Did the real Dick Whittington travel through Twickenham?
Did you know that Dick Whittington was a real person? Did you know that he was the son of an MP? And that when he made his famous...
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Story Storks
Oct 27, 20222 min read
The Story Stork is flying again!!!
Wow! What a fun two years that was! I found it a tad hard to keep Story Storks going. It's not big enough to have qualified for any of...
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Story Storks
May 8, 20215 min read
The Story Stork has been grounded :-(
Sadly, the pandemic hasn't been too kind to the Story Stork. It's unsurprising that I've struggled, what with Story Storks basically...
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Story Storks
Jul 9, 20207 min read
STORY HUNTERS - The Dragon of West Clandon
I usually love the summer holiday. No homework for the kids; work for me, but I go part-time, which means we can then go and explore our...
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Story Storks
Mar 14, 202014 min read
Coronavirus - Can I take the kids out or not?
I make my living from gathering a bunch of germ-bag kids in a room and having a magical 40 minutes of story fun. By the end, we're super...
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Story Storks
Jan 30, 20203 min read
Happy 'Story Storks publishes it's first piece of research' day!
Today, the 31st of January 2020, will mean many things to many people. I decided that for me, today is going to be a monumental step...
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Story Storks
Nov 19, 20196 min read
Dick Whittington - The Real Story behind the Real Man
UPDATE - JANUARY 2021 I first published this blog back in November 2019, before we undertook a Heritage Lottery Funded project to...
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Story Storks
Nov 11, 20194 min read
Did Dick Whittington come through Kingston?
UPDATE - JANUARY 2021 I first wrote this blog back in November 2019 before we undertook the Dick Whittington research. It's great to be...
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Story Storks
Apr 18, 20192 min read
Cat in the Hat - go now!!
I have a new theatre crush! It's been a while since I've seen something that's blown my socks off enough to write about it, but today...
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Story Storks
Mar 14, 20192 min read
We found a Crocodile!
Did you know, 100 years ago Kingston was about to be swamped by Crocodiles?! Wooden ones, made by the Munitionettes in the Sopwith...
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Story Storks
Feb 5, 20193 min read
'Build me a plane' I said, and they said 'OK, how big, and what colour!'
I have been offering work experience to Kingston College students for 2 years now, and I have to say I surprised myself with just how...
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Story Storks
Feb 3, 20193 min read
There's a Crocodile in Kingston!
It's amazing where you can find inspiration! For me, the story of The Kingston Crocodile, or Snappity as he's affectionately known...
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