I was minding my four year old granddaughter the other day. She was busy in the outdoor kitchen making lots of coffees. Her parents own a cafe so it was no surprise that she was running a cafe too. Meanwhile Nan was freezing on the step watching her, wishing she had a hot coffee instead of a pretend one.
I am a retired historian, archivist, curator and heraldry officer living in Australia. My love of history is centred around military, maritime, medicine and social...
