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Catherine Cain »
Ghost stories are making a comeback
Posted on 11:18am Monday 13th February 2012
Judging by the comments on the ghost story that appeared in this newspaper a couple of week’s ago, there’s nothing like a bit of paranormal activity to send a shiver down the spine, or get people hot under the collar. Whatever you think about Darren Fernando’s claim to have seen a ghostly carriage and horses outside his house and en-route to the Royal Oak pub at Kitter’s Green, Abbots Langley, you have to admit it was a good read.
Adam Parsons »
How to start a fire in snow is a mystery
Posted on 2:45pm Friday 10th February 2012
Nobody is indifferent to snow. It matters to us in a deep-down, visceral sort of way. When you wake up and see snow, you react.
Oliver Phillips »
Time to form Friends of the Sun Printers/Engraving Clock Tower?
Posted on 1:30pm Thursday 9th February 2012
IT IS nice to note that one of the last remnants of “the splendour that was Cassiobury”, namely Little Cassiobury, close to the much enlarged former Watford Technical College, appears to have a future.
Ann Janes »
LOOK TO THE FUTURE
Posted on 3:02pm Monday 6th February 2012
A good time for gardeners to stay indoors and keep warm whilst doing some serious planning for the coming summer.
Oliver Phillips »
Along the Texas Panhandle, teenage memories rekindled
Posted on 1:30pm Thursday 2nd February 2012
IT is popularly known as The Day The Music Died: February 3 1959 and I can remember it as if it were yesterday. As a teenager, I felt we had lost something unique with the passing of Buddy Holly, by far he most innovative of all the first generation rockers.
Catherine Cain »
A Rye comment on the past
Posted on 11:39am Monday 30th January 2012
It's so refreshing to find a town that reminds you of the best things about your childhood...
Ann Janes »
FERNS - AN ATTRACTIVE SOLUTION FOR A PROBLEM AREA
Posted on 8:02pm Sunday 29th January 2012
Ferns have been with us for a long, long time and man's fascination with them is nothing new.
Adam Parsons »
Declining heritage a bitter pillbox to take
Posted on 11:48am Friday 27th January 2012
When we think of historic buildings, we British tend to go long. Because we’ve got the benefit of many centuries worth of architecture, we reckon that Hampton Court Palace, The Globe Theatre and Stonehenge are historic. Unless it was visited by the original Queen Elizabeth, it just doesn’t seem very old.
Oliver Phillips »
The French motorways are something else
Posted on 1:30pm Wednesday 25th January 2012
I WAS a little anxious. We had loaded up the car and the roof-pod with items and added our usual shopping, such as bulk crumpets, baked beans, teabags etc. We do that every Christmas and the Spring holiday when we return for a visit to the UK.
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