BODY RUNES, DARNALL ? Every time I drive past I promise myself to visit someday, but I always seem to be going THRU Darnall. What exciting things do you have there?

Hi Strix

hopefully Litha (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=5028) may turn up onsite she is one half of the partnership that owns and runs Body Runes.

Her husband does the tattoo side of things and Litha runs the pagan community center there. Not sure what stock she has in at the moment as it has been a while since I managed to get over to see her...but when I went she had smellies and candles a couple ofcauldrons and that sort of thing, my memory is rubbish!

She may be online later as she has been posting details about the hit and run that happened near her shop.

Moon

Hiya Strix
well it depends on what you think is exciting :D
Apart from the tattoo's we do stuff like Tarot cards, Runes, Books, cauldrons, brooms, incense, candles, essential oils, crystal balls etc... i have eventually got round to getting my website sorted and shud be online in a week or so it will be bodyrunes.com. so hopefully ill manage to get piccys of stuff on there. if you do manage to pop in im the one sat behind the counter probebly battering the PC. :P

Litha

weird:confused: :confused: :confused:

ahhhh but who wants to be * normal* how boring it would be if all shops were fruit n veg or new agents :P

Litha :heyhey:

there lots of wierd shops about ain't there Liha hun :clap:

hurrah for wierd! :hihi:

Originally posted by Litha
ahhhh but who wants to be * normal* how boring it would be if all shops were fruit n veg or new agents :P

Litha :heyhey: true......i drive past your shop a few times a week and often wonder what weird and wonderfull things happen in there..........

was it once the post office?

oooo indeed there are Moon :hihi:
and i agree whole heartedly with :clap: for weird
speakin of which im gunna have to pop over to your shop again cos seems like forever since we had a natter,

Hugs
Litha

Originally posted by kirky
true......i drive past your shop a few times a week and often wonder what weird and wonderfull things happen in there..........

HEEHEE , now that would be tellin ;)

yep it did used to be the post office, but had been empty for a good few years when we took it over. its our official one year anniversary on Samhain (halloween)

Litha

Originally posted by Litha
oooo indeed there are Moon :hihi:
and i agree whole heartedly with :clap: for weird
speakin of which im gunna have to pop over to your shop again cos seems like forever since we had a natter,

Hugs
Litha

as long as it isn't over the next two weeks *eek*

nope it wont be, LOL i know ya have got enuff on ya plate sorting ya stock out for ya website :D and i dare say im gunna be in a right tangle sorting mine out to :gag:

ya know me anyway i say sumert then it takes me 6 month to actually get round to it :D

Litha

Thanks for the info. I must find time to get over there. Are there any other good shops in Sheffield? I used to shop in Pippy's and Oblivion last time I lived here, but they've gone now.

well theres Moons shop at hillsborough, and theres airy fairy on london road.
:) have fun noseying round
Litha

Originally posted by Litha
well theres Moons shop at hillsborough, and theres airy fairy on london road.
:) have fun noseying round
Litha

Do Airy Fairy still sell mushrooms ?

why dont you ring and see ? not to sure
Litha

Ta. Anybody do clothes? And boots. I'm in desparate need of a pair of white boots.

rocky horror in town do clothes and boots, i got me new rocks from there.. their prices are great to :)
Litha

Originally posted by nick2
Do Airy Fairy still sell mushrooms ?

Do you mean the magic variety? If so, there is a shop almost next door to the Broomhill Tavern, Broomhill, that sells them. They don't agree with me, though:(

Originally posted by draggletail
Do you mean the magic variety? If so, there is a shop almost next door to the Broomhill Tavern, Broomhill, that sells them. They don't agree with me, though:(

Yeah, I've only ever tried them once, and I was a bit ill. I thought I might try them again, as a tea perhaps.

