After a *very* long lie-in, I went for a stroll around West Didsbury in the afternoon in the rain, and called in to a tea shop called 'And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon' for a pot of tea and a gooey chocolate brownie MMmmmmm :o)
It was my first visit to this particular teashop, even though it's been there for a year. It had some lovely touches - the teapot came with a knitted cosy, the sugar bowl had tongs, and there are cabinets around the room with olde-style cakestands, and vintage packaging.
Even the loo was nicely done out, with this old-fashioned weighing scale as the spare loo-roll holder! It reminded me of my first job, back in the late 70s, in a local greengrocers, where I would regularly use a scale just like this to weigh out fruit and veg, using the pointer to read off the price. "11oz of loo-roll, at 22 pence a pound, that'll be 15 1/2 pence, please!"
cracking image sarah ...... i actually saw one of these old scales at a garden centre today........yes a garden centre...it was a 'mock up' old post office......work that out...a mock up old post office at a garden centre !! We are a strange lot in Nottingham !
@snipsnap@sleepdozer57 Thank you - there's a self-portraint in the reflection too - well, of the camera at least! :o)
@phil_howcroft Thank you - oh, and there were three rolls in the weighing pan! Sounds like you had an interesting day out - will you be posting (geddit?) a photo? :o)
@sarahhorsfall well sarah , i did not have my camera although I may return for an easy shot......the 'mock up' post office was a promoting christmas cards and led you into the 'christmas lights 'and other items of festive gifts ...yes christmas has come early !!!
@phil_howcroft Yes, I keep seeing more and more christmas stuff at the supermarket. Only 76 days to Christmas, now!! I can't think about christmas until after Bonfire Night :o)
October 9th, 2011
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Anyway .that's a lot of 'loo roll' :)
The POV and framing are excellent
@phil_howcroft Thank you - oh, and there were three rolls in the weighing pan! Sounds like you had an interesting day out - will you be posting (geddit?) a photo? :o)