Lois Elsden

Homeward straight

The Easthope stories by LoisJuly 27, 2015September 14, 2018

writing by LoisJuly 26, 2015

I cut this picture out of a magazine some years ago, fascinated by these girls’ faces. They are Japanese schoolgirls from many years ago, pre-war I guess, and although they look so solemn, no doubt they were told to be so for the camera, they have such personalities shining out of their still faces. I have […]

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 26, 2015

People watching again

watching working chatting knitting

Ready for the game!

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 26, 2015

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 25, 2015

Nunney Castle

Walking from the village car park, you come across the castle… The moat is as clear as a bell,and fishes swim and dragonflies playThe windows of Nunney Castle reflected in the moat

Places by LoisJuly 25, 2015

Street market!

This street market was just near the River Frome, in Frome in Somerset. Now you might think the name of the river rhymed with ‘foam’, but in fact it rhymes with broom, as does the town, so it sounds like Froom. The town must be named after the river, because Frome comes from an old British word describing a […]