Category: Local

Gardening, from Eton to Paradise

My grandmother Jeanie Bellew (1890 – 1973) was an excellent fisherman until she went to live at Barmeath when she turned her attention to gardening. Heather Muir, who created the garden at Kiftsgate, named this viola after her friend and neighbour.

At Home

For once Bertie wasn’t to blame. He’d seen a seal basking on the St Paul’s School boathouse slipway a few times and, as we say in Ireland, passed no remark.

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Through the Roof

That wet party, the Lib Dems, so small its MPs could meet in a ‘phone box if they were vying for a place in The Guinness Book of Records.

Fulham Cross

This is Fulham Cross, essentially where the Lillie Road intersects with the Munster Road.

Sir John Lillie

John Scott Lillie was born in 1790 at Drumdoe Castle in Co Roscommon. Little Lillie grew up to be a great man.

Brooding

There’s plenty of bad news around in the UK, EU and globally. Much closer to home, my home, there’s mostly good news.

Sex in the City

Warning. Today’s post has sexual content that may be offensive to some readers.

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The Fourth Way

There was a post about Colet House about four years ago so I expect you remember it.