by Phoebe Clive | 31 Mar, 2014 | Calendar Blogs, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
On being asked why he became a hairdresser, Mervyn Parnell is liable to give one of two answers, either: “I was good at art, I could draw and I knew I was creative. I could have gone to art college but it was full of ‘hippies’ not people like me, so I thought...
by Kathleen Murphy | 31 Jan, 2014 | Calendar Blogs, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Sitting in the Velvet Bean’s chocolate kitchen, beside the shop in Church Street, Ledbury, was a deep breathing moment for me. Paddles slowly turning the gently warming chocolate in three “bain mairies” that look like they mean business immediately...
by Kathleen Murphy | 1 Nov, 2013 | Calendar Blogs, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Bangers that go off in the sky early in November are best accompanied by bangers that warm the onlooker. Guy Fawkes night and a hot dog, just like a horse and carriage. Dave Waller is one of the counties most recogniseable butchers and I visited him on the 36th...
