Abandoned fairground, English Park, Yerevan, Armenia, November 2024
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Special thanks go to Sue for a simply beautiful seascape and to Janet for teaching me a new word (with great photo).
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 20 April 2025
Posted as part of One Word Sunday
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Travel with Intent 
An abandoned playground! Gives such a melancholy vibe.
Mine: https://anthropologist.wordpress.com/2025/04/20/one-word-sunday-fair/
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Ah yes, melancholy is a perfect description
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hello debbie,
an interesting picture i like them and a great and wonderful theme. i took it from the park planten un blomen to the hamburger dom and mirrored the picture
here is my contribution for this week, https://wp.me/pfnz9O-H3.
i took it from the park planten un blomen to the hamburger dom and mirrored the image.
one question is the playground still in use, if not it would be a shame.
many greetings robert
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Very clever, Robert. This has a somewhat scary feel to me – not sure I’d want to go there on my own!
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I have taken a different approach to Fair I hope you approve:- https://davidoakes-images.com/2025/04/20/ows-one-word-sunday-challenge-fair/
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Ooh, let me see …..
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I did approve 🙂
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Very pictoresque and very — sad. What do the kids instead?
Mine is more up-to-date if a bit old-fashioned. https://picturesimperfectblog.com/2025/04/20/every-year-again/
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Run around with balls I think. I’m assuming the fair rides suffered from lack of money when Soviet Union collapsed.
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That is awful because it shows kids that they are of no value.
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Not great, but everyone suffered not just children. Whole industries virtually vanished, such as the tea industry in Georgia. And I’m just preparing a magazine special on the collapse of sanatoria and hotels across the Soviet Union.
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I guess that’s true. I was thinking from a German perspective where often children are thought of last.
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How melancholic.
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Yes. I was told to keep away as dangerous. Ended up chatting with the guardian but didn’t think to ask how long it had been like that. Looked like a long time 😟
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🥺 Yes indeed. Chatting in English perhaps? Or is your Armenian up to snuff?
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Russian. Well, a mix of English and Russian between us. It was my apology in Russian that made me a friend immediately. Armenians seem happy to speak Russian, and in Georgia it was ok to speak Russian to those whose age meant they had grown up in Soviet Union. But not to the younger population.
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I get that. Malcolm speaks Russian too, but knows it is not always approprate to use it with some people who probably speak it very well indeed.
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Yes it’s rather tricky. If trying to speak something similar you have to be careful not to slip into it by mistake. I often get accused of being a spy. And I’m not sure it’s always a joke!
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Worryig ….
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They do look rather sad don’t they? Still, I like the rust and colours.
Here’s my OWS
https://bushboy.blog/2025/04/20/its-going-round-and-around/
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I hope no one is riding these rides!
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I like the rusty look of the seats. My entry is here.
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The colours appealed to me too
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Looks as though it could use a fair bit of love. Thanks for the mention. 🥰
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Definitely past its heyday.
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