⫷⫸ reunited

way back in February 2012

I blogged about an old doctors case I'd bought

that contained old letters and

cards from the 40's

you can read it here

at the time I posted onto a few

genealogy sites 

in the hope that someone would come

forward to claim these paper gems

I kept them safely  

had nearly forgotten about them 

then out of the blue

a message on my blog from Susan

a family member

with news that Olive is alive and well

the case had belonged to Olive's Father

who was a vet

today I have sent all the papers

and letters to Susan to pass on

a little piece of family history 

▎▎ the other side of the tracks

alongside the train tracks

near the street where my Ma once worked

is a little food market

on Maltby Street

small businesses under the arches

share their space on a Saturday

with artisan bakers

chocolate makers

a reclamation yard turned into a gin palace

I'm sure Lady Diana would have been proud

that her wedding glass was filled with

a delicious Negroni cocktail!

not too many mind!

we have to go onward to the

Fashion & Textiles Museum

a collection of colour in fabric

food still a theme here

these two delicious prints by Marcel Vertes

radishes good enough to wear

floral soft tones by Chagall

abstract map like forms by Donald Hamilton Fraser

dancing shapes by Alexander Calder

and riotous acrobats by John Rombola

tasty!