They didn't make me ill, but after a fit of the giggles I became quite anxious, then even more anxious. I could see nothing pleasant was going to come out of it so I had a large dose of soluble vitamin C to kick it out of my system. Won't try 'em again. Never mind:|
The shop I mentioned sells 'philosophers stone/truffle' 'shrooms plus a couple of other varieties

Originally posted by Litha
rocky horror in town do clothes and boots, i got me new rocks from there.. their prices are great to :)
Litha

OOh! Where are they? I've not stumbled across them yet. Do they do other stuff? New Rocks might look a bit odd with my wedding dress! Or maybe....?!

its on division street before you get to the forum. not sure if they do other boots to cos i went in specifically to look for new rocks i dint look at much else. theres a shoe shop in orchard square wot does great boots i cant think of the name of it but its not shuh.
i was gunna wear new rocks with my handfasting frock so i cant see why you cant for ya weddin :D
Litha

All those shiny bits might be rather attracted to the 'scottish widows' cloak I want to wear instead of a veil. I love New Rocks, but I noticed that wearing flat clumpy footwear was changing the shape of my legs. I'm a bit of a spikey heel sort really. Pointy toes suit size 3 feet better too!

What's handfasting?

Chop-Chop, Busy-Busy, Work-Work, Bang-Bang ?

I think it's from an advert with penguins in it ?

I noticed that wearing flat clumpy footwear was changing the shape of my legs. I'm a bit of a spikey heel sort really. Pointy toes suit size 3 feet better too!

What's handfasting?

yeah i know what you mean , my legs have gone right stumpy from wearin mine all the time:( but they are soooo comfy. im only 4ft 10 so used to wear nothing but big spikey heals but i must be getting old now cos i prefere comfort LOL
im only a size 2 and honestly they dont make my feet look big at all ( me mam wudda told me:hihi: )

Handfasting- Pagan wedding,

Litha

Originally posted by nick2
Chop-Chop, Busy-Busy, Work-Work, Bang-Bang ?

I think it's from an advert with penguins in it ?

LO LOL :P Wot ya on about ?

Originally posted by nick2
Chop-Chop, Busy-Busy, Work-Work, Bang-Bang ?

I think it's from an advert with penguins in it ?

GREAT! What were they doing?

Originally posted by Litha
LO LOL :P Wot ya on about ?

It's my signature! My favourite hobby is DIY. My sister says it and laughs at me when I'm covered in sawdust/plasterdust/paint.

Originally posted by Litha

yeah i know what you mean , my legs have gone right stumpy from wearin mine all the time:( but they are soooo comfy. im only 4ft 10 so used to wear nothing but big spikey heals but i must be getting old now cos i prefere comfort LOL
im only a size 2 and honestly they dont make my feet look big at all ( me mam wudda told me:hihi: )

Handfasting- Pagan wedding,

Litha

These legs used to be able to stop traffic. Quite an achievement for somebody of 5ft. Those days are over. I feel old.
These feet are only a size 21/2, so half insoles and socks were essential to get any boots to fit. I have a warped sense of humour - it used to tickle me turning up to Roxy's rock night in a drop-dead outfit and when a bloke ran his eyes all over the ensemble, I would try to picture his face if he could see the bright red socks with cartoon goggle-eyed green spotty snakes lurking in the 'don't f**k with me!' boots. Removing the boots was something of a party trick!! (reserved for when a gang of us had staggered home).

Handfasting - do tell more.

Handfasting - is currently a wedding that cannot take place as a legal wedding in England and Wales (scotland has just had it's first)
Handfastings can take place anywhere the couple see fit to, it is usually outside. Organisations like Life Rites can organise people to lead the handfasting if you are nto part of a coven or do not have access to a High Priest or Priestess.
A handfasting in some respects is very much like a civil wedding in that the couple design it to suit what they want. They write their lines to each other and their promises..the difference being that there may be a religious element to it if the couple honour pagan diety (Thor, Demeter, Diana, Herne et al)

The religion of Wicca has a wedding that means you have a choice for your marriage..you can marry for a year and a day, for the rest of your life or eternity binding your souls together. I think jumping the broomstick is involved there after the wedding aswell.

Beccause the law currently doesn't recognise paganism as a valid faith (despite it being the 8th largest religion in England and wales source national statistics 2001 census) it means many pagans who choose to be soley married through their faith are left out of legalities for married people. Many pagans choose to have a registry office wedding for the paperwork and then do the important bit later.

The ritual is really down to the couple and what tradition they follows as to how it will progress...it is customary to finish with the great rite, though many couples choose to wait until their guests have gone home before they partake :heyhey:

Moon

Originally posted by nick2
Chop-Chop, Busy-Busy, Work-Work, Bang-Bang ?

I think it's from an advert with penguins in it ?

