Comments on: In The Lavender Fields Of Surrey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/06/10/in-the-lavender-fields-of-surrey-o/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: boudica Fawkesredd https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/06/10/in-the-lavender-fields-of-surrey-o/#comment-1466913 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:15:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191792#comment-1466913 Lavender is blue dilly dillly lavenders green lavenders blue dilly

]]> By: Andy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/06/10/in-the-lavender-fields-of-surrey-o/#comment-1466900 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:47:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191792#comment-1466900 All good. Lavender is my favourite.

Andy

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/06/10/in-the-lavender-fields-of-surrey-o/#comment-1466882 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:18:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191792#comment-1466882 I love the smell of lavender when out walking late in the evening, it grows wild along the Rhein here in Basel. I also love the smell of Barlauch (wild garlic) when it has its short season. Very heady, people pick it from the verges to use in all sorts of dishes. It resembles lily of the valley. My district was historically a meadow and we have all sorts of wild flowers planted here to attract birds and insects.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/06/10/in-the-lavender-fields-of-surrey-o/#comment-1466862 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:06:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191792#comment-1466862 Lavender is always ‘a must’ in my garden. As well as loving it, it brings back memories of my grandparents garden in Gloucestershire (both now long gone), plus an aunt’s clean hankie which smelled of it – even though she’d spit on a corner of it to wipe around my mouth (I hated that bit!). The latter used to have Lavender bags among her closet.
When we moved out of London in 1959 due to my father’s new job in Mitcham, the address of our new home was no. 1 Lavender Grove, Mitcham, SURREY. I’ve never had such a lovely home address since that time! Mitcham was also famous for its watercress beds too!

]]> By: Lorraine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/06/10/in-the-lavender-fields-of-surrey-o/#comment-1466859 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:24:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191792#comment-1466859 A nice tribute to one of my favourite fragrances. My friends have mocked me for liking lavender, telling me it is ‘old ladies’ perfume’ (possibly brought about by the old fashioned fragrances of Yardley and so on, in an era when it became unfashionable). I also agree with your comment regarding cleaning products and its overuse! But I don’t care – I love lavender, using it in handwash, soap, hair products and such like. It has such therapeutic purposes, it is comforting, and pleasant to the sense of smell. Your piece has prompted a delightful and gentle thought process that modern busy life doesn’t always encourage. Thank you.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/06/10/in-the-lavender-fields-of-surrey-o/#comment-1466852 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:17:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191792#comment-1466852 Beautiful — the scent of lavender wafts up my nose when I look at the pictures!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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