Food by Lois

Oggy oggy!

I first came across the word ‘oggy’ when I was in my swimming club, and we had a chant which we would shout out, I’m sure you know it, ‘Oggy, oggy, oggy, oi, oi, oi!’ I have no idea where it came from, but have heard it since in all sorts of sporting and school […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Football…

The World Cup is on and I confess I have little interest in soccer… I just about keep up with the scores, and wish luck to teams I feel I have a connection to, like us and the Netherlands, but really it is not my sort of thing at all. However, in the spirit of […]

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Poems by Lois

Cherry ripe!

 When I was at junior school every week we had singing… just singing. Our teacher would play the piano – and if he or she couldn’t we would go to a different class where we would have a teacher who did play the piano – usually Mrs Cadougan I seem to remember, and we would sing. […]

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