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Category: Random

Librarians of the past – a bit of research

30/05/2023 nsford 4 Comments

I recently had a free access weekend on the Ancestry website in honour of the Coronation. I didn’t have anyone…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: libraries, research, resources

Kew Gardens on a sunny Easter Sunday

11/04/2023 nsford 6 Comments

The weather was glorious. Bees and butterflies flew through the perfumed air. Many people had decided to visit Kew to…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: experiences, random

“Number, please?” – how to make a telephone call 100 years ago

19/01/2023 nsford 8 Comments

I found a 1923 Post Office directory recently while researching. It was mostly a list of numbers but it also…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: random, technology

A visit to the British Museum

07/09/2022 nsford 6 Comments

It was a humid day in early September. Bloomsbury was heaving with tourist groups, families and students. The British Museum,…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: history, museums

A springtime visit to Kew Gardens

22/03/2022 nsford 12 Comments

It was a sunny day in mid-March when I returned to Kew, having decided when I visited last summer that…

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Posted in: Random, Writing Filed under: experiences, random

My favourite ghosts

31/10/2021 nsford 6 Comments

Wishing you a safe and spooky Halloween, with a list of some favourite ghosts or ghost-themed things… Casper the Friendly…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: books, films, halloween, music

A visit to the British Library

29/09/2021 nsford 16 Comments

It was a humid, cloudy Saturday in late September and a few years since I was last at the British…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: experiences, libraries, writers

A summer visit to Kew Gardens

07/07/2021 nsford 10 Comments

London sweated in the hazy heat of early July. After breathing the polluted air of the traffic-heavy Kew Bridge, it…

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Posted in: Random, Writing Filed under: experiences, random

More tiny problems which are ridiculously annoying

11/06/2021 nsford 20 Comments

Why should the massive problems have all the limelight? Let’s give some attention to more of those tiny problems which…

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A guide to the world of vegan snacks

15/01/2021 nsford 4 Comments

If you eat snacks and you’re vegan, or trying out ‘Veganuary’, or wanting to provide a vegan friend with snacks……

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