Life’s a Journey. Week 5: Teenage Crushes
Look, if I’m going to be totally honest with you about this, then there were more than three. But in case anyone I actually knew in 1978 is tuning in […]
Category Archives: nostalgia
Letters Home, WWII; Letter 1, 29 Dec 1943.
I have been working up to writing this long series of transcribed letters for some time. It is to be an emotional journey, revisiting these stories once again. I hope […]
Millennium Baby reaches his twelfth year
My Millennium baby. What a ruddy stupid time to be pregnant. Whilst everyone else in the entire Universe was out partying to the event of a lifetime which only comes […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 4: Bestest Friends
Last week in the series, we discussed your earliest school work. Less ‘things’, more ‘people’ from our lives this week….. I have met an awful lot of people in my […]
The Heirloom
I’m not entirely sure how I came to have this in my possession. I do remember that, some time after Mum passed away, my Dad finally found the strength to […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 3 – Earliest writings, by Helen
Last week in the series we looked at your old school portraits. I apologise for saying this, but quite frankly some were just nasty! This week we are taking a […]
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 […]
Guest Post – Are you making a childhood to remember?
What I Want My Children To Remember About Their Childhood by Brae Craig at I am NOT a VOLCANO!!!(and other such stories) I have always had a good memory. Most people […]
The hand-me-down kid
This photo was taken in 2009 when Georgie was 9 years old. The coat was beginning to become one of those things which only Losers wear. Not cool. Makes me […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series, Week 2: The School Portrait
From last week’s ‘my earliest baby photo‘, this week we’re taking a step forward a few years to those heady school days…….. 1974. Another miserably disappointing year for the eagerly […]
The Middle Ages
Oh poop. It’s here. At almost-45, I can’t really deny that I’m firmly entrenched in middle age. I mean, I literally did the maths. 45 x 2 = (oh crap) […]
Baby Shoes, revisited 12 years on
I just found these in a box, alongside a picture of the little man in question wearing them. These were George’s first ever shoes. I saved them. I am indeed […]
A tatty old box full of memories
Yesterday I began the traditional New Year clear-out. You know, the one where you use stealth to remove the toys and games which graced previous Christmas stockings but are no […]
Unfortunate Christmas incidents – the doggy v dolly ‘face-off’
Let’s go back to 1971 momentarily. I am an average 4 year old British girl, lover of all things pink, dolly-fashion-guru, and slightly shy, but since today is Christmas I […]
Christmas of yesteryear
I’ve been itching to drag this photo out, so thanks to Tara at Sticky Fingers for giving me an excuse! It’s such a terrible picture, but still makes me laugh, […]
