Cambridge

Ships That Pass In The Night

Family Stories by LoisJanuary 22, 2017September 13, 2018

Family Stories by LoisJanuary 21, 2017September 10, 2018

River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, September 9th, & 10th, 1937

The last entry, and no doubt the last day of my dad and his friend Sammy’s cruise up the River Cam. 9.9.37 It was quarter to nine before either of us woke this morning and after lighting the primus we soon had breakfast ready. We went into St Ives and bought some food. We returned […]

River Cruise on Board M.C.Belle, 30th August 1937

Family Stories by LoisJanuary 7, 2017September 10, 2018

Family Stories by LoisJanuary 3, 2017September 10, 2018

River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, August 28th 1937

I often think back to my dad and the wonderful stories he told about his life; I am lucky enough to have inherited a dairy he kept, one August in 1937. I have shared this before but I think it’s worth sharing again! My dad was born in 1919 in Saffron Walden in Essex; he was […]

Swimming through

Family Stories by LoisNovember 7, 2016

Celery soup

Food by LoisOctober 5, 2016September 13, 2018

Hoovering

writing by LoisSeptember 9, 2016

Going back

Places by LoisSeptember 5, 2016September 5, 2016

Windmill… another true story, or is it?

True stories, short stories and stories for children by LoisAugust 30, 2016September 13, 2018

Family Stories by LoisAugust 18, 2016September 10, 2018

Happy birthday!

Today would have been my dad’s birthday; here is something I wrote a couple of years ago, about a holiday he and his best friend took seventy-nine years ago! My dad was born in 1919 in Saffron Walden in Essex; he was christened in Peterborough Cathedral, but spent most of his life in Cambridge. From an early age […]