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by Christopher Proudlove©
If I had a quid for every pound of currants, sultanas, sugar, butter, lard, even dog biscuits I’ve weighed out for customers in my old dad’s grocer’s shop, I’d be an extremely wealthy man.
That was in the days when foodstuffs were delivered in bulk to […]

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It’s almost time … but not yet. According to the countdown clock on the BBC website, the invasion begins in . . . well, click on the link and see for yourself. Doctor Who is back - almost … and with Billie Piper as his […]

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Lancashire spindle back carverOriginally uploaded by Christopher Proudlove.
Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Portuguêsby Christopher Proudlove©
The Business Manager (Mrs P) and I visited one of the Cheshire’s poshest antiques fairs last Saturday - at Tatton Park, Knutsford - and were cheered to see there were actually some things we […]

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Lancashire spindle back carver Originally uploaded by Christopher Proudlove.
by Christopher Proudlove©
The Business Manager (Mrs P) and I visited one of the Cheshire’s poshest antiques fairs last Saturday - at Tatton Park, Knutsford - and were cheered to see there were actually some things we could afford. However, she soon put […]

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by Christopher Proudlove©
Regular readers of this column - and they are spread far wider than I ever imagined - will know how keen I am to learn more about the work of forgotten artists and craftsmen.
Sometimes, like Liverpool’s Herdman family of watercolourists, (the subject of Chapter […]

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