tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post3915167031651235110..comments2023-12-22T11:51:38.762+01:00Comments on The story of our life returning to England from Braye-sous-Faye: The old book...Colin and Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-8775198216292134332014-10-07T22:51:08.821+02:002014-10-07T22:51:08.821+02:00And....
I love the "Steel Man Traps;" bi...And....<br />I love the "Steel Man Traps;" bit....<br />just the thing needed on an allotment!!<br />Especially when the have-nots are about vandalizing your plot... <br />"Only for a Laff, guv!! Honest..."Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-11733131309301306372014-10-07T22:48:02.227+02:002014-10-07T22:48:02.227+02:00Oh.... wonderful Colin...
and so many memories.
Ga...Oh.... wonderful Colin...<br />and so many memories.<br />Gaynor mentions the value to you with the family contact still embedded.<br />A pristine edition would never have been properly used... <br />yours has...<br />it wasn't stuck, unseen, on some posh house's library shelf...<br />it was used, written in... <br />well noted variations are in there probably, if you dare turn the pages to look...<br />it is a gamekeeper's recipe book...<br />much like an old kitchen one.<br />A lovely thing to have and to hold! <br />[Tim, this time!]Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-15002999797115178512014-10-07T19:24:06.718+02:002014-10-07T19:24:06.718+02:00Some things are precious regardless of their condi...Some things are precious regardless of their condition. I suspect this is even more valuable to you than a pristine first edition without your grandfathers writing.GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-80104203968648490622014-10-07T18:45:46.849+02:002014-10-07T18:45:46.849+02:00Nux Vomica contains strychnine... What an amazing ...Nux Vomica contains strychnine... What an amazing old book! So full of history, both personal and social. Some gamekeepers still go by it to identify threats to game, hence the poisoned harriers and kites, using illegal poisons. I don't think Nux Vomica has been used for a while though. P.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com