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Grandma Briefs blogs granny buttons 17 Aug 2012 | 04:27 pm
What is it about grandmothers and buttons? Grandma’s Briefs is a lovely blog from America, from a self-described “long-distance grandma navigating the waters of grandparenting”. Yesterday she wrote a ...
Grandma Briefs blogs granny buttons 17 Aug 2012 | 01:27 pm
What is it about grandmothers and buttons? Grandma’s Briefs is a lovely blog from America, from a self-described “long-distance grandma navigating the waters of grandparenting”. Yesterday she wrote ...
Liquid history in DC 1 Jun 2012 | 07:49 pm
"The Thames is liquid history", wrote some bloke I can't be bothered to google. When it comes to old waterways stories, we Brits tend to think we have the market cornered. Maybe, we think, just acro....
Roadside shrine gives me a towpath maintenance idea 20 May 2012 | 07:31 pm
Several weeks ago a young man was knocked off his scooter and killed on the busy A38 dual carriageway, opposite the entrance to Streethay Wharf boatyard. Another dark day, another sad death, another ...
Great Mug of Ware 15 May 2012 | 04:34 am
I'm sitting at my home desk, enjoying tea from a mug branded 'IWA Ware Boat Festival 2007'. It's not mine; I stole it. Well, I 'salvaged' it. And I've always felt a little bit guilty about this. The...
Catching President and Kildare on their way to London 13 May 2012 | 06:45 pm
Over the last month, boats have been travelling to London for the upcoming Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Three weeks ago I was enjoying a relaxed Sunday morning inside Granny Buttons at Streethay w...
Granny Ainsworth's Button Bags 5 Jan 2012 | 05:57 pm
American author Jim Ainsworth has written a charming piece on his blog, entitled Granny's Buttons. He records how his wife retained his mother's old spare button bags after she died: My wife Jan sp....
Granny loses bid for place on the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant 31 Dec 2011 | 03:00 pm
Dismay! I learned yesterday that Granny hasn't been accepted for a place on the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant , the 1,000-craft procession down the river on 3rd June 2012. I was quick off the mark ...
