Tag Archives: Chester

Within Walls

Posted on 14/05/2021 by Bobby Seal

Well, I know how she feels, I have unhappy memories of Chester myself, but it cannot be the fault of the place, surely, because look at all those fine old buildings, and that splendid cathedral.  Maria was especially fond of … Continue reading →

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Spital Boughton

Posted on 22/12/2020 by Bobby Seal

One of my favourite walks in Chester, before the lockdown, was to take the riverside path that follows the west bank of the Dee all the way from the city centre out to the village of Eccleston. Here there was … Continue reading →

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Straight Lines: Watling Street and Chester

Posted on 29/06/2017 by Bobby Seal

Chester is situated on an elbow of Watling Street, one of Britain’s major Roman roads.  One branch issues south towards London and the other runs east across the Pennines to York.  Chester’s importance to the Romans was determined by its … Continue reading →

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Washington Irving and the Headless Horseman

Posted on 22/06/2017 by Bobby Seal

Washington Irving was an American writer who spent much of his early literary career living in England.  But I only discovered recently, while doing some research for a piece on the Old Dee Bridge, that he was also a frequent … Continue reading →

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Return to the Chalets

Posted on 29/04/2015 by Bobby Seal

In April 2013 I wrote on this site about the plotlander movement of the inter-war years and the riverside chalets on the Dee at Farndon, near Chester.  The piece stirred up quite a lot of interest; I even heard from … Continue reading →

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Swimming Against the Stream

Posted on 18/06/2012 by Bobby Seal

  You dreamed of this island and I wanted to buy you the book Remember? You said it was too much.   The river sweeps past Hilbre’s rocks carrying the silt of Berwyn Hills out into the Celtic sea.   … Continue reading →

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