Tag: fun
The Wonderful Game of Pirates
If you read my entry about School Stacking Chairs on Monday, you may wonder about the game of Pirates that I mentioned. I don’t know if everyone played it or if it was peculiar to my school, which was a boarding prep school in Surrey. It was Mr Turner, the new PE teacher, fresh from…
Auction Success! Signs of the Times
What a great day at the auction! We’ve been wanting to change our dining room table for years. We inherited my Mother-in-law’s Ercol dining room set, which may well be a design classic, but isn’t very functional. When we have friends or family round, we have to put an old fire door on top, which…
School Chairs – A Design Classic
My friends, Chris and Charlotte, braved the elements yesterday and went ahead with their barbecue in the orchard. They had a ebay marquee to shelter us from the squally showers, that was in danger of blowing away at any moment, thus adding a frisson of excitement to the afternoon. The poles didn’t quite fit together,…