Lois Elsden
WRITER
What is a plowman trundle?
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 […]
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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 […]
MoreStained 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 […]
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