Lois Elsden
WRITER
Amelia and Oliver
Apparently the most popular names for babies is Amelia for a girl, and Oliver for a boy… obviously not the other way round! I’m fascinated by names and how people are named, and why, as well as what they are named. Harry used to be the most popular boys’ name, but Amelia has been the most […]
More
The Old Sun Inn
The Old Sun Inn in Saffron Walden is over seven hundred years old! Apparently Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn both stayed here… not at the same time, obviously! Oliver Cromwell is reputed to have stayed here too during the Civil War; he was born in Huntingdon, which isn’t too far away, about thirty miles. Like many old buildings […]
More
Lois Elsden 