Thank you Wendy! I think the building was demolished and has now become a bank. The sketch was from my father’s book A Family Way. Happy to send you a copy of the chapter that describes it. Do feel free to subscribe to my Substack. I don’t have the courage to try to charge for my ramblings!
I was happy to see another post from you appear on Substack. I had forgotten that you had American roots. Just what do you mean that all the “best” people start their lives in Nebraska!! 😄 Don’t forget that some of your readers are American and not a lot of people are from that sparsely populated state! (Just had to give you a hard time Richard)
I loved seeing the postcard of Wisbech. And the old postcard of Scottsbluff near the Badlands. A name derived from the Lakota word “mako sica”. When French fur trappers passed through this area, they referred to it as “les mauvaises terres a traveser”-meaning, the bad lands to cross. The canyons, buttes, and clay (that was slick after a rain) contributed to the name & reputation. So there is a little unsolicited American history lesson.
I watch Escape to the Country on Brit Box so I love seeing and hearing about little villages & places with so much history.
That you fell 12 ft down as a little child was scary! What are you made of to survive that! The description of your mother’s medical practice gave me visions of the tv shows Heartbeat & Call the Mid-Wife!
Thank you for these writings. I love having something other than trump’s latest Fascist rant to read. But things have changed…We Will Get those pathetic trump supporters out of our politics. There is renewed hope with the Harris Walz ticket. Many of us haven’t been able to exhale for eight years. Biden has done a great job, but trump & his ilk were kept in the news by the right wing monopoly of our press.
It’s not working anymore and I hope to have a very happy story to tell you in November after elections here!
Ok then SOME of the best people come from Nebraska. Many years ago the English radio journalist Alistair Cooke (who produced a Letter from America each week) devoted a whole broadcast to extolling Nebraska. And back in 1966 I too wrote a little piece in the Lincoln Star praising the state. Because of my family roots (starting as homesteaders) it has always been special for me. Good luck to you all come November 5th. I am sure it will not be an easy task to see off Herr Tump!
What a lovely bed time story for me. It’s 8 o’clock here in my part of the States and I usually read before nodding off, but not often on my phone. I’m glad I made an exception this evening. I’m enjoying your book still too.
That is so fascinating..I love the story about your mother and her surgery..it is true that GP practise has drastically changed (as has probably everything else!). Researching the history of my current Victorian house, I discovered that there was a midwife who helped with the delivery of all the home births local to mine! I absolutely loved picturing her in her morris minors and lucky you to pass your test in one..I learnt to drive in my first car..a Skoda Estelle 😅 Does your parents flat still exist?
Loved this. I’m heading out at lunch to figure out which house their flat was in!
Thank you Wendy! I think the building was demolished and has now become a bank. The sketch was from my father’s book A Family Way. Happy to send you a copy of the chapter that describes it. Do feel free to subscribe to my Substack. I don’t have the courage to try to charge for my ramblings!
I was happy to see another post from you appear on Substack. I had forgotten that you had American roots. Just what do you mean that all the “best” people start their lives in Nebraska!! 😄 Don’t forget that some of your readers are American and not a lot of people are from that sparsely populated state! (Just had to give you a hard time Richard)
I loved seeing the postcard of Wisbech. And the old postcard of Scottsbluff near the Badlands. A name derived from the Lakota word “mako sica”. When French fur trappers passed through this area, they referred to it as “les mauvaises terres a traveser”-meaning, the bad lands to cross. The canyons, buttes, and clay (that was slick after a rain) contributed to the name & reputation. So there is a little unsolicited American history lesson.
I watch Escape to the Country on Brit Box so I love seeing and hearing about little villages & places with so much history.
That you fell 12 ft down as a little child was scary! What are you made of to survive that! The description of your mother’s medical practice gave me visions of the tv shows Heartbeat & Call the Mid-Wife!
Thank you for these writings. I love having something other than trump’s latest Fascist rant to read. But things have changed…We Will Get those pathetic trump supporters out of our politics. There is renewed hope with the Harris Walz ticket. Many of us haven’t been able to exhale for eight years. Biden has done a great job, but trump & his ilk were kept in the news by the right wing monopoly of our press.
It’s not working anymore and I hope to have a very happy story to tell you in November after elections here!
Ok then SOME of the best people come from Nebraska. Many years ago the English radio journalist Alistair Cooke (who produced a Letter from America each week) devoted a whole broadcast to extolling Nebraska. And back in 1966 I too wrote a little piece in the Lincoln Star praising the state. Because of my family roots (starting as homesteaders) it has always been special for me. Good luck to you all come November 5th. I am sure it will not be an easy task to see off Herr Tump!
I would quite like to read a book about this travelling English con man. I imagine he could be played by Robert Downey Jr in the screen adaptation!
I know nothing about the man but I imagine him to be something like the character played by Ryan O’Neal in Paper Moon (even though he was American)
What a lovely bed time story for me. It’s 8 o’clock here in my part of the States and I usually read before nodding off, but not often on my phone. I’m glad I made an exception this evening. I’m enjoying your book still too.
What a kind comment Katharine. Thank you so much!
That is so fascinating..I love the story about your mother and her surgery..it is true that GP practise has drastically changed (as has probably everything else!). Researching the history of my current Victorian house, I discovered that there was a midwife who helped with the delivery of all the home births local to mine! I absolutely loved picturing her in her morris minors and lucky you to pass your test in one..I learnt to drive in my first car..a Skoda Estelle 😅 Does your parents flat still exist?