Bob Appleyard (1924-2015) - a unique cricketer

View image | gettyimages.com When I blogged a list of the 10 oldest surviving England test cricketers last month, I said that I must write...

Shaping A World

As a child many summer and autumn vacations were spent in northern Michigan, particularly in Benzie County around Crystal Lake, Big Platte L...

Living With Little Quilts

I have quite a collection of vintage hangers.  They are a perfect way to display a smaller quilt. - - - - - - - - - - - - -  This quilt is f...

The first general election with an unpopular Lib Dem leader

View image | gettyimages.com My memory of general election campaigns goes back to February 1974, but the 2015 campaign will be a first. It ...

Tax Break

So, farewell then the car tax disc. Farewell to sitting outside the post office trying to make a neat job of tearing around the perforations...

Gibraltar 50 pence 2014 - Barbary ape

New circulating type: (news from sammybeliz ) (image from eBay seller roycove22 )

Australia 20 cents 2015 - Magna Carta

New commemorative: ' 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta ' SPECIFICATIONS Composition: CuNi Weight: 11.30 g Diameter: 28.52 mm Mint...

Austria 20 euros 2015 - Quaternary

New silver commemorative: "Prehistoric Life: Quaternary " (image taken from www.numismatica-visual.es ) LINK: Austrian Mint

A strong, practical, passionate woman for Watford

A superior campaign film for the Liberal Democrat candidate for Watford, Dorothy Thornhill . This seat represents one of the party's bes...