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I’m sure many people have heard of the Flower of Scotland, but I’m not sure many people apart from Bristol folk have heard of the Flower of Bristol; it is our nearest big city and we have visited it dozens and dozens of times over the years but we didn’t know it had its own […]
MoreAnother advert from Mrs Beeton, the 1912 edition, and if you went shopping today you could still buy Robinson’s barley products, squashes and drinks… and many other ‘new’ lines too! Atora still makes suet, and in fact I have a vegetarian ‘suet’ packet in my cupboard for when I make puddings… not that I do very often, […]
MoreLike many people I have several copies of Mrs Beeton; I have my own copy, acquired when I was cooking for myself, I have my mum’s well-used copy which I inherited and I have this old copy from 1912. This is the ‘updated’ version, the original was published in the 1850’s. I’m fascinated by the adverts there […]
MoreOur local newspaper, the Weston Mercury was established in 1843; this is the present office for our local newspaper. Apparently, it has won the Newspaper Society’s Community Newspaper of the year award several times, including 2007 and 2008.
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Lois Elsden 