Lewes

A tragic and unusual event

Bits and pieces by LoisDecember 27, 2025

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisSeptember 4, 2016September 4, 2016

We were just wandering down the main street in Lewis, we had been past all the little old houses, very old, centuries old, and we had entered a more modern parade of shops, when we heard some wonderful music, gentle, compelling, moving, interesting, and hurrying towards its source we came across a musician, a magical […]

Felling Baltic in Lewes

Bits and pieces by LoisMay 23, 2015

We visited Lewes

Places by LoisApril 27, 2015April 27, 2015

Family Stories by LoisApril 26, 2015April 17, 2026

Family holiday 2015, Kent day 8

It is our last breakfast together… we spent last night packing and sorting and going through the fridge and freezer, checking, chucking, cleaning. Last night as we sat at dinner together, with rather depleted numbers as some had had to return home to go back to work, we reflected on what a lovely holiday it […]

Bits and pieces by LoisApril 15, 2015

Richard King of the Romans

Not a very good photo, but an intriguing plaque. Many years ago I studied medieval history for A-level, but even so I had never heard of Prince Richard, son of King John who was crowned King of the Romans in Aachen (not Rome as you might imagine) in 1257. King John who we’ve been hearing lots about this […]