Albert Ryott’s letter Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 9th November 2014 Kath Horsfall has lived in Majorca for 50 years after relocating to the island with her parents. She stayed after they returned to England because she had found a career, love, marriage and her own family. She has become one…
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….
Polish the pistons and tune the carburetors in SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily bulletinTuesday 7th October 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOX The mountains of Soller have been overwhelmed this weekend and the race was on. ‘The Pujada of the Puig Mayor’ happens every year in October and this weekend they celebrated their 35th anniversary. This is…
Winter Weddings in Mallorca By Shirley Roberts This beautiful island plays host to hundreds of weddings every year and is the venue of choice for people from all over Europe and beyond. They all know that unless they are getting married as Catholics they have to legally marry in their home country and use the…
Answers By Barry Byrne From the mailbag…A bumper double crop! The pandemic, tax and 90-day stays. Q: If I’m not a Spanish resident, can I stay longer than the 90 days in 180 because of the pandemic? Q: What amnesty exists for people who have just got stuck here because of Covid? Q Where do…
By Shirley Roberts We all have our favourite places for a trip when visitors come to stay. For me the criteria this week was a short drive, to a magnificent change of scene. This was all easily achieved by pointing the car, from Soller towards Inca, on the motorway. A right turn towards Binissalem and…
A story for December in SollerIn December, twenty two years ago a little miracle took place in Soller. The effects are still felt to this day and will go on as long as people have memories. If you cast your mind back to what was happening on the world stage in 1992 you might have…
Written By Shirley Roberts Pics by Shirley Roberts Middle granddaughter indulged me with a Nan’s Day out while she was on a recent half term holiday. A glorious, warm, late October day and we pointed the car in the general direction of Campanet. Mimi knows this area well as it contains one of the many…
The Hospital Chapel and the work of Saint Rita in Sóller The Saint of Impossible Causes… By Debra Reynolds on 4th November 2016 As Sollerweb reported earlier this week, as of Wednesday of this week, there has been a change in the Mass timetable at Sant Bartomeu in Sóller. All weekday Masses (i.e. Monday-Saturday inclusive)…
Maria and Bodil 2020 My story today begins in Denmark in 1950 with a man who was a revolutionary in so many ways. Elif Krogager was a man of the cloth – a Pastor, a resistance fighter and an entrepreneur. His work with the Danish people after the war made him realise that they were…
