Family Stories

Family Stories by Lois

A wonderful gift

My sister is in a care home after an accident many, many years ago and one of the activities she most enjoys is ceramics. She is helped to make all sort of things, and her style is always distinctive, the colours she chooses are always recognizable. Several years ago there was a young man working […]

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Family Stories by Lois

Wish tree

Out on a walk and we came across a tree studded with coins. The tree was a Y shape and one of us said it was like a wish-bone. We all stuck coins, well, you have to don’t you, banging them in with a handy rock. I’d never seen anything like it before, but apparently […]

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Family Stories by Lois

Happy father’s day

My Dad… Donald, often known as Snick, was brought up in Cambridge, served for seven years in the parachute regiment during the war, became a scientist, moved with the family to the west country where he worked, retired and played golf. I was so lucky to have the father I had and even though he […]

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