Southampton
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‘Bookiful’ Weekend Event at Hythe Hampshire
On Saturday 4th August 11.00 to 12.30 I will be signing copies on ‘Ancasta ~ Guide me Swiftly Home‘ at: The Herald Offices, High Street, Hythe (Not to be confused with Hythe in Kent, this is just over Southampton Water) It would be great if you could come and say hello, especially if you are…
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Book Launch ~ Ancasta Guide me Swiftly Home on 7th July 2012
The second in the Riduna Series will be launched this Saturday 7th July 2012! It seems fitting that the launch of my second novel should take place in Woolston, Southampton. In fact there will be a morning of events in Woolston and Bitterne, just over the River Itchen from Southampton. 10 am to 10.50 am…
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RMS Titanic ~ In memory of local crew members
14th April 1912 Everyone knows the story of the fateful demise of RMS Titanic on 14th April 1912, but I would like to make a special remembrance today, for all of those people in Southampton and the surrounding area, including Woolston, who lost a member of their family that day, since large numbers of the crew…
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Trains and Boats and Flights! A Day to Remember
We often spent a week in the summer holidays with out grandma in Woolston and I must have been about eight years old when she took my sister and I on a little adventure. We waited excitedly for the bus at the end of Newtown Road, Woolston and climbed to the top deck for the first leg of our journey to…