Jan 8, 20192 min read
27 High Street Sandown IOW - the home of the renowned photographer James Dore
This is number 27 Sandown High Street which for about half a century was the premises of James Dore, a well-known photographer and...
Nov 21, 20182 min read
130 High Street Cowes - a little Cowes history
This main part of this building was originally known as Wilton House, number 130 Cowes High Street. This is how Sainsbury in Cowes used...
Sep 11, 20171 min read
Watercolour sketch of a Turkish Electric shop
Just realised that I put the wrong description on yesterday's Turkish shop!!! This is the 'freezer' shop that sells freezers, yesterday's...
Sep 10, 20171 min read
Watercolour sketch of a Turkish street
Another from the Turkish years. This is an old Turkish freezer shop (meaning they sell freezers!) in Fethiye. Love these old buildings,...
Jun 9, 20175 min read
Browns grocery and wine merchants in Cowes, ink sketch and history of shop
Sainsbury building in Cowes High Street as it was then, and as it is now. . . . What happened? According to the book, ‘The History of...