Category Archives: History

Monsters or heroes?

Posted on January 24, 2018 by womanseyeview

    Is it okay to enjoy an art exhibit even if you don’t quite get it…and then if the explanations given don’t seem to help illuminate anything? This is what I wondered as we strolled through an exhibit entitled … Continue reading →

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Wales – From the mouths of babes

Posted on August 13, 2015 by womanseyeview

What great travelling companions two 11 year old girls can make…I’d originally thought that my role would entail more ‘grandmothering’ but here we were on a girls road trip, complete with fits of laughter that had tears running down our … Continue reading →

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Wales through young eyes

Posted on August 10, 2015 by womanseyeview

Planning a trip with my two eleven year old granddaughters was an entirely new experience. I asked them to research their ‘must see’ spots in Wales and they cycled over with a list which found a home on the fridge. … Continue reading →

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Just a common soldier

Posted on November 11, 2014 by womanseyeview

  “For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier’s part Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.” I have always thought that Remembrance Day was important not to glorify war but to honour … Continue reading →

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Floating Gardens

Posted on August 29, 2014 by womanseyeview

How can this magical place still exist in the middle of a bustling French city? Since the Middle Ages there have been market garden plots here at Hortillonnages in Amiens, Northern France. Though horrific battles raged on its banks during … Continue reading →

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The dogs (and steeds) of war

Posted on August 19, 2014 by womanseyeview

    There are photo exhibits across Paris this summer, in sets of 100 to commemorate the 100th anniversary since WW1 began. They are incredible glimpses into this episode of our recent history. The one along the Champs Elysees was … Continue reading →

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100 years ago this month

Posted on August 12, 2014 by womanseyeview

While in Paris this month you can’t escape the fact that it’s the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War. Front pages of newspapers and special photo exhibits across the city commemorated the momentus event.   One photo … Continue reading →

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Madiba

Posted on December 6, 2013 by womanseyeview

Nelson Mandela died today. This is a different kind of blog for me. First because the photos were not taken by me and secondly because I want to reflect on the passing of a giant and how humbled I was … Continue reading →

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The Pope and me

Posted on July 29, 2013 by womanseyeview

He looked down on us from all over the City of Buenos Aires – the newly chosen Pope was awaiting ‘coronation’ and his native Argentina was alive with anticipation. He was the first Pope from a Latin American country and … Continue reading →

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How green is my valley…again

Posted on May 14, 2013 by womanseyeview

The classic 1939 book by Richard Llewellyn (made into a movie of the same name) ‘How Green was My Valley’ was one of my favourites when I was young. It described the transformation of agricultural valleys and ancient, green rolling … Continue reading →

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