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About Candy

I have reached the grand old age of 83 now. Until the mid 90’s I was a teacher, then a dealer in antiques and collectables which I loved! When I retired to the seaside I started a website selling antique and vintage games and wooden jigsaw puzzles. Now, I'm spending my time blogging and making oil paintings as well as looking after my very spoiled dog, Lola.

Oh, no! Not awake again! The awfulness of insomnia!

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Candy

In the year 2000 I started suffering from insomnia. I was 57, healthy and a bit overweight. I would work all day, or go to an auction some miles away, or go to London to look after my (then very … Continue reading →

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What Judy Wrote About Fear

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Candy

I went and took Judy’s writings out of the cupboard they’ve been sitting in for I don’t know how long. The sheet on the top of the pile is called FEAR. Here it is, including (sorry but I thought it’s … Continue reading →

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The Mystery Of The Missing Blog Post

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Candy

Yesterday I had a great deal of trouble trying to publish the post entitled, Nov 3rd, Judy’s Real Birthday and, eventually had to delete it and re-publish it. (It has appeared now with its spacing almost correct and with all its … Continue reading →

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An apology

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Candy

I finished my post called ‘Judy’s Real Birthday’ this afternoon. When I published it the first time, for some reason a large chunk toward the end was missing. I spent long minutes fixing it when I found out, saved the … Continue reading →

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Nov. 3, Judy’s Real Birthday

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Candy

On the third of November, 1944, Judith Bridget, my sister was born. She was a beautiful baby with gorgeous auburn curls and translucent skin. I was eighteen months old and quite pleased to have a new baby sister. When I … Continue reading →

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Market Cross Cottage – Another update!

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Candy

In the post about Market Cross Cottage and the ghost, I mentioned that I had come to the conclusion that the cottage, together with the restaurant which is part of the same  building, was the inn for visiting monks and … Continue reading →

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Market Cross Cottage – update

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Candy

I was looking through some old photos today and I found a photo of one of the faces of the market cross. I’ll have to change my story slightly because I had forgotten that one could see two faces in … Continue reading →

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The Market Cross Ghost – true story! Or living in a cottage built in 1452

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Candy

(I wrote this post quite a while – years – ago and, for some reason didn’t publish it. I realised this today! I’ve checked back and can’t find it in the list of past posts but I did find two … Continue reading →

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Judy, Candy and the ‘Smoking Tree’

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Candy

My mother and father married at the end of 1941, I was born in 1943, and my little sister, Judy, in 1944, eighteen months later. I think it must have exhausted our mother to have two children quite so close … Continue reading →

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Sciatica – short update

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Candy

Twenty days ago, or so, I wrote about my sciatica attack. I am pleased to report that it has got progressively better over the last two weeks and is, essentially, over.  I started taking the amitriptyline that the doc prescribed, … Continue reading →

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