Author: janetcorke
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Traffic hazards
Driving on the Island required strong nerves, and I never saw a Maltese woman behind the driving wheel. Fortunately I had learnt to drive in North Wales, where narrow roads between high hedges tested one’s ability to react quickly when straying animals suddenly appeared around a blind bend, or a tractor drove out of a farm…
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Nic with the neighbours
Birkirkara, then a village, now a large town, was home to families who had lived there for generations – no supermarkets, no posh shops, no fancy restaurants, most people still living as they had always lived – up with the dawn and bed as soon as darkness had descended – except on feast days! The British Service families lived…
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Mysterious and alluring faldetta
As “civvies” living in Malta in the 1960s, we frequently travelled by public transport – old noisy buses belching out diesel fumes. Whilst not the most comfortable or speedy way to travel round the island, it gave us so many opportunities to engage in the life of the islanders. What fascinated me was the faldetta:…
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Beware, beware you “juggernaut sellers”, the small people are after you!!!!
The time for independent bookshops has arrived at last, with more such shops than ever before. Such a change from my days of running my own bookshop in South Devon back in the 1990s! Indie bookshop numbers hit 10-year high in 2022 defying brutal UK retail year | Books | The Guardian
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Women solicitors can no longer be ignored!
The first 100 years of women being allowed to practise as solicitors has recently been celebrated, but once I went to Malta, I could no longer work. To find out why, read the review of “Almost a Catastrophe!” which appeared in February 2022’s issue of Legal Women. “An easy-to-read memoir written in an engaging style…
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Charlotte the fashion girl!
Whilst taking a family stroll in the quiet streets of Birkirkara one day, Charlotte insisted on trying on my dark sunglasses and carrying my rather large (for her) handbag – making her even more of a novelty than usual! Her blonde, curly hair and blue eyes certainly grabbed the attention of passers-by and Doris, our…
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Review on “To Make Much of Time” blog
The review I received of my second memoir, “Almost a Catastrophe!” came as a surprise, when it was published this week on the “To Make Much of Time” blog site. Lovely to hear that they found it “a highly engaging read” and that “the arc of the story is brought to life with fascinating details…
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Taking the books for a walk
My daughter still loves walking in the Gwydyr forest and a few months ago, decided to take the books with her! These views are all from a square mile or two of Ty’n yr Ardd, in a beautiful area known as Nant Bwlch yr Haearn.
Fulwood Books 