Yearly archives: 2017

Teignmouth Weekend: Day One:

The weather in February is usually crap and by this time of year, my SADS will have kicked in full time, so we decided this year, we would have a bit of a weekend away. Not too far, but somewhere neither of us had been to before. We settled on Teignmouth in Devon. More of a surprise was that we decided to go by train. Before we did this, train travel was not something…


Reliving my childhood

Found in La Belle : Art Deco, Antiques & Interiors in Redruth. If you were born in the 40’s onwards you’ll will remember these. The Observer’s Books were a series of small, pocket-sized books, published by Frederick Warne & Co in the United Kingdom from 1937 to 2003. They covered topics such as hobbies, art, history and wildlife. Intended for children, the aim of these books was to interest the observer. Some of them have become collector’s…