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A sad tale… with a happy ending
My mother-in-law spoke fondly of her grandmother, Sarah Jane Day who married John Colgate in 1874 in Bletchingley, Surrey where the Colgates lived. Sarah was believed to have come from Suffolk but...
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A journey back
Having discovered the sad story of Robert Day’s life, and the happier story of his second daughter Sarah Jane, I took the opportunity on a recent visit to Suffolk to go to Lidgate where Robert was...
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50 years of rock and roll… Groupie part 3
Many, many years ago, at the time when Elvis was King, a young man was standing with his schoolmates in assembly. “Psst! Pssst! Psssssst! Sparshott!” “What, me?” “You want to be in a group?” “A group…”...
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Secrets behind closed doors
Don’t you just know something has happened behind these doors? I was on Box Hill in Surrey and I was inspired to take this photo by Mike: http://m5son.wordpress.com/Filed under: Bits and pieces Tagged:...
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Reigate
These charming nineteenth or early twentieth century photographs were taken by the famous Francis Frith of Reigate for the brewers, White, Tomkins and Courage, and I would guess they were on a...
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The old year
January – my birthday, a special birthday for my cousin Diana, and I start the Dharma Foundation Course February – a trip to Iceland, I miss the Northern Lights, and St.Valentine’s Day! March – the...
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Halfway there…
The National Novel Writing Month challenge takes place in November, so we’re halfway there and I’m surprised and pleased with what I have achieved so far and I think I should complete the 50,000 words...
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The School Meals Service Recipe Book
My mother-in-law was a wonderful cook, and probably was before she worked for the school meals service in Surrey; she was in charge and I have inherited her fifty year-old recipe book. It has no...
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1950’s school dinners
My dear mother-in-law was in charge of a school kitchen in Surrey, and I have inherited her School Meals Service Recipe Book; her edition was the 1966 one, but it was originally published in 1956. I...
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Windmill… another true story, or is it?
Recently I shared a true story I had written sometime ago; here is another true story… or maybe it’s not completely true… or maybe part of it’s true… or maybe it was just a story… My uncle used to tell...
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