Ypres

The story of Alfred Prop

The Pity of War by LoisNovember 11, 2021November 10, 2021

Writing by LoisSeptember 22, 2014September 22, 2014

A hundred years ago today… sacrifice

While in St Andrews Church Burnham-on-Sea, we came across this plaque; it’s not very clear, partly because it was in a difficult place for me to photograph, but also because it was darkened by age. ‘To the memory of Cecil William Holt, midshipman, who drowned in action at sea 22nd September 1914, aged 15. Second […]

Serjeant Prop at Ypres

Poems by LoisJune 26, 2014November 10, 2021

Bits and pieces by LoisJune 25, 2014

Time for tea?

A cup of tea in Ypres and this is the heaviest teapot I have ever come across! It has an elegant and unusual design, but I wonder if it is to stop light-fingered customers taking them home?