Swanstyle Gifts

29/08/2026

Car rally

19/08/2026

01/08/2026

20/04/2026

Beautiful place well worth a visit

https://www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/shipley/whats-on/spring-craft-market

17/04/2026

Couldn’t agree more

06/01/2026

“As for mending, I think it’s good to take the time to fix something rather than throw it away. Its an antidote to wastefulness and to the need for immediate gratification. You get to see a whole process through, beginning to end, nothing abstract about it. You'll always notice the fabric scar, of course, but there's an art to mending. If you're careful, the repair can actually add to the beauty of the think because it is a testimony to its worth.”
Elizabeth Berg - The Art of Mending, 2006.

Harold Knight - A Window in St John's Wood, 1932.

24/12/2025

Please share if u can. Merry Christmas.

14/09/2025

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
J.R.R. Tolkien

Aldo Balding - Kitchen at Chateau Gudanes, 2024.

28/08/2025

We're so sorry to read this. Janet was a neighbour to us and a much loved champion of the Fish Quay. Her page Fish Quay Opinions was an invaluable source of local information and I feel sure we are poorer for her passing. Our thoughts are with Steven and her family at this sad time. RIP Janet.

23/08/2025

Lovely day picking sunflowers at Laverock farm in Blyth on our doorstep open Sunday and Monday too