Soller – Yours and MineWalking through our City the other day I bumped into the indomitable Elena Davis. A legend around these parts for her fierce intellect and longevity. This is a lady who will reach her 100th birthday in just a few years. Elena came to live in the Soller valley from New York…
A little nod to Social History by Shirley Roberts Pic of Hampstead houses 2022 Urban planning has immediate and long term effects and changes the course of history for many locations. If I take you back to the North London which existed before I arrived in the world you would find mansions and servants. The…
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…
Charity begins at home in Soller Photographs by RACHEL FOX The Soller Valley had a late start to Christmas. The new Christmas tree with its poinsettia sculptures and silver lights was still being erected last Thursday in time for the ‘switch on’ ceremony on Friday. We have had a make do and mend Christmas…
Photograph by Rachel Fox A tantalising glimpse, a snippet of a story and then it all comes tumbling out. That is reality of life in Soller in June as the summer gets into full swing. A story came my way about the developments up at the Santa Maria d’Olivar Church on the road between Soller…
Which side of the track are you on in Soller? Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 9th June 2015Photographs by RACHEL FOX Our tram runs through Soller winding its way through people’s gardens till it gets to the sea. The hundreds of passengers on it each day for the first time make the usual observations. …
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin – 13th May 2014 The organisation of the Soller Firo has to be seen to be believed. This is the major event of the year for Sollerics and the well oiled machine runs all year round preparing for these special dates in the calendar. It was all change for…
POPE TO CANONISE FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA OF MAJORCA Juniper Serra was born on November 24th 1713 and named Miguel Jose Serra in Petra in Mallorca.. He became a priest of Mallorca and progressed to the role of Philosophy Professor and distinguished preacher at the Convent of San Francisco in Palma. At the age of 36…
A story behind the scenes of the Port of Soller Written by Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 11th July 2017 Photograph by Gary Lloyd Rees I have a fascination in unravelling the past and creating it in the context of 2017. To research and read the stories of the history…
Sunsets and cocktails in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 19th May 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The North West of Majorca is the place that we call home. Soller, nestled into the golden bowl of the Soller Valley is surrounded on three sides by the Tramuntana mountain range and its…
