Tag Archives: summer activities
HISTORY SHARE: YE OLDE BRITISH FÊTES
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/579083.htm My father played the bagpipes, and as a member of the Oxford Caledonian Pipe Band, often performed during fêtes. Like our Sassenach mother, my brothers and I were not overly enthusiastic about bagpipes, but I did love fêtes and accompanied him to various ones in Berkshire & Oxfordshire, where he’d slip me half […]
HISTORY SHARE: THE GREAT BRITISH SEASIDE HOLIDAY
Ah, yes. A day at the seaside. Along with cream teas and picnics, it’s one of the quintessential British summer pastimes. Our family favourites were Littlehampton, Southsea, and Weston-Super-Mare. One time, at Southsea, when I was four and my second brother nine, my mother went off to get ice creams, leaving us engaged in bucket […]
Time Travelling With Kids 