Hospitality has always been enumerated among the Eastern virtues. It still subsists in Syria, but prevails most in villages and small towns; among the Bidoween Arabs, and the inhabitants of the Castravan mountains. The hospitable reception that European travellers experience on the road, the officiousness … Read More →
Category Archives: History
Sea life
The water was bad – so bad that few could drink it without disgust – but one drank no water aboard ship as long as the beer held out. The water was generally river water. We note that the river water ‘about London’ was reckoned … Read More →
Iris Rosina
Photos from the life of my grandmother, Iris Rosina Griffin, born 22nd November 1910, died 6th January 2012.
Ulvåsa
‘Well,’ said Eva, ‘that sounds like interesting reading.’ And she asked whether he still liked as much onion as before. ‘Yes, lots of onion.’ Something else he had read the other day: If you have discovered your rational faculties, then you will always feel like … Read More →
Exile
‘A Russian may be sent to Siberia by sentence of the courts or by an Imperial decree issued through the Police Ministry ; in the latter case he is said to be ‘awaiting the Czar’s pleasure,’ and no publicity is given to his fate. His … Read More →
Beach
Dear Grannie We wish you could go on the beach with us – we had such fun, only Nancy got something in her eye just when the man wanted to take her photo & it made her cry. We send lots of love and kisses … Read More →
The lost art of picnicking
How better to spend a Sunday afternoon than picnicking with family and friends?
Lally
Eileen Margaret Shaw (née Collins) Born November 1902, died May 1983