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Stir it up Sunday has always been the last Sunday before Advent and takes its name from the book of common prayer. It was when families came
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Posted in Christmas 17/11/2024 18:52:41, 0 comments |
The modern day celebration of bonfire night appears to have originated in the late Victorian times when organised displays started to be the
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Wouldn't it be fun to turn the clock back 70 to 100 odd years and see how Halloween was celebrated by our forebears. Of course, we have comm
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10/10/2024 00:00:00, 0 comments |
Not long ago I fleetingly wondered about the notion of spring cleaning. Do any of us really do that any more or is it something that went ou
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08/04/2024 00:00:00, 0 comments |
With all the talk of money-saving packed lunches, it got us thinking about the history of the sandwich - or rather how sandwich fillings hav
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01/04/2024 17:24:48, 0 comments |
Quite when Mothering Sunday became Mother's Day is not charted but it was probably sometime in the 20th century when enterprising card manuf
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Posted in High days & holidays 01/03/2024 17:05:14, 0 comments |
For most of us, Pancake Day is just an excuse to indulge in something sweet. But Shrove Tuesday always preceeds the start of Lent and was th
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Posted in High days & holidays 04/02/2024 18:22:28, 0 comments |
Long before Back in time for dinner hit our screens one of our team would enter a time machine and sample a war-time diet. She was inspired
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Posted in New Year 03/01/2024 00:00:00, 0 comments |
Forget the expensive expressions of love, Valentine's Day is all about the personal and meaningful touches. And this year - more than ever -
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