ALAN SILLITOE of Soller… Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – published in 1958 Alan Sillitoe was born in 1928 in the manufacturing City of Nottingham.The workers of that industrial place were to be the inspiration for many of his works. Alan Sillitoe came to live in Mallorca on the back of a Military Pension like…
By Shirley Roberts These are the days my friends, when energy needs to be spread over the whole island. The weather is great for travelling and exploring. Winter temperatures lend themselves to getting out there and seeing what the world on our doorstep has to offer. All too easy to stay put and let the…
We loved the wander around Petra 2022-04-14 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts When the grandchildren are on school holidays I sometimes have their company. We wander the island looking for the places which please us. This can be anywhere on the island which the car or train will take us. The train route starts…
For many years now, Catalina Trías has been running a night-time sewing workshop in Sóller aimed at making peasant dresses. An always full workshop. The participants in one of the night groups that started this month. From left to right: Trinidad Morell, Remedios Mas, Laura Rodríguez, Ángeles Muñoz, Francisca Rosselló, Catalina Trias and Bea Borràs….
The snow is so rare here in the Hidden Valley that when it sdoes happen we talk of it for years after the event. February 2012’s snowfall closed the Tunnel and trapped us for a few hours in our own strange winter world. It was beautiful and we will not forget …
By Shirley Roberts The craggy mountainside rises out of the sea from the Port of Soller. The caves and inlets are there until Deia and beyond. The smuggling stories of this area are legendary and start from early days. In more recent Franco times the routes were used for tobacco, antibiotics and essentials, not easy…
THE SOLLER YEAR IN FOCUS Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 29th December 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The page turns and a New Year begins this week. It is natural for me for writing purposes to have a hunt through the diaries and Facebook entries to check on the highlights of the year….
19 November 2013 Soller prawns and lottery winners are in the news Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin onTuesday 19th November 2013By Soller ShirleyPhotograph by RACHEL FOX Does the name Yotam Otolenghi mean anything to you? If you are a serious foodie and read his columns in the Guardian it will. Famous for restaurants all…
All you need is love in Soller We love weddings in Soller and the City gets plenty to host and love. Big, formal, beachside, mirador, hotels, churches, gardens are all the locations and forms of a wedding Soller style. Take last Friday evening for instance when San Bartholomew Church was used to host…
A glimpse of the past in the Port of Soller that is rarely seen. Story courtesy of the Cultural Association of the Port of Soller A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE OCCUPATION OF A PORT IN THE MEDITERRANEANTHE PORT DE SÓLLER, The Naval Base in the Port occupied all the port installations, the Oratory of Santa…
