Category Archives: People

the ones I know and the ones I didn’t!

John Railton contd. .

Posted on February 28, 2013 by jennyquick

I am on the train to Devon and to John’s funeral tomorrow. . full of so many memories over the last 44 years. . How lovely to see the video of his MBE celebration, along with those photos spanning a … Continue reading →

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John Railton … a tribute

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jennyquick

It is with great sadness that I heard yesterday that John had died. As a little girl of 11 I had relished his Festival Hall children’s concerts…. his charismatic presence at our school music festivals…. his immense energy at the … Continue reading →

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Something Sicilian

Posted on February 15, 2013 by jennyquick

I went back for a holiday with my friend Ruth and to see dear friends I had met last year, staying in Palermo, Selinunte, Catania, Noto and Cefalú. It was sunny, hailing, torrential raining and snowing! Temples, salt flats, scala … Continue reading →

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I snuk back!

Posted on November 2, 2012 by jennyquick

I have been away for 10 days back in beautiful Greece. Back in beautiful Sonnenlink to be precise. The something that drew me back so soon has so many strands, but before I put up a post that zooms out … Continue reading →

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Appreciation of Good Things

Posted on July 10, 2012 by jennyquick

Mole is sitting on my bed. There is a little place, no, 2 little places on his tummy, where the kapok is showing through the tight rows of knitting. Mrs. Farnworth showed me how to knit neatly in our craft … Continue reading →

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Photo gallery 2

Posted on August 25, 2011 by jennyquick

These are the ‘Denmark collection’! Row 1 goes, Grenen, (northernmost tip of Denmark), Totnes(river Dart), Champagne send off(28th june, 2011); Row 2, Wallies on Wheels (from Oz of course!) view from Fjältering across to Bovingbjerg Fyr, Sir G surveying the … Continue reading →

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Photo gallery 1

Posted on August 25, 2011 by jennyquick

This set is also from Denmark. It includes some of the exquisite flora, beach cafe piano, fishing boats, a cowscape (I had just taken a ferry for a very short water crossing between islands and the rain was about to … Continue reading →

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Camilla strikes again… (miscellaneous post)

Posted on May 20, 2011 by jennyquick

Camilla is my teaching assistant….. she can and (regularly does) say  all sorts of things that I couldn’t possibly utter to my pupils! One of her especial favourites (not PC at all) is Nell, who has tirelessly raised lots of … Continue reading →

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Reciprocating… ISM Members Fund

Posted on May 16, 2011 by jennyquick

This where the ISM (Incorporated Society of Musicians) comes in. People have been asking me what I will be raising money for. I had really only thought of this trip as a rather eccentric, not too noticeable thing, which would … Continue reading →

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Today’s Piano Lesson (and the concert is may 9th!)

Posted on April 21, 2011 by jennyquick

How many OQ’s remember John Railton? When I was 12, he was adjudicating our House Music Festivals and then turned up in Devon in the late 1980’s, so over the past 2 decades I have had the great good fortune … Continue reading →

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