rowing

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 19, 2015

By the river, on the river, in the river

I grew up near a river and spent so much of my childhood on it, by it and in it. Canoeing or punting, I travelled miles and miles on the Cam, up river and downstream, along little tributaries and through pools and over locks. Later, when I had moved away I joined a rowing club which […]

Family Stories by LoisDecember 27, 2014

Of its time

This photo is so of its time; the rowing club blazers, the baggy trousers held up by braces (I bet Donald had his held up with a tie – he couldn’t bear belts or braces!) and the brilliantined hair. This is my dad Donald, somewhere in Cambridge, no doubt near the river; he is on […]