Here we visited St Vincents School where we met Sean Styles again to show off this beautiful tree sculpted for […] Read more »
The Knotty Ash Village That Was
Great Gran Bunting, in this story, pays a visit to Jessica and Matthew’s school to talk to the children about […] Read more »
The Beech Tree That Was
This is the story of the life of, not just an ordinary beech tree, but a very special one. Whilst […] Read more »
The Cottage That Was
Once again, we meet Jessica and Matthew, from the “That Was Stories”, and their magic doll, Miranda. This time, Miranda, […] Read more »
Viking Day
On Saturday,29 September, we took part in the Viking Day held in Church Square, St. Helens. It was a highly […] Read more »
Creative writing workshops for Bright Days
In January 2013 we will be doing a series of writing workshops for Bright Days (Age Uk). We will be […] Read more »
Albert Dock in Liverpool
Taken on a visit to the Albert Dock in Liverpool, Joan and Mary’s home town. This was the setting for […] Read more »
Caribbean trip
A trip on a cruise liner to the Caribbean provided some ideas for our story about pirates. In this adventure, […] Read more »
Local Library
Here are some of the ‘That Was…’ series of books bought by the local library. Read more »
Horses that would pull the barges
This was taken on a visit to a farm with the grandchildren and these would be the type of strong […] Read more »
Chester-horse drawn barges carrying coal along the canal
This photo was taken on a visit to Chester. Our new book is called “The Cottage That Was” and it […] Read more »
Liverpool Museum
Visited Liverpool recently and passed the museum. It reminded me of a visit I made there with my grandchildren. At […] Read more »
Barges for book ideas
Robert Buurman has been a great help sending us information and images re: barges. I’ll be able to use these […] Read more »
Inspiration for our first book
Here is a picture of the doll’s house that inspired us to write our very first book of the “That […] Read more »
That Was book ideas/inspiration
These photos were sent to us from Mr. Rob Buurman who has been a great help in giving us information […] Read more »