You may have seen last week that we recently took The Boy Child to see the masterpiece that is Willy Russell's Blood Brothers. The story is a contemporary nature versus nurture plot, revolving around fraternal twins Mickey and Eddie, who were separated at birth, one subsequently being raised in a wealthy family, the other in a poor family. The … Continue reading Blood Brothers
From 29 October to 11 November, artist Mark Humphrey set up the Remembrance Art Trail in Canary Wharf to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War 1.Eleven pieces of art were on display around London's financial district, creating an extended trail around the beautiful open spaces of Canary Wharf. Viewed as a … Continue reading Remembrance Art Trail
Sunday, 11th November 2018 marked the Centenary of the ending of the First World War. We attended the service at our local war memorial and The Boy Child wore my old RAF beret.We planted two crosses of remembrance this year - one for Flying Officer Roy Stewart Wilson and one for my four of my … Continue reading Remembrance and Beyond the Deepening Shadow
We introduced The Boy Child to the marvellous masterpiece that is Willy Russell's Blood Brothers. "Tell me it's not true ..."
In late October, The Brainy One was working in Holland and we agreed that The Boy Child and I would fly out to meet him in Amsterdam the weekend half-term began. I prebooked tickets for two of the most popular museums - the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum.Both museums are worth a few hours … Continue reading Amsterdam | Museums
In late October, The Brainy One was working in Holland and we agreed that The Boy Child and I would fly out to meet him in Amsterdam the weekend half-term began.We were fortunate with the weather; it was mostly clear and bright, apart from our last morning, although there was a noticeable drop in temperature … Continue reading Amsterdam
During half-term, The Boy Child and I spent a day at the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, South London. The building's exterior is currently home to Weeping Window, an art installation of 11,000 ceramic poppies (which were part of 2014's Blood Swept Lands).We were there for opening (always the best time for The Boy Child) … Continue reading Imperial War Museum
The Boy Child has a set of 6x8 albums recording his school days and I have just begun volume 3 (there's an album for each school). The greatest change for him, aside from leaving mainstream education, is that he (we) goes (go) to school on a London bus. And that definitely needs to be included … Continue reading Scrapping in 2018 #13
With a change of school comes a change of how to get there. Gone are the days of reaching the school gate within 15 minutes of leaving home on foot. The route to school now involves using the London bus network. There are two positives about using the bus to get to school … 1) … Continue reading The Route to School
Pollock's Toy Museum is a museum and small toy shop housed in two atmospheric historic buildings in London's Fitzrovia. It is a collection of mainly Victorian toys. On display in six small rooms and two winding staircases are dolls, teddy bears, tin toys, dolls' houses, puppets, toy theatres, toy soldiers and more besides. Benjamin Pollock … Continue reading Pollock’s Toy Museum
