Do You Remember?

 The cars that had loudspeakers and drove around the streets before General Elections reminding people to vote?

How libraries worked before computers?

Nightdress cases, you put your nightie or PJs in it in the morning and took them out at again at bedtime? My sister had one shaped like a poodle. Youngest daughter said she had one that was a clown with bits attached like a zip and buttons and laces for learning - I'd forgotten - she said it was a happy clown and she wasn't traumatized!

Two years ago Ipswich Town Football Club went from Championship to Premiership - the  top tier of  British football. They had one season playing all the big names like Man U, Man City, Arsenal etc etc but at the end of the season they went straight back down to second tier again. On Saturday the were automatically promoted again - Whoop Whoop! I have no idea how they'll get on with the 'Big Boys' next season but for now it's made a lot of people very happy!

Have a good Bank Holiday Monday for everyone in the UK.

The Second April Library Book Photo

 Two library book photos in April this year as the van comes round every four weeks. A nice mixture of authors I know and others I have no idea why I've reserved them!

From Left to Right . The new book by Anthony Horowitz - that one I know will be brilliant. Chris Nickson's new book will be another very readable. Broken House by Louise Scarr isn't the series that I've read two of already, but hopefully it will be OK. 

The book by Ann Cleeves is one of her very old books before Vera and Shetland, they are not so well written but I've not read this one so will give it a try. 'On This Holy Island' is a book about a pilgrimages through history across the country.

'Playing Dead' are short crime stories by members of the Detection Club. 'Broken Ground' by Val McDermid is an early one from the Karen Pirie series.

 There's a non fiction book about growing up on a Scottish Island that I must have heard about somewhere. Next is the latest by Jim Kelly in his wartime Cambridge series - that will be a good read for sure. 

Far right is something that I really have no idea about ordering, -  It's a non fiction book about the beginnings of the English Civil War. I made Rachel, the library van driver smile as I looked at it and said it's got too many words!! 

On the top are two small books, one by Rumer Godden that I've never read ' A Fugue in Time' and the other is the book that I mentioned in that list of spring garden reading from the Country Commonplace book - Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth Von Arnim.

Below is what I collected from 4 weeks ago. 'The Eights' was the best and I've already mentioned a couple of others but several went back unread.

Those I did finish are on the separate Book Read 2026 page.

Have a good weekend - I'll be back Monday.

Today

 Today.....................I'm making scones (Bank Holiday/Clotted cream treat again!) planting out leeks and courgettes and getting stuck into one of my new library books. 

First I have to dash up the post-box to get ED's birthday card into the post. There it was laying on the side when I went to the library van, which stops just by the post-box and there it was still laying there when I came home again!

And I must make a hair cut appointment - it really needs doing.

Full Moon tonight - The Anglo Saxons called it the Milk Moon and it's other name is The Flower Moon.

Back Tomorrow with library book photo.