Food by Lois

Tray bakes

The first time we ever went to Northern Ireland was just before my daughter’s first birthday, and our son was just over two and a half. We’d seen a holiday programme which showed the lovely country and as we lived near Manchester and it was easy to cross the Irish Sea from where we were we […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Rowlands Macassar Oil

  I don’t suppose many people have antimacassars on their furniture any more; antimacassars were squares of fabric, sometimes embroidered, some times a border of some sort, which were placed over the back of an armchair or sofa to stop the hair dressing from men getting on the fabric of the furniture. There are plenty […]

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