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Pools, People and Purpose…
…is the title of the photographic exhibition currently on display in the shop of the clothes designer Margaret Howell. Last night the shop hosted a jolly interesting talk on lidos and swimming pool...
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Mrs Sanders’ Ginger Buns
After a morning spent hunting for secret passages at Kirrin Farm (as you do), the kindly Mrs Sanders brings out some delicious elevenses, much to the delight of the Five, and sits ‘them down in the big...
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‘Ginger Beer is Back’
… according to this article in the Daily Mail. Apparently nostalgic, recession-weary and health-conscious Brits are turning to the old-fashioned and naturally brewed drinks they enjoyed in their...
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A Famous Five Style Holiday
I do actually have a life outside of my Famous Five obsession, I promise, but, I ask you, who could resist going on a Famous Five-style holiday to Devon and staying in a tower on a beach? We’re going...
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A Famous Five Style Holiday (4)
We arrived at Peters Tower full of curiosity and anticipation. Turning the key in the big red door, we stepped inside and began to explore. Inside it is like being in a vertical boat. The interiors...
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Famous Five Games
‘”I’ve got a pack of cards in the pocket of my mac,” said George, much to everybody’s joy, and she got them out. “Let’s have a game of some sort.”‘ - Five Go to Billycock Hill Has anyone out there ever...
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Toy Boats and War Games
In Five on Kirrin Island Again the cousins pay a visit to the jolly ‘red-faced, barrel-shaped’ coastguard. He’s singing a sea shanty while busy making wooden toys in the little shed behind his...
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Snow
‘”Golly, it’s snowing!” [George] said suddenly sitting up. “I thought it would when I saw the leaden sky this morning. It’s snowing hard! It will be quite thick by tonight – inches deep.”‘(Five Go...
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Touring England
A lovely Sunday afternoon spent with Anne: tea, scones and the Touring England board game – an exciting 1930s race around the country by motor car. Anne won. You actually tour England and Wales but...
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Taking the Biscuit
A pause in my cycling tales to alert all London-based readers to the fact that this weekend sees the exciting prospect of a three-day British Biscuit Festival. Yes! A biscuit festival! What could be...
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