Lois Elsden

Seething Lane

Bits and pieces by LoisMay 1, 2015May 1, 2015

Lyminster, home ground

Family Stories by LoisApril 30, 2015September 13, 2018

Iris, iris or iris?

Names, naming and words by LoisApril 30, 2015

Food by LoisApril 30, 2015April 30, 2015

Our russet apple tree is loaded with blossom this year; we had a good show last year, but the weather knocked it off and there weren’t many insects about because it was cold and miserable. This year we have had plenty of sunny days, quite warm, but very cold nights which apparently blossom likes and it’s […]

Food by LoisApril 29, 2015

Paste sandwiches anyone?

Here’s an illustration from the 1935 Round-the-Clock cookery book, compiled by Mrs Wise and published ‘issued from’ The Fleetway House, Farringdon street, London. it is a strange book as the pages are so thick they are almost like cardboard, and really rough. Maybe it was cheap! I’m not sure I would fancy paste sandwiches, but […]

Watching Time Team

Archaeology and geology by LoisApril 29, 2015

Gate guardians

Bits and pieces by LoisApril 29, 2015

Bits and pieces by LoisApril 29, 2015April 29, 2015

Zebedee Peskett

What a wonderful name, Zebedee Peskett! In Sussex where he lived, Peskett was not a common name, but there were several families who had it, spelled in slightly different ways. Zebedee was born in 1811 to Edward and Susannah and had several brothers and sisters, including Frederick, maria Frances, Mary Ann, Matilda and Philip. He was a smith; his […]