Tunbridge Wells day out and Fairlight Hall piano recital.

Battleaxe never likes trying on clothes in winter, when she is muffled up like a Babushka in thick jumpers, wooly tights, big boots, quilted coat, hat and scarf, but sometimes it Has To be Done.…

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Why are Marks and Spencer clothes so awful?

I see that Marks and Spencer has, yet again, posted poor results for the last quarter of 2014, particularly with clothing sales, blaming unsuitably mild weather, logistics problems and discounting by other retailers.  This is…

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The De La Warr Pavilion, and a walk round Bexhill

All this time, and I’ve never done a proper blog about Bexhill.       We started with coffee at the De La Warr Pavilion. We go there so often with visiting friends who want to see…

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Weather gone mad – and Hastings Battleaxe M and S fashion tip.

Well, we survived the pre-Christmas Eve storm relatively OK – the wind kept us awake most of the night – at its peak, gusts bashed and bludgeoned the house so violently it was quite frightening.…

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Back to Hastings – life resumes. Fruit, fat cats and fat coats

Well, here we are, back again…..in still sunny Hastings.       Usual grim journey back from Turkey. Ishan, our landlord, had thrust a huge bag of fruit from the orchard Turkish fruit mountain into my hands…

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