17th March 2022 “Close your mouth girl! You look like a hippo in a pond!” (I intend to use initials instead of full names for the protagonists of this blog, as some of them are still very much alive and kicking, so to avoid any embarrassment, on my part at least, I’ll be discreet.) The…… Continue reading The Fat of the Land
Category: Barrow in Furness
With This Ring
10th March 2022 In the words of the Gilbert O’Sullivan song: “Something that begins with ‘M’ and ends in ‘alas’… that’s Matrimony”. This week I’ve been thinking about weddings and marriage. I’ve had a go a couple of times, and not done too well at it, but it works for some people, I know. What…… Continue reading With This Ring
Lights, Camera…Action!!
24th February 2022 I love a good film, don’t you? There are genres that I avoid if I can, but mostly I’m happy to watch all kinds. There are some movies that I’ve watched over and over again, some even hundreds of times. Others I’ve seen once and that was enough, even though I might…… Continue reading Lights, Camera…Action!!
Hi-ho, Hi-ho, It’s Off to Work We Go
17th February 2022 My professional background is in Customer Services and along the way, there have been many amusing incidents to brighten the everyday monotony. I suppose from childhood I was always a bit of a ‘people pleaser’ so it always seemed the right sort of job for me. I had intended to be a…… Continue reading Hi-ho, Hi-ho, It’s Off to Work We Go
The Generation Game
10th February 2022 As you’ve probably guessed from the subject of my books, I’m very interested in Family History. In fact, all history interests me. Unfortunately, the options I took in the third year at Risedale school meant that History was not one of my chosen subjects, as I wanted to do Shorthand Typewriting and…… Continue reading The Generation Game
Friends: the one about…
3rd February 2022 …people. How many friends do you have? I mean real friends, not virtual Facebook or Instagram ‘friends’, though they too have their place. I mean flesh and blood, face-to-face friends that you know inside out and still love them, warts and all, and the feeling is reciprocated? I actually have few ‘real’…… Continue reading Friends: the one about…
Sounds Peculiar
27th January 2022 Decisions, decisions! I’ve been trying frantically to think of what to write about for this week’s blog that might be interesting enough for you all to enjoy. As usual, my nostalgic memories have come up trumps! At Risedale, my old school, we had a pretty good all-round education – certainly in the…… Continue reading Sounds Peculiar
Gene Genie
20th January 2022 This week I’d like to talk to you about half-siblings. In these days of ‘quickie’ divorces and living together instead of marrying, the extended family is very common. It’s no less hard for children when their parents forego their partnerships, but the question of access is certainly now less skewed than it…… Continue reading Gene Genie
Time after Time
13th January 2022 “Time, He’s waiting in the wings, He speaks of senseless things His script is you and me, Boy” David Bowie ‘Time’ Aladdin Sane 1973 How’s the New Year going for you so far? I’m working fairly hard at the moment as I now have a deadline for my publication date for my…… Continue reading Time after Time
Sleepless in Sowerby Bridge
30th December 2021 I really wanted to call this ‘Sleepless in Settle’ for a better pun, but in the interests of authenticity, i thought I’d better stick to my local area. And while I do know Settle as a lovely little market town in North Yorkshire, it isn’t where I live, so I’ve never been…… Continue reading Sleepless in Sowerby Bridge
Liz Hughes 