Places by Lois

New Street Station, Birmingham

I really like the city of Birmingham, and even though I was leaving it after a wonderful weekend, I liked being in the heart of the place on the platform of the new New Street Station. The station was first built sometime between the 1840’s and 50’s to replace earlier stations which had served the town. […]

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Food by Lois

A delicious lunch with a friend

It’s always nice to meet my friend Andrew who I have known since I was eighteen. We spent an afternoon together recently and as we met just before lunch, having something to eat together seemed the ideal thing to do. We wandered from the station through Manchester, a city which I know well, but Andrew […]

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Family Stories by Lois

Horse chestnut trees

My earliest memories of horse-chestnut trees are being pushed in my pram along Victoria avenue, graced by towering rows of them. A little older and we walked beneath them, and then on the bus we would ride along, on the top deck so we were level with the branches and leaves. We didn’t have a […]

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