Friends have given this five stars on Goodreads. At first I found the opening chapters rather twee, although I love the fact that it’s set in my home city. It’s enjoyable being taken back to when I lived in an adjacent street to one described by protagonist Esme, in her twentieth ce...
Absolutely loved the train set which circled the tree. You can imagine excited children coming downstairs on Christmas morning. The train was going along through a box tunnel and weaving around the presents. Lucky children! The stockings were laid by the (beds) chimneys with care The animals we...
Lamberley, we drove through the Sussex clay of a long winding lane and finally reached the isolated and ancient farmhouse in which Ferguson dwelt. It was a large, straggling building, very old in the centre, very new at the wings with towering Tudor chimneys and a lichen-spotted, ...
According to Plomer, the houses in his fictional Cambodia Crescent “have the self-righteous air of a selfish and uncultivated person who thinks that he is a good and wise, and the ornamentation around the doors, windows and chimneys forms a lasting insult to the beauties of natural stone an...
The custom was to light a big red candle (or several, the more the merrier) and burn fake paper money in the chimneys on the hill, both of which gave you merit for the coming year. The very wealthy apparently burned real money, which didn’t seem to us a very auspicious way of ...
‘He thinks we’ve been forcing Betty up the chimneys, things like that.’ He smiled faintly. ‘It’s an idea, isn’t it?’ I said, ‘Betty’s fine. A touch of gastritis.’ ‘Nothing infectious?’ ‘Certainly not.’ ‘But we’re to take her breakfast in bed,’ Caroline ...
P. S. I believe your friend Watson played Rugby for Blackheath when I was three-quarter for Richmond. It is the only personal introduction which I can give. “Of course I remembered him,” said I as I laid down the letter. “Big Bob Ferguson, the finest three-quarter Richmond ever had...
Chimneys Can Crack Curry Cheese Chips Commence Christmas Countdown Canoes Can Capsize Clear Cache Chrome Credit Call Cards Constantly Cleaning Crumbs Cashiers Count Coins Crows Can't Count Crunchy Cheesy Crackers Calves Can Cramp Camera's Capture Criminals ...
They lived in huts with their cattle, huts "indescribably filthy" and with holes in the roof for chimneys, thatched with potato stalks. The women were industrious but "they worked like brutes" 11 which demeaned their labour. Fortunately there were other voices to speak up for crofters; ...
two chimneys and a black roof. The outside walls used to be white and there were little weeds growing out of the cracks that were closer to the ground. The lawn was immaculate, as was the stone paved driveway. Lillian parked just in front of the grill that made the gate to the garag...