Off the cuff: a brief history of cufflinks http://www.office-dress-shirts.com/shirt_cufflinks.html: A Brief Cufflink History‘A cufflink is a decorative fastener. One worn by men or women to fasten the two sides of the cuff on a dress shirt or blouse. Cufflinks are...
7 reasons & five places to shop local.
In the midst of the Covid19 pandemic there’s much talk fo supporting local businesses – whether they’re online or bricks and mortar. It’s a topic I’ve banged on about a lot over the years. I first put this post together in 2016.
So here are 7 reasons why you should shop locally and 5 places to do it in Swindon.
Not so many years ago, well for people of a certain age at least, the garden often consisted of a scrubby patch of lawn with flower borders around the edge and possibly a rose bed in the middle. How times have changed. And Swindon Turf Direct have the answers to your gardening woes.
Getting all decked out 13th February 2016 Is outdoor decking a good home investment? As homeowners thinking of doing any kind of upgrade/update to our home we're often faced with the dilemma of the potential return of investment (ROI) on our proposed home update...
10 reasons to love Swindon: a northerner's perspective Swindon: THIS is Swindon To be fair I could easily have called this post '10 reason's to love Swindon: another northerner's perspective. What with hailing from a northern direction myself. An earlier guest post...
This post though concerns itself with a new range of pens that Simon is crafting. This time from wood shot through with resonances of Swindon’s GWR glory days. What’s more it’s got associations with Simon himself. Simon Webb Pens – Steaming Ahead indeed.
20 October 2015 Simon Webb Artisan Pens Penning a new business story Those of us of a certain age, that remember scratchy nib pens and inkwells in desks and then the later cartridge pens, could be forgiven for thinking that the Biro and indeed the text message and...
19th September 2015 'Tunes help you breathe more easily' so went the advertising slogan back in the day. Well, should you need it, you now have Julie Nicholls of Body-Mind coaching to help you breathe more easily - and more effectively than resorting to menthol-laden...
Body Mind Coaching: Posture. When we have an issue with our bodies pain is the last thing thing to appear and the first thing to disappear – thus tricking one into thinking that the problem – whatever it might be has gone away – and the chances are it really hasn’t.
I absolutely LOVE a miniature train – of any description – they evoke something so visceral. Whether they’re the ones you sit astride or the ones you sit inside. In fact – extending the genre – wherever there’s a miniature train, a funicular, a monorail or even a cable car – I have to go on it.
