Lois Elsden

Sequel…

Writing by LoisJune 25, 2013July 7, 2013

Names, naming and words by LoisJune 25, 2013

Professor Mick Aston… a sad loss

Archaeology and geology by LoisJune 25, 2013June 24, 2013

Archaeology and geology by LoisJune 24, 2013June 24, 2013

Spooky…. the spinning Egyptian statue!

Professor Brian Cox of Manchester University has a rational explanation of why this ancient statue really does spin during the hours of daylight… but maybe it is just the old gods showing their presence Here is what Prof Cox thinks: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/manchester-museum-bosses-puzzled-by-ancient-egyptian-statue-which-mysteriously-turns-itself-8670060.html

Summer driving songs

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJune 24, 2013June 24, 2013

Food by LoisJune 24, 2013September 10, 2018

Family holiday, Sandsend, the last day… and it has to be fish and chips!

Fish and chips.. and mushy peas… this must be the most traditional of English dishes and when cooked properly with the freshest of fish, preferably eaten outside, it is the most delicious meal imaginable! And so it was in Whitby on the last day of our lovely holidays. Fish straight from the sea and into […]

What happened next?

Writing by LoisJune 24, 2013September 15, 2018

Family Stories by LoisJune 23, 2013

Wish tree

Out on a walk and we came across a tree studded with coins. The tree was a Y shape and one of us said it was like a wish-bone. We all stuck coins, well, you have to don’t you, banging them in with a handy rock. I’d never seen anything like it before, but apparently […]

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJune 23, 2013

Stunning, stunning, stunning!

I’ve seen so many videos of the Mavericks, heard so many or their songs, but I’ve never heard this one before. It’s just a dream, recorded over twenty years ago… time for a revival I think!

Bits and pieces by LoisJune 23, 2013June 23, 2013

Romany

As a child I loved listening to the radio, especially Children’s Hour; the programme contained a wide variety of different items, drama, adventures, factual, historical… I owe that programme so much in how it educated me. One of the programmes was presented by ‘Romany’ and imagine my surprise while on holiday recently in Sandsend when […]