9 Derwent as it was then

Noël's English stays

Noël was recently concerned that he didn't have a post devoted to his English stays, and all I can say is that he's right: he didn't have one!...

 October 12 2013
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Cecil and Olive Hughes at Southgate County school

(check here for this pic) Okay, this was long before the times of 9DR, but... Mark has unearthed a real treasure: the long ago recordings of...

 October 7 2013
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Plastic animals

One final post made possible with Noel's recent photowork: the plastic animals which we had bought and collected in England during our stays...

 October 4 2013
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9DR furniture

I have now enough pictures of (only) some of 9DR's furniture, so I might as well post them; and when I have more from either house, well it'll...

 September 29 2013
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Monsieur Père paraphernalia

Here are the photos of a number of things which either belonged to Monsieur Père, which he had made, or which he used. A padded box for knitting...

 September 29 2013
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Grandma's trinkets 2

Here's an addition to Grandma's trinkets 1 , where you'll find some things that used to belong to her or were present at 9DR: These funny animals...

 September 29 2013
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More magazines!

Noel has recently sent me a huge amount of material that lay dormant in Bonnebosq, among which some more magazine scans. So here we go, all you...

 September 29 2013
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Magazines for boys and girls

When we stayed at 9DR, we were the lucky subscribers of magazines for boys and girls: Tini had Bunty, us boys Eagle, then Lion and Eagle (I fancy...

 September 27 2013
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Auntie Olive anecdotes

Here’s another series of anecdotes, after Grandma and Monsieur Père. It’s a real pleasure to talk about Auntie Olive, because relations with...

 September 26 2013
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School in England

Going to school in England was for us a mixed experience. What you must understand was that it was presented to us as a way “to improve our English”,...

 September 20 2013
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