Langthwaite Short Walk

In 1650 and 1651, Clocker obtained 150 acres of land plus a little spot of land in the town where he probably built a house and he was becoming a respected member of the community. The years of work that he and Mary had put into building a house and farm. The Clockers raised and sold tobacco but also gained income from other sources which they had well-established herds of cattle and pigs, they could sell pregnant cows.What the Clockers couldn’t do was obtain necessary manufactures locally all the goods was transported from England in return for tobacco, a situation that prevailed over most of the seventeenth century.

The aspect of community life I have chosen to explore is the ‘drinking culture’ within Ardoyne. In the small area that is Ardoyne there are eight pubs, five of which being night clubs. I feel that this environment is contributing to the many issues facing the community of Ardoyne.

2. The author uses sources that date back to the Stone Age, to gather his information on the use of beer. He outlines how society changed from being hunter-gatherers, and relying on the environment for nutrition, to farmers who were independent of scavenging the environment for nutrition.

1. The author’s main thesis in setting the book is that drinks have shaped human history ever since early humans were forced to live by rivers, springs and lakes to ensure an adequate supply of freshwater.

In an ad for London’s first café in 1652, coffee was being introduced as a new drink in England (Doc. 2). Largely through the efforts of the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company, Europeans were able to afford such an “exotic” drink. This indicates the rise of consumer society and middle class. Nearly a century later in 1751, Englishman William Hogarth depicts the evils of the consumption of gin as a contrast to the merits of drinking beer in his illustration Beer Street and Gin Lane (Doc. 5). Gin became wildly available in England, and became a go-to drink for many of the peasantry due to its affordability and powerful taste. It became a way for many peasants to escape the struggles of everyday life. The two illustrations by William Hogsworth depict the stark differences between beer and gin, beer obviously being his beverage of choice. The purpose of the article was to convey the destruction gin was causing, and the benefits of drinking beer

The process of mining lead and zinc ore produces mine tailings . The mine tailings are better known as chat. Throughout the years of mining Picher became known for the immense chat piles that surrounded the landscape, an amazing 70 million tons. Unbeknownst to the community of Picher, the chat piles contained hazardous materials. The toxins contained in the chat piles consisted of lead, zinc, cadmium, arsenic, iron and manganese. The people of Picher, unaware of the toxicity, played and picnicked on these enormous chat piles for years. It did not occur to the people of the area that health and developmental issues were caused from the chat piles until the Health Department tested 100 children of the mining community for lead. Out of the 100 children tested 43% had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The EPA declared Picher a Superfund site in 1983. This leads many people to believe that clean-up of the area is possible; however the actions taken by the EPA fall incredibly

The modern history of Langhorne can be traced to a house built by Jack Alexander during the 1600s. However, the area was sparsely populated until the first quarter of the 18th century. As traffic on the road between Philadelphia and Trenton increased, the community that would become Langhorne became a transportation hub for the stagecoach line. Originally, the community was known as Four Lanes End before its name was changed to Attleborough. When the village was incorporated in 1876, the name was changed to Langhorne in honor of an early resident, Jeremiah Langhorne. There are several sites in and around Langhorne that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With so many historic buildings, property owners are proactive about

As stated before, alcoholism was a defining factor of the Limerick culture which means many people, men, participated in drinking. This meaning, Frank’s family was not the only family plagued by the troubles that came with drinking all the money away. For example, “Mikey’s father, Peter is a great champion. He wins bets in the pubs... the lunatic asylum demented with worry over her hungry famishing family.”

Throughout time, New York is known for many things. However, alcohol is one of the most topics that pop in people’s heads in one of the most famous states. New York is the capital of Bars and Saloons still to this day. Walking through the City in today’s world, you will see some sort of bar on almost every other block. Back in the early nineteen hundreds, a number of different people wanted to put a stop to the madness of Alcohol, due to what it caused. The main sex that this was towards was males. Women were saying when men came home after drinking, they were very violent. And wife’s said that the men would spend the little money they were making on alcohol and couldn’t afford necessities for the families.

Now, beneath a holy moonlight, I peer up at the monstrosity before me. A rambling wreck of Ashlar masonry infested and crawling with creeper vines. The gabled roof is worn and tattered from age, the various copulas sag, their pitched hoods waning beneath the weight of forest debris, and to the north—the tower, a grand columned spire jutting above the canopy of trees. It is there where the legend and my birthright began. In the circular garret room where Sire Astor—the first of our tainted bloodline—found the bedamned tome, where he dabbled in alchemical concoctions, summoned the Elders in their native tongue, where he invoked the deplorable curse of the Damned. He too, began his journey into madness at the age of twenty-first; thus, his obligations and sacrifices trickled down the family-tree and through the most masculine of

Starting from the pretty village of Muker, this walk uses well defined paths and has a few easy climbs. There are superb views to enjoy on both the outward and the return journeys.

The fine wine deteriorates to a plate of revolting eyes after Seamus Heaney’s smile’s comparison between blackberries and human suffering.. After the author’s similes, the deeper meaning of human suffering becomes

Since opening its doors, McGovern’s on the main street of Gorey has firmly established itself as a mainstay of the Wexford nightlife scene. Attracting a diverse crowd of musicians, artists ageing from late teens to early forties. With an assorted mix of DJs and Musicians to cater for all. Well known for its friendly staff and relaxed atmosphere, a good starting point to any night on the town. The bar itself is stocked with the usual well-known international beers, and a small selection of craft bottles. There are inexpensive cocktails on offer as well as jars of Vardy’s moonshine for those with a sweet tooth, and although the queues for the bar can become excessive at peak times. However, it’s a well-known secret that the spirits have an extra measure of water on the weekends, which puts a bad taste in the mouths of the patrons.

To escape society, Vatanen ‘flees’ to the forest thinking that society exists only in the cities. However, he finds society even in the forest but in the form of a drunk. Vatanen would never have thought that he would ever see such a thing in ‘nature’. ‘Suddenly he saw something… a hairy sun burnt hand… Vatanen was shocked… and a foul reek of alcohol met him’ (45).

Dubliners by James Joyce is a collection of stories centered around Joyce’s intentions to write the moral history of Dublin’s paralysis. Although paralysis seems to be the main theme in Dubliners, another motif comes across in the pages of the stories. As if all of the mental, physical, and emotional problems weren’t enough, many of the characters in Dubliners are alcoholics. Joyce utilizes the character of the drunk in many of the stories in Dubliners; hardly a story skips a mention of a drink. The negative effects of alcohol occur again and again through the collection of stories. For the most part, men are brought down by their addiction to alcohol and their inability to control themselves when they are drunk. In Dubliners, the characters seek their own desires, face obstacles that frustrate them, and ultimately give in to their need to consume alcohol. With Dubliners, James Joyce brings attention to the different issues that consuming alcohol caused in early 20th century Ireland using three particular stories; “Counterparts”, “Grace” and “Ivy Day in the Committee Room”.