A dive into old copies of Christ Church Magazine gives an insight into 1920. Notes and Notices The Churchwardens have at length hit upon a means of stopping the draught at the bottom of the Church. They have put a temporary frame on each of the back pews, and when they found that material for...
Some readers will know I prefer gardening to housework, after all you can’t eat a nicely polished table, but a home-grown tomato is fabulous. However, when it comes to socks, I am meticulous. They must be in pairs! The only use I have for an odd sock is to make a glove puppet and there...
As I get older everything seems to take longer. It’s not easy to admit that one is slowing down....or is it slowing up? Both phrases refer to the same process, but perhaps it is better to speak of slowing up. Why should this be? Saying we are slowing up gives a more positive emphasis than...
As the weeks pass I continue to observe and experience new things (at Royal Stoke and County Hospitals) which I hope you find both interesting and encouraging. Even with the huge additional expenditure incurred because of the pandemic, standards continue to improve – wards are being redecorated and improved both when empty and (most considerately)...
Christ Church Magazine January 2022 I could have gone for the “out with the old, in with the new” or “new year new leaf”. Maybe a motto text to be stuck on the pin board? Then again, I could go for the article that reflects on the past year’s events and attempts to foresee the...