According to this site anyway

http://www.shazzie.com/raw/journal/2000/june.shtml go quite a bit far down the page.

"I'm like those penguins off the adverts years ago "chop chop busy busy work work bang bang"!"

or then I've found this

"Never walked out of the cinema, but got slung out of the preview of Batman 2 at Beckenham ABC, for imitating the penguins on the old BT ad in the aisles (Chop, chop, busy, busy, work, work, bang, bang...) as they were burying Danny DeVito at the end."

from http://forums.cpfc.org/showthread/t-15965.html again near the end of the page.

Can't remember these penguins tho?

*sorry for hijacking the thread*

well yeah tiz mostley like Moon said, im already leagally married n have been for years we are having our Handfasting to pledge our love to the universe, mother earth, the elements n wot not , not just to society. there really beautiful you write your own vows so its deeply personall. you say the reasons you love the other person and want to spend eternity or what ever siuts , with them. its called Handfasting cos you both have your hands bound to gether with cord or ribbons, and yes there is the part where ya jump the broom :D . ive already got my broom and will be decorating it with ribbons , bells etc..
heehee, and i will be saving the great rite till afterwards when we are all alone. we will be having a big feast afterwards of loadsa meat , pies, BEER, n stuff.. but deff no sausage n pineapple on stix :hihi:

Litha

What no MEAD Litha?? *gasp*

I have something planned for a local stone circle...but it is still very much planned.

Moon

LOL Moon yeah there will be Mead :D but seen as some folks dont like it ill have to get other sortsa booze too.
mines gunna be at a local circle to, i was gunna have it far away and camp over the weekend but decided against it. It was supposed to have been on Samhain but due to stuff and things ive had to put it back till next year :(

Litha

Oh you are joking... I thought I heard you say something about your birthday aswell!!

If I get mine organised it will be at yule which co-incides with the legal one :)

If I ever get there before I kill im :)

Moon

well to start off with it was gunna be in march on our anniversary but with gettin pnuemonia it buggered all me plans up so set it for my birthday (sept ) but then we had peeps over from america and plans got way layed SOOOO then it was gunna be Samhain ( 1 year anniversary off me shop) BUT the lady who was sposed to make me frock couldnt do it on time , so im guessin it wernt ment to be this year after all. LOL

Yule is a lovely time to have it, are you hoping for snow ? it will look soo pretty with snow, isnt Yule your anniversary too? i hope you have better luck than me LOL
Litha

Originally posted by jessycar

Can't remember these penguins tho?

*sorry for hijacking the thread*

Thanks jessycar! It was starting to bug me!
PS do you think we'll be forgiven, as I started the thread anyway?

Thanks for the handfasting info, Moon and Litha. Sounds like my sorta thing, but can't see my intended going for it.
Think he's struggling enough with the idea of my mum and me knowing when things will happen, or are happening somewhere else. Creeps me out sometimes too. :help: I think the broomstick would be the final straw. Hang on, where did I meet this guy?

Oh, and no pineapple? I know why we were made for each other - we both like the same flavour pizza! ham, pineapple and mushroom. (There is more to it than that, and we have been together for 12 years)

Originally posted by Strix
Hang on, where did I meet this guy?


He's just pointed out I don't have red hair, so he's more psychic than me! Still can't see there being a broomstick at our wedding tho. Hmm, unless I carry one instead of flowers!

heehee yeah thats a good idea and ya can say its to sweep the confetti up :o)

Ded miffed. No confetti allowed at the hotel. Hmph.
Am I allowed a feather duster type of thing? Real feathers? In lilac? Actually, a shepherd's crook thing would go well with my outfit.

Back on topic - Do you have any soothing/relaxing flavours of essential oils, Litha?

