Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

Bonchurch through Time

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Roger Gosden

My great grandma bought this watercolor by a minor artist of an Isle of Wight scene a century ago. It has hung in our family homes ever since. A housemaid carrying a basket is walking up a winding lane scoured … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Nature | Tagged Bonchurch, Charles Dickens, Isle of Wight, Lord Tennyson | 3 Comments

Scavengers

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Roger Gosden

“Half savage as the man showed, with no covering on his matted head, with his brown arms bare to between the elbow on his shoulder, with the loose knot of a looser kerchief lying low on his bare breast in … Continue reading →