Friday, 30 October 2020

Wild panther on the loose

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The most famous story of the Giffard family of Chillington Hall seems a little underwhelming compared to some of the affairs that the Giffar...
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Sunday, 25 October 2020

Lights of Autumn

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It's one of those autumns again, ie similar to the ones of the last few years: sunny days followed by foggy, turn by turn. But the mo...
Monday, 19 October 2020

Two close knots

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Another for my Stafford Knot collection !  This knot graces the old railway station at Rushton Spencer , though the building (1844) preda...
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Saturday, 10 October 2020

Get a fragrant seat

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  This is a new one on me: on a petrol forecourt, alongside the pumps, there was this dispenser, where you can get, not just air for your ty...
Saturday, 3 October 2020

Staffordshire in the scales

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This set of scales, made by the long-established Staffordshire firm of Salters, is possibly arouund 150 years old. I spotted it in a pub in ...
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Saturday, 26 September 2020

Chilling corridors

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As if there isn't enough to be worried about in these days, some people are phobic to empty corridors, especially in hotels. It...
Saturday, 19 September 2020

Telegrams office... once

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There is a strange habit in England of allowing old artefacts from the past simply to stay in place – often for many years.  It doesn’t happ...
Saturday, 29 August 2020

Towers ruins

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Alton Towers, the palatial stately home which nowadays gives its name to the amusement park in its grounds, looks – from a distance – to ...
Wednesday, 19 August 2020

As in Shakespeare's day

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  A traditional sight in English summers - outdoor Shakespeare. This time we are on the village community green in Dilhorne, with the audien...
Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Legend fades away

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This innocent looking mound on Tittensor Chase in the centre of the county has been known for centuries as Saxon Lowe. The word lowe indi...