Following in Tolkien’s Footsteps
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Posted in Travels | No Comments »On Saturday we toured the Sarehole Mill and its surrounding area. Although the weather was cool and wet, we wandered around. Tolkien lived here between the age of 4-8 and apparently had the most vivid memories of the area. He ...
Doors of Brum
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 Posted in Travels | 1 Comment »There are lots of beautiful doors and gates here. For some reason they often have doorknobs closer to the centre of the door than the outside edge. The jewellery shops have a bit of an odd practice. They keep their doors ...
St.Paul’s Square
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 Posted in Travels | 1 Comment »I work on St.Paul's Square, a seven or eight minute walk from our flat. St.Paul's Anglican Church is one of the oldest churches in Birmingham. It's doing a long slow fade, with attendance down to less than 50 people per day ...
Bits of Brum
Monday, June 15th, 2009 Posted in Travels | 1 Comment »Being somewhat stranded in the Jewellery Quarter near the centre of Birmingham, we're inevitably learning the history of the area. Birmingham is known locally as Brum, and the locals are called Brummies. This year is the centenary of one of the ...
Keele Hall
Friday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Travels | 3 Comments »In search of more people interactions we invited ourselves to the home of the Drijfhout family, who attend the Solihull Presbyterian Church we attend. Originally from the Netherlands, the family moved here about 5 years ago when Falko was hired ...
In Search of Green Space
Saturday, June 6th, 2009 Posted in creation, Family, Travels | 1 Comment »We're living in a section of the city centre of Birmingham called the Jewellery Quarter. It literally is stocked full of jewellery shops and factories all willing to give you pounds for your gold. This area boasts two old cemeteries ...
No More Chocolate Please
Saturday, June 6th, 2009 Posted in Family, Travels | No Comments »We joined two families from the Solihull Presbyterian Church we've been attending at the Cadbury Chocolate Factory last week Tuesday. There was a total of nine children all roughly the same age as our own. This interaction with other kids ...