by Yasemin Allsop | May 7, 2022 | blog, Life rolls on, Liferollson
How can I forget my wedding day? A budget one for sure. Dress £22 from BHS children’s section, for a 13-year-old. Still, it was too big, so I had to alter it myself. Shoes only £20 pounds, they were satin too. A pretty, glittering headband, £3. Wedding guests...
by Yasemin Allsop | Apr 19, 2022 | blog, Liferollson
Let’s fast forward a bit. I moved in with Simon a while ago. We are now living in Peterborough. His house was beautiful but needed lots of love and care. Yep. Holes in the walls. No running water in the kitchen, so, I turned the bathtub into a dishwasher. His bike was...
by Yasemin Allsop | Apr 11, 2022 | blog, Life rolls on, Liferollson
Remember year 2000? The millennium. We were told that computer systems would not interpret the “00” correctly. Y2K (Year 2000) bug. The end was near! In December 1999, I was living near Clapham North. Yep, moved again. I planned to go to Turkey to see my...
by Yasemin Allsop | Apr 4, 2022 | blog, Life rolls on, Liferollson
Can you believe that I did not use a computer before I came to England? Oh yes! So, I decided to do a business computing course to learn more about computers and Microsoft office programs. I was still working as an Au pair, but now, instead of taking care of the old...
by Yasemin Allsop | Mar 28, 2022 | blog, Life rolls on, Liferollson
The excitement of flying the first time and coming to this city called London. I first found out about London in the book ‘A Little Princess’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett when I was a child. Unaware that it was a real city, I placed myself in little Sarah...