Val Doonican: Elusive Butterfly

One by one, they are leaving. The other day I posted an England team photograph from the 1977 Ashes series. Only afterwards did I notice th...

Leicester Central station to become a hotel?

Leicester used to have two mainline railway station. The Midland station, formerly known as Leicester London Road, is still in use. The seco...

The lesson of our lost city racecourses

View image | gettyimages.com Racecourses that once attracted tens of thousands of people now lie beneath airport runways, university campus...

Liberal Democrats launch Midland main line electrification petition

Liberal Democrats across the East Midlands and South Yorkshire have launched a petition to reverse the new Conservative Government's dec...

Olde Glory

Happy Independence Day from Temecula Quilt Co - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  Enjoy this little project using a few pieces from y...

MONDAY, MONDAY Bumped

MONDAY, MONDAY Bumped Update: Though we are not quite at the threshold where Blogger takes exception to the number of comments on any one t...

Nudges With Nature

For children, and even some adults, it's not enough to see, hear, smell or taste something special.  Every single sense needs to be used...

Vanished Leicester: Humberstone Road station

Copyright   ©  Dennis Calow Humberstone Road was the first station north of Leicester London Road on the Midland main line. It closed in 196...

Another great Liberal byelection victory in Hampton Wick

Photo by  Sunil060902   Last night Geraldine Locke gained the Hampton Wick ward of Richmond upon Thames Borough Council for the Liberal Demo...