Wow.. i think a feather duster n a shephards crook will look brill :thumbsup:
ide luv to see piccys

yeah i do essential oils, i could make ya up a nice massage oil or bath oil/salts

did ya find some brill boots yet? im still waiting for me new, new rocks to arrive grrrrr , mind you not as if they are owt fancy just black uns but with a higher leg than me purple uns :P

Litha

ohh and GRRRRRR @ Bloody miserable hotel peeps :rant:

What time are you open 'til? I'll see if I can get over there later.

mon-sat 10am - 6pm sun 11am - 3pm

soon tho we will be changing to winter opening times and closing on sundays except for tattoo appointments only


Litha

MM all
This is just to let you know that i have been in the Body Runes shop several times and find it great!! :thumbsup: .Litha, i bought an Athame from you a while ago,someone saw my name on it and said they knew me...do you remember?, but unfortunately i haven't been for a while,i'm either crip or busy looking after an ill friend of mine.Anyway, i shall be in soon, yule is getting nearer..........and i love these 'weird' shops,it beats the co-op!!!!!
BB
Destiny x

Hiya Destiny
:D yes i do remember ya, hows you doing? fine n dandy i hope. Hope your friend gets better soon.
im having a few m8s round for drinks at the shop tommorow night to celebrate its first birthday ( and witchy new year ;) ) so if ya passing and fancy poppin in ya more than welcome.

see ya soon
Samhain Blessings
Litha xx

Originally posted by Litha
Hiya Strix
well it depends on what you think is exciting :D
Apart from the tattoo's we do stuff like Tarot cards, Runes, Books, cauldrons, brooms, incense, candles, essential oils, crystal balls etc... i have eventually got round to getting my website sorted and shud be online in a week or so it will be bodyrunes.com. so hopefully ill manage to get piccys of stuff on there. if you do manage to pop in im the one sat behind the counter probebly battering the PC. :P

Litha

litha is the rose and crown re-opening next door to you?

hiya Kirky
the blokie what owns it has got the workmen in sorting it out (its a right dive inside) they are making the top floor into flats and not sure what the bottoms gunna be , not a pub tho!! we got offered it, then the blokie who owns it went to london, came back and apparently wanted to turn it into a noodle bar *hmmmmmm a noodle bar in darnall :loopy: *
last time we spoke to the workmen they sed their gaffa dint have a clue what he was doing with it, and he had took the workmen away to work on another one of his projects anyway.
soo after a long winded reply........

ive no idea sorry :P

Litha

Oooh, Is that a new avatar? I like it!

:D it took me ages to figure out how to put a avatar on LOL , then i saw a post with a link on about how to shrink piccys to right size :clap:

my friend made it for me, ive put it on my webby the eyes wink n bits flash on the full version :P

Litha

Let's see? Where's your hyperlink?

its www.bodyrunes.com am not rite techy so dont know if it will turn into a hyperlink :suspect:
ive not had the site up n running long so there int alot on apart from a few bits of stock and some piccys of Shanes tattoo's :heyhey:

Litha

I had a tattoo done down at your place.

Shane did a very good job and i'm very happy with it. Would recomend shane anyday.

Hiya Fowler
cheers for comment :thumbsup:
glad ya happy with it, ill tell Shane when he gets back :P

Litha xx

Originally posted by kirky
true......i drive past your shop a few times a week and often wonder what weird and wonderfull things happen in there..........
:hihi: Couldn't help noticing this :)

Are you any the wiser now Kirky? :suspect: ;)

And what is happening at the Rose & Crown? :confused:

what tattoo did Pudsey Bear have?

Originally posted by Strix
And what is happening at the Rose & Crown? :confused:

they still dont know, they offered it us *again* but the rent was way to high. first time we got offered it he changed his mind and decided it was gunna be a noodle bar.
the last i heard ( a week ago) they had got the nock back from the planning dept for flats on the top. so he still has no idea what he wants to do with it.

not a lot of help was i strix, but thats the latest :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Jon
what tattoo did Pudsey Bear have?

mam & dad on his knuckles heeheee :D

Originally posted by Strix
BODY RUNES, DARNALL ? Every time I drive past I promise myself to visit someday, but I always seem to be going THRU Darnall. What exciting things do you have there?

even more intersting ask litha what used to go on upstairs:heyhey: :heyhey: :heyhey: :heyhey: :heyhey:

well since what went on up stairs no longer does theres been a very rapid decrease of dodgy lookin men lurking about :suspect:

Originally posted by Litha
well since what went on up stairs no longer does theres been a very rapid decrease of dodgy lookin men lurking about :suspect:

ive been down a few times:|

Originally posted by kirky
ive been down a few times:|

No surprise there then :D

Originally posted by Litha
well since what went on up stairs no longer does theres been a very rapid decrease of dodgy lookin men lurking about :suspect:
:shocked: The subbuteo club have disbanded then? :rolleyes: