Tag Archives: Georgian

Top hair trend 2022: eighteenth century wigs (Rousse)

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Belle and I admired one another in the mirror. Conferences were so much more fun now that eighteenth century headgear was all the rage. We were most impressed when ET joined us, balancing on her head a tottering powdered Georgian … Continue reading →

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Downward mobiity (Rousse)

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Dreamaticus

CA was going to kill me. We sold our Edinburgh flat (complete with made-over garden) to buy 32 Abbeydale Road, Northfield, Birmingham. The West Midlands looked very scruffy when compared with Georgian Edinburgh.

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A love affair with a pooch dyed pink (Rousse)

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Dreamaticus

When we reached the dark and snowy outskirts of Edinburgh, the coach driver decided to turn back. Looking out of the window at lorries and cars strewn upside down at the side of the road, I understood his reasons. This … Continue reading →

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Still rainy in the south (Rousse)

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Dreamaticus

ET moved south hoping for better weather. She was mistaken. It rained just as much there as it had in the north. However, her living accommodation was now much grander. She had bought a large Georgian house with an extension … Continue reading →

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Photographing ferrets in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Dreamaticus

From an upstairs window I could see my sister S and her partner C standing on the front step of their house with a couple of black ferrets in their arms. “They would be great to photograph!”, I thought, so … Continue reading →

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Unwise Edinburgh property investment (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Goodness knows why we sold our beautifully proportioned Georgian Edinburgh New Town flat. Now, instead, we owned two ridiculous pieds à terre. Even students would turn their noses up at the first. The second was uninhabitable thanks to the mess … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh New Town burglars strike (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Dreamaticus

It was a joyful experience of being carried high above everyone else through the Edinburgh New Town on the shoulders of my 8 feet tall university pal MH. Ten minutes later my world fell apart. When we reached my street … Continue reading →

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A dump in Luton (Rousse)

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Our new house was not ready when we first moved to Luton so we wild-camped by the river for a couple of nights, with only a sleeping bag and dirty white sheet for cover. We were perfectly safe there, but … Continue reading →

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A lost watch in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge (Rousse)

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was struggling to quash the rumours that I was raiding public funds to finance all-expenses paid trips around the globe. In reality all my travel and associated expenses were being covered by my hosts, and not my employer. After … Continue reading →

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Return of the student bride (Rousse)

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Dreamaticus

From a pretty ordinary hotel room TPR and I were upgraded to a massive suite. The room included a huge Georgian sideboard and a bed that was positioned in the open air on the balcony giving great views of the … Continue reading →

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