Tag: Joyce Shaw
Teaching in the 60s (Part 3)
By Joyce ShawThe classes averaged 31-33 pupils per class and music was a mixed ability class…this was a good introduction to what was the...
July 2024 – Consett, Editorial
Dear Consett Readers,Welcome to the July 2024 issue of Consett Magazine, your trusted source of community news since August 2012. As we bring you...
Meeting a Princess by Joyce Shaw
I am a Royalist! I enjoy bragging to my foreign friends that we have a unique tourist attraction which is the Royal Family! ...
May 2024 Editorial, Consett, County Durham
Dear Consett Community, welcome to the May 2024 edition of Consett Magazine, where we celebrate the blossoms of community spirit and the deep roots...
A Hungarian Adventure by Joyce Shaw
I suppose if you have not travelled to certain cities or countries, you make general assumptions…. eg Paris=the city of love, Bondi Beach=the surfer’s...
Making Memories. Making History – By Joyce Shaw
Have you ever thought about how history is made?…At every moment of every day in some part of the world there is an unpredictable...
Flying High – By Joyce Shaw
Lockdown has certainly put paid to travel as we used to know it, and seeing a plane in the air is now a rare...
Frustration – By Joyce Shaw
The dictionary gives two definitions of frustrations…. the feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve...
What’s that noise? – By Joyce Shaw
Sue, my neighbour came running over to me. “I can’t stand this noise” she said. When I stopped to listen I agreed. There was...







