by Trevor Millum | Jun 10, 2024 | Barrow, Celebrations, Gardens
Sixty decorated barrows in Barrow. Children and adults showing their customary ingenuity, care and humour. The theme, in keeping with D Day was anything beginning with D though the theme is never mandatory. Here are some dolphins… The W I decided to go with...
by Trevor Millum | Jun 6, 2023 | Barrow, Gardens
The 12th Annual Wheelbarrow Weekend just went by. My entry doesn’t much like a barrow but it is one – or, at least, the remains of one. After the bottom rusted away all I was left with was a skeleton – and here he is with a few lotions and potions to...
by Trevor Millum | Jun 20, 2022 | Barrow, News
Barrow’s Wheelbarrow Weekend was back properly this year. 78 barrows throughout the village and a dozen Open Gardens. It just happened to coincide with some other celebrations that were going on. Many did have a Jubilee theme and lots didn’t, such as this...
by Trevor Millum | Jan 5, 2022 | Barrow, Music
…by many things, including reawakening my Facebook presence, which I was sceptical about. Having done so, though, I’m glad to be reconnected with lots of folk I’d not been in touch with for a while. The picture is from a garden in the village which...
by Trevor Millum | Dec 4, 2020 | Barrow, Family
Spending more time at home? Of course. Occupying yourself usefully? Well, sometimes. Providing for chutney shortages? Chilli jelly emergencies? Or simply using those lovely rose petals from last spring. Definitely. Green tomatoes are an obvious candidate for chutney...
by Trevor Millum | Apr 20, 2020 | Barrow, Gardens
Spring is no respecter of human problems. Here come blooms and blossoms by the branch and stem-load. The cherry in the front is laden and the crab apple trees aren’t far behind. Even the bay tree has lots of yellow flowers that I never noticed before. Tulips...
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