Postcard Friendship Friday – From Wales 1970 to Cornwall 2011…..

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Last weekend I spent an hour or two catching up on a small pile of newspapers, having a read. I like to ponder over the amusing articles that I might find. Here is one that I thought would make an interesting submission for Postcard Friendly Friday.
Published in the Western Morning News 19 August 2011
Hopefully the article can be read, but a brief synopsis is, the postcard was posted in North Wales on 17 April 1970 and was addressed to Mr & Mrs Keat of Butts Cottage Blisland which is in North Cornwall. The postcard was delivered to the current owners on August 4th, 2011. The senders of the postcard were JR & PG Rowe who resided in Whitecross, of which there are two in Cornwall. Interesting, Royal Mail suggested that it had not been in the postal system for 40 odd years,but……
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Simple Pleasures – Phone Boxes

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Julie Goucher
A simple pleasure for me is finding some time to read the local newspapers and enjoy some of the more wacky and interesting bits of news. Well, here is an article from the local regional newspaper from a few weeks ago. This article is looking at the new lease of life that the familiar UK phone boxes get. This is part of a scheme run by BT (British Telecom), called the Adopt a Kiosk Project. This particular phone box is in the Somerset parish of Westbury-sub-Mendip where it has been turned into a library.
Western Morning News – 31st July 2011

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Wordless Wednesday & Silent Sunday

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Julie Goucher
From the gardens of Samares Manor 13th July 2011

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Tea In the Garden!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Julie Goucher

A week or two ago we went to a local store, a kind of low key department store. Having a wander around and I spotted these and thought they would make an excellent post for Tea Cup Tuesday! In my mind I can see them planted with red Geranium’s and wish now that I had bought them!

More regular tea cups will resume next week!

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In My Mailbox – Week 7

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Welcome to the latest post of In My Mailbox hosted by The Story Siren. I have been absent for several months and now feel rejuvenated.

My current reads are:

The Jersey book was purchased on our holiday last month and was very interesting. A review is coming over the next week or so. 

This book was spotted on the AllThingsSicilian website and immediately appealed to me. The book arrived during the week and I was unable to not start the book. A review will follow in due course. Having ordered and paid for the book I emailed the author and advised him that I am planning a review.

I have a busy week ahead, both on the work front and catching up on some book reviews, long overdue. Thankfully this coming weekend is a holiday weekend in the UK, the last before Christmas!

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Sunday Stamps – International Stamp Exhibition May 1980

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Julie Goucher
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Welcome, to the latest Sunday Stamps posting.

This weeks stamp was produced in the UK in 1980 for the International Stamp Exhibition. For some reason it was always one of my favourites.

Submitted as Sunday Stamps hosted by Viridian’s Postcard Blog
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Weekend Cooking – Recipics

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Welcome to the latest Weekend Cooking post. I had in my mind, my posting for this week all composed and structured, then, whilst in bed this morning with my early morning cup of tea I nipped onto the Apple Apps store to see what new ones had been released. I spotted Recipics, which is described as a “21st Century Recipe Scrapbook”, and suddenly my Weekend Cooking post changed.

A quick download from the Apps store and initial glances it looks good. An application where you can photograph your recipes from cookbooks, magazines, newspapers. Upload them to the application and then share amongst friends using Facebook and Twitter.

I had a quick play and photographed a few recipes from my recipe notebook.

Developed by The Appstillery, a company based in Scotland. The application is free and can be used on both  iphone and ipad.It also seems to be available for Android smart phones.  HERE is the website to the Recipics.

Weekend Cooking is a weekly event and hosted by Beth Fish Reads

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National Lemonade Day!

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Julie Goucher
Today is National Lemonade Day! So, I thought I would share my Grandmothers very simple recipe.

Casting my mind back to the summers of my childhood, there was the delicious home made lemonade, which sat in the larder in a large heavy 1930s china jug decorated with summer flowers. The jug has long since gone but the recipe lingers on and will be made today I think, a lovely summers day in England.

The recipe is simple.
Add sugar to a jug, to taste
Cut 1 or 2 lemons 
Add boiling water to the jug and stir
Place in the fridge until cold
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Postcard Friendship Friday – Franco – British Exhibition 1908

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Julie Goucher
I love to collect commemorative things. It really all started when we bought our late Victorian house and we wanted to decorate the house with some plates and alike from the Victorian age. We then spotted some plates and saucers that were made to commemorate the Jubilees of 1887 & 1897 for Queen Victoria and suddenly an obsession was born. Gradually we acquired small items that were produced to celebrate a particular event and this postcard is one of those items. 
Produced for the Franco – British Exhibition, held in London England in 1908.

Notice, how the sender has fixed the stamp to the front of the card, rather than the back.

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Simple Pleasures – Happy Memories & Sharing them!

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Julie Goucher

When I was about 3 years old, I remember being given a penny UK stamp in a matchbox by my Grandfather.  After then, every time the postman visited with a stamped letter I was given the stamp which I added to the matchbox. I still have those original stamps, mixed in, to what became a childhood collection that I actually still have. Every now and again I pull them out and contemplate selling them, but something stops me. Perhaps it is the link to my childhood and happy memories of my Grandfather.

So, I was delighted to recently find a weekly meme called Sunday Stamps whereby, I might share a stamp or two before I seriously think about parting with my childhood collection for someone else to enjoy.

Then a sudden thought occurred to me. In Australia, I have a cousin with two children, and perhaps they would like the stamps and albums. I dropped my cousin an email and I was delighted, actually, it is my simple pleasure for this week, that her children would like my collection, that can be joined to their Mum’s childhood collection. Therefore I plan to share over the coming months as part of that meme my collection then package them ready for my trip next year, where the collection will be place in the hands of their owners, for them to enjoy.

So, in essence, my simple pleasure is that I have had many years of enjoyment from the collection, built on a beautiful memory of my Grandfather and I will get to pass on that memory and treasure to two very special young people. What could be more of a pleasure than that?

Here is my very favourite photo of my Grandfather, the person responsible for starting the hobby in the first place. This is taken during the Second World War, when he was stationed in West Africa.

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