Blog posts with the tag 'Rendall'

Relatives who won’t tell…

photo of some of Slater family

This week’s #52ancestors set topic is “close up”. I’m struggling to find a suitable ancestor but the theme also reflects the difficulty you may encounter when relatives close up and won’t tell. So that is my inspiration!! Barbara Ina Slater (1927-2010) Auntie Barbara was my mother’s younger sister, she lived with her parents, James and  |  more…

Grandma’s elderflower wine

Jessie Sclater, my grandma, and her sisters, “the aunties o Kebro”, were all very competent women: working on the farm, managing the house, baking, cooking, brewing and, in grandma’s case, making elderflower wine. Nothing evokes the long, light, summer days of my Orkney childhood like the fragrant, sparkling taste of grandma’s elderflower wine. Food and  |  more…