Worth sharing
We love to know what’s inspired you in the magazine and here’s the page where you tell us what you’re thinking, baking and making!
CHAMPION VOLUNTEER
Over the lockdowns, care home residents were cut off from their families, so I delivered activities, including art supplies, to them. My work was noticed and I have been chosen to receive a Platinum Champions Award from the Royal Voluntary Service. This is the first time I’ve written in, but I feel humbled and proud to share this. WENDY PATER
HORSE POWER
I was delighted to read about Natalie O’rourke and Park Lane Stables (Personal Journey, July), as this was where I rode in the 1960s. We would mount our horses and walk to Bushy Park to enjoy a ride. How wonderful that Natalie has been able to save the stables and that disabled adults and children can get joy from the horses, as I did all those years ago. ANN BRIDGES
GH BOOK INSPIRATION
I read with interest Susan Calman’s I Store Up My Friends’ Book Reviews… (July). I am disabled and don’t get out every day, but reading is my passion and each month I order books picked from GH. I enjoy Good Housekeeping for many things but, like Susan, I love to store away book reviews. I rely on your magazine for book inspiration. Long may it continue! YVONNE JONES
CHELSEA FASHIONABLE
I had a little chuckle reading how to attract wildlife in Get The Chelsea Look (Good Gardens, June). As an ex-beekeeper, I’ve always gardened with insects in mind and haven’t used pesticides or done harsh lawn cutting for the last 30 years. I’ve just had a hip replacement, which means I couldn’t weed my already wildish garden, so
I found it hilarious that I am being Chelsea fashionable! GOLDIE CULPIN
BAKES AND MAKES
Thank you for inspiring me to recreate this special cake from the Celebrate The Jubilee supplement (June), which I made for our local Bowls Club’s Jubilee celebrations. I haven’t made a large cake like this for quite a while and was pretty happy with the result! LORRAINE WILLIAM
I was looking back at old recipes and decided to make this delicious (and easy) summer Strawberry Streusel Loaf Cake (August 2018) as my Jubilee contribution for a neighbour’s barbecue. MONIQUE BUCKLEY