Lois Elsden

Plowman Trundle update!

Writing by LoisFebruary 27, 2014

Bits and pieces by LoisFebruary 26, 2014February 26, 2014

I saw this sign on the side of a building in Bridgwater, Somerset; apparently it was built in the early 1800s and is Flemish-bond cream brick, with stone coping It has twentieth century additions and maybe the sign should actually read ‘W.H.Smith, Plowman and Trundle – Saddler’ – I think! It is a little confusing because […]

Sticky caramel shallots

Food by LoisFebruary 26, 2014

A little genealogical detective work

Family Stories by LoisFebruary 26, 2014

Names, naming and words by LoisFebruary 26, 2014

Slapped round the face with a wet fish!

I might even have used the expression ‘it was like being was slapped round the face with a wet fish!’, or ‘I felt as if I’d been slapped round the face with a wet fish!’ meaning I was astounded, surprised, taken aback, but usually by something that wasn’t particularly shocking or horrible. Sometimes the wet […]

Bits and pieces by LoisFebruary 25, 2014

Stained glass

There is something wonderful about going into English churches… and I guess others in other countries, and in even quite small churches you see the most wonderful stained glass. This is not a really small church, it is the church of St Mary in Bridgewater, but the glass is still quite moving. My picture doesn’t […]

How to tell our story

Family Stories by LoisFebruary 25, 2014September 13, 2018

Dressing the part

Family Stories by LoisFebruary 25, 2014

Taken by water by LoisFebruary 25, 2014October 8, 2017

Keeping us safe

There was a flood here about thirty years ago where much of the village was inundated; thankfully defences were put in place which we hope will save us should there be another set of circumstances which might combine to put us at risk. Heavy rain fall on the nearby hills, or snow melt, a high […]