`m lately writing about the area I`m from and long before the Internet and smart phones the stories that were told around this area were handed down from your parents and word of mouth
It was`nt easy to find books on your local area back then
I guess it was`nt that important as it should have been .
Anyway I`m waffling
But it`s incredible how much great and deep interesting History is in one small area of Tameside .
I`m blessed !
Just on one long road that is know as Mottram rise round these parts we have Gallows Clough , and a bit further on we have the Frog/Toad in the wall
And then we have the home of the Artist L.S. Lowery lived out his final years .
There is so much , I could go on and on !
Ever wondered where Beatrix Potters mother is from ?
Stalybridge apparently !
So the story
You may remember that I`ve had a Gallows in the stories before , I`m not morbid and have this thing with Gallows , it`s just that they were all the rage back in the day and I could`nt pass on one with Gallows Clough Rd . Could I ?
My first Idea was to have Walter not escape the Gallows and have him as Colin`s side kick ghost
But I had to scrap that Idea as I got a bit carried away with the whole thing and I was basically going to write pages and pages of Colin and Walter stuck in the Dark ages
Trouble was I don`t know to much about that era and if you know about the Dark Ages , no one knows to much anyway .
So I moved it one to the 18th Century which was still hanging on to the Gallows then
Then I came up with an Idea of the both of them stuck in the time of Christ ( check out the out take ) and it was on the same lines as the brilliant Life Of Brian film
The Life Of Colin Plint ( I told you about the name Colin Plint, it was one of the ideas of the Python series )
But the Frog in the wall came into my head and I wanted to try and get a story that explained how it came to be
Then of course I had to have a Witch in the story that our Colin could fall in love with and end up finally having a contented life
But I wanted it to be a tragic tale .
Annora
She is a daughter of Eric ( Khafre )
Her name is one from that time , but I don`t think I`ve finished with her yet
I have another Idea for a story which will be set 12 thousand years BC when Gods still held our attention . T.B.C.
So you can tell I had all sorts of stuff going on in my head and I had completely lost the plot !
As I now had changed the Idea of Walter ending up on the Gallows I delved into some tragic events in Hyde and low a mining accident came up
And then I looked at how many had died
23 !
Coincidence or what ?!
You remember Chapter 24 23 Part 2 of 3 ?
When Albert died at the beginning of the story ?
Well Kite goes to get help and gets Lana and Harry , that`s where Walter and Colin take the Shed
Not the Kite Timeline when he comes back from Bates Motel
Confusing , I know , but I will explain it in the next chapter
You may now be thinking I`ve lost the plot ( the story plot )
I hav`nt honest ! , it`s all in my head
So then I hope I`ve give you an inside look of how I came up with all the craziness of this chapter
I think it`s best not to read these explanations , I don`t think they help
But thanks for reading the Chapters and thanks for reading this bit
Here are some links below to insightful things that turned up in the story .
Laters !
Gallowsclough
glossopcuriosities.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/gallowsclough/
Frog in the Wall
www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6QEY2_the-mottram-frog-stone?guid=2285323e-784b-4a75-8275-59b202dae3f4
Hyde Mining Disaster
www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/lpfc-hyde-wharf/pit-disaster.htm