I attended the FA Cup match between Leicester and Watford. The floodlights failed for several minutes in the second half and the illumination from mobile phones was a ‘son et lumiere’ sight to behold. Sometimes you can search for a note a long time and then you find it listed at an auction or on… Read more »

In my garden I have a squirrel-proof bird feeder. It’s the only one that has managed to outwit the grey pest who used to find a way into my previous feeders. Now, there are some mighty sights from Blue Tits and Woodpeckers to Goldfinches and Chaffinches. It’s steady traffic on the feeder.  The banknote collection… Read more »

Today, we travelled ten miles up the road to Mount St Bernard’s Monastery where the Trappist monks are renowned for superb pottery and now, beer! The Tynt Meadow ale is 7.4%, so it’s a strong brew in the Trappist tradition. Outside the shop is an Honesty Box where you can pay instead of going into… Read more »

I love walking through one of our nearby parks on a frosty, winter morning. The watery sun is like a large disc on the near horizon, casting its light on the hoary frost that has ‘painted’ the grass white and pale. The beauty of the moment is beyond words. Perhaps finding a sought-after banknote for… Read more »

The image is of a house just down the road. A footballer has moved out and the rubbish is piled high outside as renovations begin. Sometimes when clearing a house there may seem a lot of things to throw out but if you find banknotes…..hold on there! Even if they may seem tatty or ‘rubbish’… Read more »

‘Two paths diverged in a wood and I took the one less trodden. This made all the difference.’  It was Frost who mace these comments and how true. Collecting British banknotes may be seen by many as something a bid odd, but for the collector, the pursuit of quality notes is something beyond words. It… Read more »

Alice Hawkins in 1907 was arrested and imprisoned, the first of five times in a period of several years. She campaigned for the right of women to be able to vote. She worked in the Boot and Shoe trade in Leicester and a statue was erected a few years ago in the Market Square to… Read more »

This car was ‘fished’ out of the lake near the park I walk round most days. It is a Qashqai that is now ‘Dead’ and not even an old banger. A banknote can be in a dreadful state, all soiled and torn, and  worth little even if ‘old’. An old banknote in good shape, well… Read more »

I was brought up to support my local team, St Johnstone FC. Perth may not be the Mecca of football for most people but for St Johnstone supporters our ‘Fitba’ Team’ is in the blood and marrow of our souls. I have an advert for the banknotes in the programme for the whole season. I… Read more »