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Back in the sixties when telephones were fixtures often the hall was used as a place to sit and chat.
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Deserted hospital hallways are a bit unnerving when memories of trolleys wheeling too and carrying people to the wards or to the theatre and from the kitchen came the food. Noisy now quiet, disused.
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Also deserted is the halls of the bunker under the Presidential Palace in Saigon. Rooms off these hallways controlled the South Vietnamese army.
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At Angkor Wat many desserted hallways are found.
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The Hallway of the old university in Hanoi is a place of calm. Both the turtle and the crane symbolise lasting power and longevity. When the crane is on the turtle’s back it means a healthy long life of happiness.
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In the tropics some hallways are almost open to the elements.
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Some hallways are opulent with places to sit and rest awhile.
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Other hallways are short but still allow you to sit
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or just move from room to room.
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Some hallways allow for fun.
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In response to Cee’s prompt
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Such a great post for this week. 😀
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Thanks Cee.
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Love this “prompt.” Brought to mind so many of my own hallways. Psychologically, rooms in dreams are supposed to represent the various aspects of ourselves, or our level of well-being, our hopes and fears. It seems that hallways too are rich in symbolism. I could spend a day in some of these hallways.
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I like to imagine people of the past in them. So many passings, conversations and intrigues happen in hallways. In ancient ones a bit of skullduggery would have gone on as well.
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Oh yes, Irene. I do that too. And sometimes I imagine being a different person in a different time. As for skullduggery, so much of that these days in our corridors of power!
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I imagine wearing the fashions. Skulduggery is unfortunately alive and well.
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Love it…😀
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Haha. 😄
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A long, look back into so many cultures and older ways of doing things. it’s good to remember where we came from. It’s good to have fun with a skirt hanging around our neck, warning us where silliness might take us next. Loved this visit. Thanks, Irene.
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Loved you stepping down the hallways with me Sharon.
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Irene, nice post for this week 😀
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Thanks Cee.
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