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 LoisApril 10, 2016

Another ghost sign

Ever since my friend Andrew wrote about ghost signs, I’ve been seeing them everywhere… here is one I managed to snap as we drove through Dorking. If you want to read Andrew’s thoughts on them, have a look here: http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/tracking-down-story-behind-ghost-sign.html … or here: http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/two-ghost-signs-for-one-story-out-in.html … and also here… http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/that-ghost-sign-on-beech-road-painting.html

Refooting and new heels

Bits and pieces by LoisApril 7, 2016April 7, 2016

Bits and pieces by LoisApril 4, 2016

In my pursuit of Nottingham jars… I don’t think I shall ever find an actual one, and even if I did it would probably be too expensive, and even if it wasn’t I’m trying to get rid of things not acquire new things… but in my pursuit I came across a completely different sort of […]

Bits and pieces by LoisApril 1, 2016

Fascinating!

We came across this interesting shop in Canterbury… We weren’t able to go in, but spent a while just gazing into the windows… I can’t find out anything about it, but next time we’re in Kent, maybe we’ll visit! The Saracen’s Lantern