The Soller Football Club ground is 97 years old this year – its birthday is on August 24th. The stadium was built in the centre of town about 5 minutes walk from the town square. Of course when it was built it was on the outskirts of town but these days the urban sprawl has…
By Shirley Roberts I am so aware, as I write this, that many readers wish they were me today. All three of my granddaughters are here in Majorca and all of us able to go out together. So many reading this are in the UK, Germany, Sweden and the USA. We all have different restrictions…
This is a landmark… By Shirley Roberts Photograph by Rachel Fox This article, once published to the Tramuntana section of the sollerweb website, will be a game changer. Not because the prose and spellings will be 100% but because we enter the ZONE. When Soller Shirley Facebook page came into existence 8 years ago it…
Here come the holidays… Written by Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 25th July 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox The end of July has come round all too quickly. We are all feeling the heat and humidity and the reservoirs are depleting. The water that washes us and our streets comes…
It’s all about the ‘Brand’ in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 30th September 2014Photograph of Soller’s cobbled streets by Rachel Fox The marketing people are ever with us in fact I am one myself so I have a little understanding. To create ‘Team GB’ before the Olympics took years and expensive PR people…
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…
This Church began its life, in this location, in 1866 2022-01-06 Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Christmas, New Year, Covid and Three Kings all in the space of four weeks. Our family Covid Christmas will be filed in the Christmas Memory box under the ‘Do not repeat’ category. However it does give me great sympathy…
Look at the signs in Soller Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 21st February 2017 So much change in the air as the tourist season starts in Soller this week. The collection of Cafes that enclose our City square are all re opening and new…
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A wonderful Christmas show in English for all the family.12th to 21st December 2014 Theatre Municipal Catalina VallsPasseig de Mallorca 9,Palma www.christmascarolmallorca.com An Isla Theatre Project
Secar de Real is a newbuild town which arrived at the same time as the industrial estate and the new hospital 2021-07-29 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts The drive from Soller the Son Castello Industrial Estate is one straight road. Soon to have a new roundabout which will slow the traffic. This is to provide access to…