the Linggoods relocated to Mallorca Shirley Roberts on 1st April 2021 Written by Shirley Roberts Our Peggy was one hundred years of age this week. Some of the Georgie Insull singers, with whom she used to sing, were allowed to sing to her. ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow’ and the piece de resistance….
Vall I Art deserves its place next to the Museum of modern Art By Shirley Roberts on 29th April 2021 By Shirley Roberts The Port of Soller has created its first space for ‘Itinerant Art’. The site is around the Antoni Montis roundabout in the Port of Soller. Local man Tofol Colom is the first artist to place…
A Humans of Mallorca story by Shirley Roberts Joe Walsh Tours was established in 1961 and was at the forefront of the development of tourism to Mallorca. They brought thousands to the island in the early days on specially chartered planes. The fun packed tourism of the 1960s’ went well with the expectation of the…
Joan Bennàssar. The Road to Lluc. Shelters of Love and Good Will 2021-07-05 Palma By Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter “On the right side of love is the Beloved and on the left side is the Friend;and this is why, to reach his Beloved, the Friend has to go through love first.”Ramon Llull This last year a strange enemy has burned…
A Humans of Mallorca story on 12th July 2021 by Shirley Roberts ‘Where have the mermaids gone?’ I was asked today. I was at the Museum of the Sea in the Port of Soller taking pictures for an article. I got talking to a very happy couple celebrating their wedding by clicking a padlock to…
By Shirley Roberts on 9th May 2021 The Anglican Church is alive and well and living in Mallorca where it has been for over 60 years. Early day worshippers created an Anglican church in the Son Armadans suburb of Palma. A building designed by the Architect Sr Carlos Sobron. The St Philip and St James…
By Shirley Roberts Fifty years ago the first brick was laid on the Party house of the Port of Soller. Created out of the market gardens of the flat lands behind the Repic Beach. An area known for its fine tomatoes and award winning cabbage. The whole area was devoted to growing food and the…
(Written by Gabriel Merce and abridged into a form of Englishness by Shirley Roberts Permission granted by Gabriel Merce and Veu de Soller for this adaptation.) Soller is a unique place on the Island of Mallorca with special praise given to its location, beauty and heritage. The number of return visitors to this location speaks…
By Shirley Roberts Pictures by Shirley Roberts To drive to the very middle of the island was my mission of the day which was not a mid week experience. A Wednesday visit to Sineu is commonplace as it has a great weekly market. The only market on the island which still continues to sell livestock. …
