Alison : I’m holding in my hand quite an aged postcard entitled Brindisi 11th April 1965 and it is a a…
Dervish swirling and kitchen bowls and Mil discovers where he was conceived…
[Alison knew potter Michel Cardew’s children] because we all belonged to a philosophical society in London. Mother [went], father wasn’t…
Card tables, a lifetime of games & evacuees at Bog Hall
Anthony : Folding card tables have played a big part in my life. All to do with games, from being at…
Eurasian Crafts & homeschooling
Alison – These remarkable faces came out of the eurasian crafts antique shop in the Great Western Road a long…
The Nutella agent, National Service & and Egyptian dolls
Anthony – I bought the Egyptian dolls in Eqypt, in Cairo, when i was staying there around 1980 or a…
Shackleton Jugs – one each and one more for Alison
Anthony : We went to this pottery on our first visit to Spring Fling , whether it was 2010, I suspect…
A highly sophisticated jug
Alison – Well…. Jugs have always fascinated me because they are so absolutely useful and incredibly diverse. And I’ve got…
Coconut Cup
Anthony : I suppose when we first moved here and started putting things out for birds, although it may have pre-dated…
The lusty soap dish
Alison: This week’s object is our ordinary old soap dish, and this object takes my memory straight back to Barnaby’s…
What connects an antique chest and the problem of freezing fish at sea?
Anthony: The adventure with Hull started in the 1960s with my father doing work with one of the largest trawler…