Bits and pieces

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Bits and pieces by Lois

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

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The best pot pourri…

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 […]

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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

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