Ordsall Hall

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Ben Jonson, English Renaissance, Guy Fawkes, Ordsall Hall, Queen Elizabeth I

Sandwiched in between a gritty housing estate and a gleaming redeveloped seaport is Ordsall Hall. The building is currently a tourist attraction that has survived eight hundred years of turbulent history by adapting to its surroundings. It has been a self-contained community, a family home, a working men’s club, a Clergy Training School and even a job centre.

As the more respectable Grade One listed Tudor Manor House, Ordsall Hall is exhibited as though still owned by the Radclyffe family under whom it enjoyed the most prosperity and development. In about 1510, Sir Alexander

Mer Favourite Veggie by Spud-I-Luv

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Andrew Marvell, English Renaissance, Guy Fawkes, noisette de boeuf aux olives, poetry, spuds

Guest blogger Spud-I-Luv has been married for twenty-five years to his missus. He enjoys playing arrows with his mate in his local, brewing home-made rocket fuel, and spending time alone in his allotment. His article is in response to the post about Andrew Marvell’s ‘My vegetable love’.

Mer Favourite Veggie by Spud-I-Luv

Aye luv mer spuds. In all mer best nosh mer missus cooks: egg ‘n chips, bangers ‘n mash and noisette de boeuf aux olives et vin rouge, avec purée de pommes de terre. Y’see aye grow