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Tag Archives: house
Giving up on Argyll (Rousse)
I loved the beautiful arts and crafts house in Argyll that I shared with my parents and husband, so I was devastated when my father announced that he had had enough of the poor road links and isolation and would … Continue reading
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Tagged Argyll, arts and crafts, fortune, Hexham, house, husband, isolation, nephew, niece, parents, Scotland, sell, Stockton-on-Tess, wilderness
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Defunct orange toilet stars in garden makeover disaster (Rousse)
I should never have allowed my sister S anywhere near my garden. It was now triangular in shape, with a steeply sloped lawn. She had planted the beds with huge white flowers, and at the point furthest from the house, … Continue reading
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Tagged bed, disappointment, flowers, garden, house, lavatory, lawn, makeover, Orange, seat, toilet, triangle, white
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House clearance ‘burglary’ (Rousse)
I stood outside our building and watched several members of an Indian family empty the ground floor flat. When yet another a young man came out of the front door – this one carrying a neat pile of brown bed … Continue reading
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Tagged accusation, bed, brown, clearance, family, house, house clearance, Indian, innocence, linen, man, neighbour, pavement, TPR
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County Durham coal mine confidences (Rousse)
My sister S whispered over the telephone that she’d heard about a woman from County Durham, now living in Sydney, who had sold secrets about British coal-mining to the Chinese. When I next saw her in person, my sister confided … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Chinese, classified, coal, confidence, county, Durham, house, information, library, mine, opera, secret, Sydney
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Hebridean ham roast recipe conundrum (Rousse)
The contestants were each invited to roast a lump of ham. I would then judge their efforts so that the winner would be appointed part-time chef at the Hebridean guest house. I wondered how they would cope with the recipe … Continue reading
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Tagged book, chapter, contestant, cookery, guest, ham, Hebridean, Hebrides, house, index, pages, proprietor, recipe, roast, son
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Midges put off move to Lochinver (Rousse)
TPR and I took temporary accommodation in a Lochinver hotel. It wasn’t very suitable: whenever the tide came in, our room was flooded with sea water and the occasional fish; the bathroom was barely a cupboard; and poor security encouraged … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom, belongings, bicycle, coronavirus, Edinburgh, fish, flat, house, job, Lochinver, midges, move, property, summer, tide, towel rail
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Scottish Highland secret 1920s house and garden (Rousse)
The huge house in the Scottish Highlands was hidden under fifty years growth of vegetation. To anyone passing it was just an ancient ruin invaded by rampant weeds. But I had a feeling that I had been here before. Wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, carp, garden, house, housekeeper, koi, pond, pool, scientist, Scotland, secret, staff, wall
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A family drive along the south coast (Rousse)
With my mother at the wheel, and all three sisters on the back seat with Baby Ted and my panda, we drove along the south coast of England. ‘Is that the Isle of Wight?’ I asked, pointing to a beautiful, … Continue reading
Radical refurbishments (Rousse)
HJ and RJ were very, very wealthy. When RJ decided that he wanted to enlarge their house, he did not consider an extension. Instead he issued an order for the old house to be knocked down and an identical one … Continue reading
Roller-skate spectacle for new shop-keepers (Rousse)
As we took our seats in the shabby auditorium, I struggled to remember why we had bought tickets to this show. Perhaps we’d been unsuccessful in seeing the act during the Edinburgh Fringe last year, but instead managed to catch … Continue reading
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Tagged auditorium, gift, house, nick-nack, performer, roller-skate, shop, shopkeeper, spectacle, tattoo, TPR, village
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