Fenny Goldfish

@fennygoldfish.bsky.social

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Likes: Gin, Greece, martial arts, movies, family history, travel Instablock: fake engagements, unknown "business" accounts, influencers, crypto-idiots. Middle class woman of a certain age. Knows how to deal with stupid people.

Photo of a white building used as the hotel in the film Local Hero. Photo attribution - John Allan / "We have an injured rabbit also..."
Norwegian flag hanging over the top of a painting. R2D2 below.
A photo of a Treasury of My Naughty Little Sister stories.
Postbox with E2R plaque.
Paperback copy of The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome by Arthur Ransome.
Screenshot of solar panels output on the day they were installed.
English - German / German - English Iron and Steel Dictionary. 2nd Edition.
Update cards for 2 trainee Guide Dog puppies. Hetty is a black Labrador and Buzz is a fluffy little Golden Retriever cross.
A scone split into two halves. One piece has cream and jam, the other half has jam and cream.
2 cartoon pictures of a man watching telly. The first is captioned World Cup 1998, the man is young and slim and watching a fat CRT television. The second is captioned World Cup 2026, the man is older with a beer belly and watching a slim LED television.
Two crows sitting on a pair of chimney pots.
Photo of a woman standing on a beach at the water's edge in evening sun.
A photo of a sailboat moored on a lake at sunset.
Weather forecast showing current weather 16C and cloudy, with 19C & thunderstorm tomorrow and 17C & rain on Wednesday
Screenshot showing PV production 969.9 kWh for the month of June, with export to grid of 737.7 kWh.
My ability to remember song lyrics from the 80s far exceeds my ability to remember why I walked into the kitchen.
Screenshot of a news item showing a photo of a turqouise and white rosette. Headline: Reform UK expels three candidates after BNP links uncovered Sub heading: Reform UK has expelled three of its local election candidates after a joint investigation revealed their historical links to the fascist BNP.
Graphic showing details of daily PV production, usage and export.
A post with a photo of a West Yorkshire canal showing a bridge and a barge next to a post with an artist drawing of a bridge over a canal with 2 barges.
Overview of themes Ordinariness and dislocation The poem uses a budget hotel room as a deliberately unromantic setting to explore emotional and psychological dislocation. The generic, interchangeable space of the Travelodge reinforces a sense of being unmoored—from home, history, and a stable sense of self. Place, class, and regional identity Dudley is not treated as a picturesque location but as a charged, specific place. The poem reflects on how working‑class and Black Country landscapes are often overlooked or reduced to clichés, and it quietly resists that flattening by insisting on their emotional weight. Embodiment and vulnerability The focus on sleeping or waking draws attention to the body at its most unguarded. Fatigue, exposure, and partial consciousness become ways of thinking about how the self navigates hostile or indifferent environments. Public spaces versus private selves A hotel room is both intimate and impersonal: countless people pass through it, yet it temporarily holds private thoughts and fears. The poem dwells in this tension, showing how inner life persists even in spaces designed to erase individuality. Muted resistance Rather than overt protest, the poem offers a quiet act of attention. By taking a location associated with cheapness and transience seriously, it challenges assumptions about what is worthy of poetic scrutiny, giving dignity to marginal, everyday experience.
🪼*****Copilot Response******* The poem “On waking in a Dudley Travelodge” was written by Liz Berry. Liz Berry is a contemporary British poet from the West Midlands (the Black Country), and Dudley frequently features in her work. The poem appears in magazine and anthology contexts associated with modern UK poetry and is often cited as an example of Berry’s writing rooted in place, class, and regional identity. Source confirmation: Liz Berry is widely credited as the author of “On waking in a Dudley Travelodge” in discussions of her published poems and readings [simonandschuster.com] If you’d like, I can: Point you to where the poem has been published or performed Give a short critical overview of the poem’s themes (without quoting the text) List other Liz Berry poems set in the Black Country
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Halfords offers on sub zero screen wash and de-icing sprays.
Two men sit on a harbour wall by a phone box.
Screenshot of Electricity Insights. Yesterday's breakdown You're using less electricity than you usually do. Yesterday 0.10 kWh 4 April 0.18kWh Your weekly usage You're using more electricity during Day rate periods than Night rate periods Day rate 59% Night rate 41%
Supermarket shelves stacked with Easter eggs and sweets.
A cinema listing for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, with 22 showings starting between 9am and 9pm.
Battered copy of the Good Housekeeping Cookery Book, published 1948, 1958 reprint.
Lego Luke arrives in the control room and is faced with 3 dark troopers.
Lego Luke Skywalker wearing a black outfit and cloak, holding a green light sabre. Three Lego Dark Troopers in black outfits holding blasters.
A glass vase with white roses and purple tulips.
A red, white and blue hat with Captain America's uniform pattern.
Red, white, blue & yellow hat with Wonder Woman logo
Membership card for Historical Royal Palaces, expiry date 28/02/2126.
Screenshot of solar management app, showing 17kWh of PV production and 12.7kWh exported to the grid.
Screenshot of solar app showing 12.9kWh production for the day.
B&w photo of a group of families sitting on the front steps of a seaside holiday house 1965.
A copy of the book Arthur Ransome and Capt. Flint's Trunk by Christina Hardyment.
An old fashioned driving licence in the form of a cardboard booklet with the licence holder's name, address & signature on the inside cover. Subsequently renewed every 3 years with supplementary coupons stuck in the other side. Each renewal is for 3 years.