Lois Elsden

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Food by LoisMarch 23, 2015

The Radwinter series by LoisMarch 23, 2015September 15, 2018

Raddy and Syl, a sneak preview

I am really, really, really on the very last leg now, I’ve gone past the knee, the ankle, the heel and I’m just about on the last toes of editing. There will be some extra interesting things in ‘Raddy and Syl’, the third story in the Radwinter series… extra interesting things which I have commissioned […]

Family Stories by LoisMarch 23, 2015

Lois

My cousin very generously gave me this photograph of my great-grandmother Lois. I have no idea when it was taken,. although I do know who framed the photograph; Arthur Staples, a practical carver, gilder and picture frame maker, who had his business at 201 High Road, Kilburn, NW (now a Lebanese restaurant) two doors from Willesden […]

Oh do be quiet!

Bits and pieces by LoisMarch 23, 2015January 30, 2019

Another true story

True stories, short stories and stories for children by LoisMarch 22, 2015September 13, 2018

Bits and pieces by LoisMarch 22, 2015

Comings and goings

I dare say if I was a commuter who had to travel to work by train every day, and was confounded by delays and track repairs and broken trains I would not feel quite so enamoured by train travel. However, I’m fortunate and when I’m travelling it is always to do something pleasant, go to a […]

Places by LoisMarch 22, 2015

The Spinnaker Tower

Visiting Portsmouth over the weekend we sat beneath the Spinnaker Tower and had coffee. It certainly is a remarkable construction, completed in 2005, having been taken a year to plan and four to build. It is 560 feet high and can be seen from miles and miles away. From the top of it (apparently, I […]