Oldham

Food by LoisNovember 18, 2017

Not quite my favourite dish… but nearly!

Many years ago, when I lived in Oldham, and when I used to go to a particular one of the many excellent Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi restaurants, I would always order a specific dish – even though it was an aromatic mild dish and I usually like fiery red-hot curries! What it was now I’m not sure, because […]

I was weak with fear – unable to move or run anywhere…

My novels by LoisOctober 11, 2017September 13, 2018

Thursday’s afternoon tea… today is the day for Thor cake

Food by LoisAugust 17, 2017July 23, 2020

Who’s downstairs? The room below is empty!

My novels by LoisJuly 24, 2017September 13, 2018

Setting the scene in a familiar place

Books by LoisJuly 10, 2017September 13, 2018

Bits and pieces by LoisJune 11, 2017

Moving house…

No we are not going to be moving house, but someone near and dear to us is. Moving is such a nightmare – not the getting the new place which is so exciting, nor saying goodbye to the old place which is sometimes left with regret, sometimes with relief, sometimes with a mix of the […]

Beamers and twisters

Bits and pieces by LoisJune 10, 2017February 21, 2019

Fuggan and apple dickie

Food by LoisMarch 27, 2017September 11, 2018

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisNovember 15, 2016November 16, 2016

Do you…

I was in an Oldham pub called the Honeywell… I think we had been playing squash at a club up the road, or maybe we were about to go and play squash up the road, or maybe it was after a teachers’ evening after school, or before said evening… anyway a load of colleagues and […]

Making a scene

writing by LoisDecember 3, 2015