The Devil at Work in Deptford
Tuesday October 11th was Old Michaelmas Day, the day when Satan, one of God’s angels, was banished from Heaven for being bad. He fell to earth fast, ‘like lightning from heaven’, and landed in a...
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©2011David Porter This old t-shirt, bought at the Albany Empire around 1980, is one of my prize possessions. Every weekend we were either at the Albany, the Tramshed, The Duke, or the Royal Albert....
View Article“Widow Medlar? She Lies Open to Much Rumour…”
I’ve just finished making some Medlar Jelly from fruit gathered in my local park. Medlars are forgotten and neglected now like quince and mulberries, but John Evelyn had Medlar trees in his Deptford...
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