Linda Wigzell Cress's blog

I’ve always been interested in old, well-used things. One man’s junk is another man’s treasure so they say. Very true. I only wish they had such things when my kids were small, would have saved me a mint. To me, walking round a Boot Fair is as interesting as doing a museum, and opens up all sorts of imaginings about previous owners in my tiny mind. With the added bonus of perhaps acquiring something useful for a fraction of the ‘new’ price. OH...

Wednesday 3 rd August 2016. We’re all going on a Summer Holiday! Well me and the OH anyway. And just two nights. Apart from being skint OAPs, ourselves and umpteen grandchildren to support, we were unwilling to commit any more time away from the Mother-in-law; we are being called out to her so much these days and it’s a long way from Croydon to Portsmouth, well Hayling Island actually. We did get an offer to extend by one day for a very good...

The weekend after the break up (in both senses) from school, I tried to fill the empty spaces in my brain by writing some pieces for the London competition, right up my street you might say. Born and bred in Lewisham in ‘Sarf’ London, with roots in Peckham and Camberwell, I have always lived in this part of the capital, even having had a brief spell in posh Dulwich, during my short-lived first marriage. And I do love London, good bits and bad,...

I knew this would be a weird week. It had started off well enough with the Indiana-Jones-style trip to my Niece’s son’s Christening yesterday, 17 th July 2016, which if so inclined you can read all about in my ‘Tale of Simple Country Folk and a Pair of London Townies’ on this website. Monday morning dawned bright and early with him indoors up at 5 to get to work at the local Nick for 6.30. I had to be in school early too to fulfil one of my...

I’ve been thinking a lot about the passage of time this week or so. Since I last put pen to paper, or rather hand to keyboard, so much has happened in a short space of time; where to start? The Monday after my charity sponsored walk seems good, being the beginning of the end (of term and one big part of my life). Still sore of foot and heavy of head I made my way with my daughter to watch her son’s assembly about saving the planet and the...

I've been thinking about Blogging lately. I have all these thoughts in my head all the time but few seem joined up enough to actually write a piece for my ABC account. So I wondered what I could make of a Blog. I dip in and out of other peoples' Blogs, they all seem so interesting I often wonder why they are just Blog entries and not actual stories. I did a daily Blog a few years back, but that was mainly aimed at the London Transport (sic)...