Bits and pieces by Lois

Silk mercer

We always enjoy going to Bridgwater; although I’ve wandered up and down this road, the High Street, before, I’ve never noticed E.H.Hooper;  the shop is in a wonderful and elegant old building, and the sign above it says it is a ‘silk mercer and draper, millinery and mantles’. The building dates from the middle of […]

More
Places by Lois

Mundesley coastguard cottages

We have a terrace of coastguard cottages in our village, and once you’ve seen them, it’s easy to spot others around the coast. Here is the best shot I could manage of the coastguard cottages at Mundesley in Norfolk. Mundesley is an old place, it was mentioned in the Domesday Book, called Museleai back then […]

More