Category Archives: Britain now & then

Welsh North African Lamb

Posted on August 6, 2015 by memoirsofahusk

How do I love north Wales? Let me count the ways … Especially Aberdaron. And, yes, I’ve written about it before. Once or twice. That endless sea, bound by a long bay that keeps it from being melancholy. Swallows’ nests … Continue reading →

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Alternative. Routes, lifestyles & mammoths. Plus, a fine Dusky Maiden

Posted on June 13, 2015 by memoirsofahusk

‘Recalculating route,’ she says. I’ve only heard that voice a handful of times but I’m beginning to bristle every time she speaks. It’s the inbuilt navigation system in our car. She’s been more vocal than usual just lately because we’ve … Continue reading →

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White car woman and Smooth FM

Posted on June 4, 2015 by memoirsofahusk

Sunshine. Blue skies. June. You wouldn’t think there was much to surprise a person in that combination, would you? In the northern hemisphere, anyway. But. Here, in northern England, the leaves are still hesitating. ‘Shall we risk it? Unfurl into … Continue reading →

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My mum and Aunty Maureen. By way of being a paean to a very special supermarket

Posted on May 29, 2015 by memoirsofahusk

Every now and again I travel twelve miles to a supermarket. A long way to go, given there are two perfectly acceptable ones within two miles. And both morally acceptable places for me to shop – for reasons that range … Continue reading →

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A phantom ship and a barbed wire fence

Posted on May 22, 2015 by memoirsofahusk

Eighteen years old. Standing at the window of my room in college. Staring out towards a low brick wall supporting a fence topped with barbed wire. Beyond it, the healthy green of a sports field. Above the barbed wire, the … Continue reading →

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There and back. A post-industrial journey, with cake

Posted on May 12, 2015 by memoirsofahusk

I used to love seeing labels that said ‘Empire Made’ – engraved on an old pair of scissors or a battered decorative tin. Such a feeling of immensity in that one word, ‘empire’. But I was a little girl then … Continue reading →

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The yellow of austerity – and a purple fuzzy cushion (with a button in the middle)

Posted on May 5, 2015 by memoirsofahusk

Have you noticed anything about the grass verges and hedgerows? It might depend on where in the UK you are – and whether your council has seen swingeing cuts under the government’s austerity programme or not – but there’s something … Continue reading →

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