If it’s 8pm it must be Dad’s Army
No surprise that I’ve gone all retro on you again. In truth, when offered the theme ’8pm’ for a blog post, my lack-lustre daily existence let me down. I mean, […]
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Beauty in passing
I can remember getting ready to go out on my 18th birthday. It was 1985 and I thought I looked HOT. 27 years on, I am sporting a similar look […]
Childhood TV Classics (Life’s a Journey Link-Up, Week 22)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). So I am sitting on the […]
First Parent-less Holidays (‘Life’s a Journey’ Link-Up, Week 20)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). The beauty of my job is […]
Becoming a Parent (‘Life’s a Journey’ Blog Hop, Week 19)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). I had been a tiny bit […]
Old Teen Magazines (‘Life’s a Journey’ Blog Hop, Week 18)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). The long, hot summer of 1976 […]
Motivation Monday – Declaring War on The War
My photography resolution for the next few weeks does not involve the camera. It’s a War on scanning. Me versus the black machine and a large pile of precious letters […]
Oh, what a luvverly war!
Wartime wardrobes come to Peacetime Pickering! A glorious Autumn morning greeted my family last weekend. A buzz of excitement filled the house as the kids remembered that today we had […]
Letters home rediscovered, 1946
My home is stuffed with precious things. None more so than this small box of envelopes. After 65 years secreted away in a plastic bag, they were discovered by my […]
Saturday night TV
So I am sitting on the sofa, alone. Kids in bed, hubby out with an old school chum. First glass of wine of the week (I know!!) launched and ready. […]
Joe is finally a hero
Meet Uncle Joe. I never did, by the way. He died many many years before I was born. I recall his photograph sitting on my Nan’s sideboard. It was, in […]
I love being a mummy
I have to confess that I took my mum for granted. Don’t we all? And then she went and died. Would that we could turn back the clock. If we […]
Childhood treasures!
OMG, I was digging around, as you do, in the garage, looking for archived family photos for the site, when I came across a plastic bag FULL of stuff. I […]
