Duffersville

duffersville

I’ve written a two-page long description of a street in my hometown. Here is the start:

In summer, the street becomes a long, dusty trial of your patience. Wide and loud with traffic at one end, narrow and stuffed with closed shops at the other, it’s middle section goes on for the longest period with nothing interesting to say about it. But this is the street that feels the most like the experience of the town.

If you want to read the rest of it, click here to download the text. The image above can be downloaded from Flickr, and was generated using a website that… I can’t remember. If you know what that site is, can you let me know? Thanks!

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3 thoughts on “Duffersville

  1. Brian says:

    wordle.net is the one

  2. Kathy Hindle says:

    “it’s” – the apostrophe is not correct.
    Here is an example showing correct usage:
    “John’s dog is black. Its name is ‘Nero’.”
    This is hard, because it doesn’t really make sense. If you cannot figure out the pattern, then leave out the apostrophe altogether.
    Furthermore, Shortmead Street looks a lot better these days.

  3. David Hindle says:

    Amazon says “Duffersville: Its cycling chronicles and other sketches” by A. J Wilson, published 1889, is unavailable. Biggleswade Library is supposed to have a copy.

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