Monthly Archives: January 2011

Southend-on-Sea

Posted on January 27, 2011 by chezgardner

No one could call Southend pretty. But on a drizzly, damp January day when we had the entire, and mostly closed for the season, sea-front to ourselves, and the oil refinery and Canvey Island were blurred by the misty rain, there … Continue reading →

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Tri-ang Baby Walker

Posted on January 23, 2011 by chezgardner

Why have bright shiny new things when you can have beautiful battered old things? I picked this Tri-ang Baby Walker up for the princely sum of £2.00 yesterday. We don’t need it and certainly don’t have the space for it, but … Continue reading →

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Hopping

Posted on January 7, 2011 by chezgardner

After saying this week how much I enjoyed Melanie McGrath’s Hopping : the hidden lives of an East End hop picking family I was overjoyed to discover later that day a photograph of my 13 year-old granddad, Arthur (fourth from left), hopping … Continue reading →

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Best reads in 2010

Posted on January 5, 2011 by chezgardner

I borrowed a whopping 57 books from the library during 2010. I never read all of them, but that’s the beauty of a library – if you aren’t enjoying the book you simply return it to the lovely Librarian and it … Continue reading →

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Harvest Field

Posted on January 1, 2011 by chezgardner

I picked up a gorgeous second-hand (or may I use the vintage word?) set of J&G Meakin’s Harvest Field plates recently and we’ve been eating our breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, cakes and post-wine fest munchies on them ever since. When it comes to … Continue reading →

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