This is the first thing I remember
Hilary Mantel shares this, one of her first memories, in ‘Giving up the ghost‘. One of my earliest memories was also from a pram: above me I could see a … Continue reading This is the first thing I remember
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There is a colour of paint
Hilary Mantel: Giving up the ghost – a memoir
I hardly know
Hilary Mantel: Giving up the ghost: a memoir
I just needed to know
Photograph: Peter J. Gordon, 1969 Words: Hilary Mantel: ‘Giving up the ghost: a memoir’
POGO sticks
The POGO stick was invented by Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall, from Germany. A German patent was registered in Hanover on March 1920 for a device they called a “spring … Continue reading POGO sticks
‘Waterproof Jim Tree’ [rendevous of the ‘Half-holiday Recreation Club’]
The above photograph was taken by William Edgar Evans in his boyhood. On the back he wrote: “‘Waterproof Jim Tree’ beside the Addevans Burn, rendevous of the ‘Half-holiday Recreation Club’ … Continue reading ‘Waterproof Jim Tree’ [rendevous of the ‘Half-holiday Recreation Club’]