Bits and pieces

This is the place for posts which don’t fit into other categories… unless they were a category all to themselves!

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 22, 2012

A new chapter…

We were delighted to receive some wonderful news yesterday. We were sitting with some of our oldest and best friends on Box Hill in Surrey when we got a phone call. My daughter has been accepted into Ulster University. We are so thrilled and delighted for her; this will be a huge change in her life. It will also be a huge change in […]

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 22, 2012September 11, 2018

Important discovery on Rathlin Island – Local – Ballymoney and Moyle Times

My novel ‘Farholm’ isn’t set of Rathlin Island, a beautiful and fascinating small island off the Antrim coast in Northern Ireland, but Rathlin was an inspiration for me. Important discovery on Rathlin Island – Local – Ballymoney and Moyle Times.

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 17, 2012March 29, 2018

Spades

Originally posted on Lois Elsden:
I love funny little museums, the Pencil Museum in Keswick, Cumbria, is wonderful. It gives a fascinating glimpse into the history of that so commonly used writing tool, the humble pencil. Pencils had a huge impact on history, believe it or not… but go to the museum and find out, and enjoy a…

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 16, 2012November 7, 2015

The Dolphin

Pubs are at the heart of English society, and this is our pub in the village of Uphill, this is the Dolphin. Good beer, good food, good company… what more could you ask of a pub?

A flower in the wrong place…

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 14, 2012August 14, 2012

Spades

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 11, 2012April 27, 2017

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 11, 2012

Foundations for learning?

Having seen how well tutorial systems can work in schools, I was keen to introduce one to the pupil referral unit where I worked before I gave up teaching to write full time. As I have mentioned previously, our young people had many issues and difficulties which we tried to address and support them to overcome in their last year of statutory education. […]

Don’t throw it away! It might be useful for something!

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 10, 2012August 15, 2012

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 10, 2012August 10, 2012

Dancing round the Maypole

Originally posted on Lois Elsden:
Mayday has been a holiday in Britain since 1978 when it was introduced as a bank holiday and celebration of the workers of this country; however, Mayday had been celebrated for many hundreds of years before then. It may have started as a spring or early summer festival going back thousands of years and involves the…

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 9, 2012June 23, 2014

The Story of Mick… teaching Macbeth

I taught 15-16 year olds in a pupil referral unit; this is an educational establishment for young people who can’t or won’t function within the ordinary state system. We taught them in their last year of statutory education, just one year to turn them around and get them some decent exam results so they would have a realistic chance of a future, in education, […]