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Accrington 7°c
Blackburn businesswoman
I HAVE been to the opticians this week. I was hoping that they would…
IT is a peculiar thing, our memory. Sometimes it’s great to spend…
Last Wednesday Bill and I were off to see his son David who…
I and, of course, all parts of the family were present at Samlesbury…
WELL what a royal wedding that was!
WELL what a Royal Wedding that was! A very big event and how I loved…
TREATS and pleasures change as you grow up, when I was a little girl…
I WANT to take the opportunity today to salute our Queen who, at 92,…
I WOULD love to say that the birds are singing and the sun is…
I WAS thinking recently that I am having a bit of a difficult time…
IT’S nearly Easter – and I haven’t got over Christmas yet.
AS I look through my window, the lush green field behind my house…
THE flagged area in my back garden is looking exceedingly green…
ON SATURDAY, Bill, Andrew, and I took a trip up to Scotland to…
SNOW, hail, cold, and damp underfoot. These all tend to give me…
WELL! We are now in those rather uncomfortable few weeks which…
FOR all my life, my eldest brother, ‘our Alf’, has been…
I DO sometimes wonder when families would ever all get together…
OH! THE Christmas season has well and truly started for me.
CROSS words. No, not rows and arguments, but I’ve become…
I was at the very well attended Eucharist Sunday Morning service…
I AM excited and really looking forward to the Queen’s visit on…
WINTER is coming to an end — it’s not been so bad has it?
THE one thing that took the edge off my wedding day was the fact…
THREE cheers and congratulations to Blackburn Cathedral — our…
I’M writing this looking through my big window at the view of…
WHAT to wear? For ladies, it’s the eternal question. It’s the…
I MIGHT be a little fanciful, a bit of a dreamer, but I know that…
WAR and talk of war always scares the living daylights out of me.…
I’D love to tell you that my week has been full of interesting…
I WENT to Granada TV Studios on Friday, doing a ‘piece to…
I THINK we are so lucky living here in lovely Lancashire. Oh, I…
WHEN I was first married, I spent every Saturday afternoon…
Summer has arrived, and now that is official! How do I know? How…
Good heavens, isn’t it hot! Cold! Wet, windy! I can’t think…
IT’S been a funny old week! My main concern has been that…
IT’S wet and it’s very cold – can this really be Glorious…
IT’S over and I think it went well. What am I talking about? My…
My heart leapt when I saw the picture of what I thought was my…
MY grandmamma always said ‘it’s no good preaching to a man,…
HEY up — and get out road. Did I really say that? Surely not?
I am feeling restless, in want of a change, but to where? And to…
I AM in the mood to do something different, something exciting…
ARE we patriotic? Well, until Saturday, I would have emphatically…
I attended the Mayor’s Ball at King George’s Hall, in…
I WAS offered, as a treat, a ticket by Nigel, my kind…
I CAN feel it! Spring is here. On Saturday we were in the Lake…
IT’S snowing and I am recalling the time, years ago – I think…
I WAS at a civic society meeting where Canon Andrew Hindley gave…
I MUST admit that I am becoming a creature of habit.