This Week in Wijnjewoude 2024

Week 21 In about 1971 I went to Perth with Dianne and her parents, to visit family in Perth. We had a family gathering which included Dianne's Grandfather Mr Ross W. Brownlie. I was very impressed (young and impressionable?) with the fact that a new super modern housing complex had just been opened - bearing the name Brownlie Towers.  BROWNLIE TOWERS DUMOND * STREET The Brownlie Towers project is an integral part of Bentley. Brownlie Towers was officially opened on December 14, 1970. However, the first tenants had moved in during March of that year. The Towers was named after Mr. R. W. Brownlie who was Chairman of the Commissioners until he retired in 1954.  Initially, the land on which the Towers is built was used as a quarry but history does not show when the quarrying stopped. It could have been some time in 1962 when an appeal to grant a further quarry permit was lost. The Towers was built by the then State Housing Commission. The architect was a Mr Denis Borrow and the Su...

  Week 20 From the EU Observer The French philosopher and writer Albert Camus once said that we suffocate "in the company of people who think they are absolutely right". Had Camus still been alive today, he would have needed plenty of fresh air. Kids' Weekend again - I have to help out today - I think just driving them to the swimming pool - so good to be having some sunny weather...and not having to light the fires every day. Again, I think of the cost of living component of heating - we've had the heaters on since last september! Lizzie Peelman (nee Norris) (she's the reason I write this letter each week) Hello Ken, We think you will be interested to know that our researcher, Del Atkinson, has found quite a lot of information on Lizzie Peelman and her family in Linton, which we would like to send to you. For instance,  using clues in the letters Del was very quickly able to identify who her family was (the 'Cris' and 'Jane' mentioned in the lett...

Week 19 I was reminded this week of my devotion to "pottering"....(first seen on a BBC web page - 16 years ago when I thought "that's me"!) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7428376.stm To some researchers, though, especially those who warn of things like "sedentary death syndrome", the value of pottering is clear. Just walk an extra 600 feet a day, and in 10 years that would have avoided you putting on an extra 10lbs of fat, they say. Keep active, even when it's not strenuous, and it will have an impact on your health. Obviously having regular periods of strenuous activity too will be better still. But for that you'll definitely need to find the right shoes. But the last 6 months has hardly been pottering - working to a plan, more or less... It's been a long weekend - Hemelvaart Day (The Heavenly Voyage aka Ascension Day)... So I tried some paving on my own while Janny was for 3 days at a local music festival...I sent photos to let her ...