Monthly Archives: May 2012

Wisley Gardens

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Shirley Cook

What a lovely day we spent at Wisley Gardens in Surrey on Saturday.  We took my ninety year old mum and I made a picnic. It is one of four public gardens run by the Royal Horticulture Society and the second … Continue reading →

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The swifts are back!

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Shirley Cook

The last few weeks the peace has been disturbed, at various times of the day, by the piercing screaming cries of swifts. The same thing happened this time last year, when I thought at first that my tinnitus had worsened. Believe … Continue reading →

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In memory of my dad who died on this day 13 years ago

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Shirley Cook

I can’t believe its thirteen years ago today that my dad passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was eighty years of age, a good age, but I always thought he’d make it to 100 at least as … Continue reading →

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A Boer war song my dad sang to us.

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Shirley Cook

On this day in 1900 the British relieved Mafeking during the Boer War. I remember learning about the Boer War at secondary school and once my homework was to learn all the facts of the battles. I asked my dad … Continue reading →

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I’m dreaming of a white Christmas

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Shirley Cook

Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleighbells in the snow.’ There can’t be many people who haven’t heard those words and the music to the perennial favourite, ‘White Christmas,’ … Continue reading →

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The Loveable Rogues

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Shirley Cook

I am enjoying watching Britain’s Got Talent at the moment, although I am not too keen on the judges, apart from Alesha who is the only one who seems to give any intelligent feedback. The rest resort to smutty innuendo, … Continue reading →

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Who would have thought it?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Shirley Cook

Yesterday we visited Broadfield Park in Crawley where I grew up. At that time our house was a little cottage nestling in woodland and fields. My dad worked as caretaker at Broadfield Mansion nearby. It was where the New Town Commission had … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes died on May 4th 1891.

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Shirley Cook

It was this day in 1891 that Holmes and Moriarty fell off the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. With its thundering cascade plunging over 800 feet and its rising mist, it seemed the perfect place for Holmes to end his career. … Continue reading →

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My grandson

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Shirley Cook

My grandson Jake is growing up fast. He can now say lots of new words and likes singing and dancing with me his ‘gan gan’! As you can see he also likes painting. When I looked after him the other … Continue reading →

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That was fun!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Shirley Cook

I enjoyed writing the posts for the A-Z blog.  OK sometimes it was a pain as I wanted to get on with my other writing projects, but I stuck with it and am pleased I did. It’s good to get … Continue reading →

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