Say Hello to Rachel and Sally… The fifth year of Humans of Majorca begins with the 2021 story of Rachel and Sally. They are two women who have started a business in a pandemic and have still got smiles on their faces. Let me introduce you to Rachel who hails from the Emerald isle. A…
We reserve the right to change our mind in Soller The Mayor of Soller is an important person here who is highly visible and approachable. He is often to be found chatting to the public or having coffee with the older generation who constantly hold him to account. When he goes on holiday it is…
30th July 2021 Written by Shirley Roberts Mimi Dean is a Solleric and has played football in Soller since she was five. The Football Club of Soller has always allowed girls to play in the same teams as the boys. As they get older the rules change and girls usually head off to a women’s…
By Shirley Roberts September 2019 What is the collective noun for four Nan’s? That was my word dilemma this week as London met Cala D’or and picked me up on the way. Our names give us away as being born in a certain time frame. You don’t get many Lyn, Sue, Val or Shirley’s these…
Jackie Waldren reads the Prego By Shirley RobertsPhotographs by Rachel FoxPublished in the Majorca Daily Bulletin onSunday 21st December 2014 The annual celebration in Palma on 30th December of the Festa de L’Estendard is very important in the life of this Island . It commemorates the date in 1229 when Muslim power came to an…
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…
By Shirley Roberts Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees Poetissa Fca Alcover is named after a woman – A poet and a very special lady of her generation. She died in 1955 and is revered in the Soller Valley She was a writer and journalist and wrote articles defending the Church from anticlerical attacks and…
2021-10-05 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts The Anglican Churches in Palma and Puerto Pollensa belong to the Diocese of Europe. The hierarchy, led by the Bishop of Europe have a huge set of disparate parishes to look after. Therefore, there is always great excitement if he touches down in Palma, to spend time with…
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…
Havaneres, Gin, Chickens and more in SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 16th September 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOX The Soller Valley is awash with gin and tonic and experts. We have watched at fiestas when the hospitality kings of the Tourism University have demonstrated the art of preparing the ultimate drink. Special swizzle sticks to…
