Old Things and New Times

My grandmother has recently moved into a home, for want of a better word, so has moved out of the house she lived in for over thirty years. We spent the Easter weekend clearing the house and getting it ready for the new owners (we completed today, hurrah!). As you can imagine there was all kinds of stuff in there so much hilarity was had. Joan has always been an avid photographer so I know have photographic accounts of trips around the world from the twenties onwards. More on some finds later.
The house is in Middlesex, Northwood to be more precise. We went to eat in a couple of places up there and the food was traditional, old fashioned and good. The first place was Spanish and I started with a glass of sherry (very nice fino) and a small plate of tapas - a couple of slices of hot chorizo, a couple of caperberries, some peppers and a few boquerones - yum and should be done more often I think. The rest of the food was good if unremarkable but the veggies came on those silver dishes where they serve you from them, very old school. The second place was in Hatch End and Italian (something that doesn't seem to be lacking there!) and again, the food was good but unremarkable. The veggies came on the group dishes and they serve you, must be a North London thing...
Anyway, if you find yourself in this neck of the woods, you won't want for a decent meal.