Author: John Dummer

‘We sat and stared balefully at the walnut buffet. A rich customer had complained it was ‘making strange noises in the night.’ It was around midnight and we strained our ears to hear, hardly daring t …

‘I found Serge’s advice mostly useful and it would have been churlish to have refused his invitation to accompany him on a trip out in the country to “forage for hidden treasures”. If the truth be kn …

night. It was around midnight and we strained our ears to hear, hardly daring to breathe. And there it was a kind of crunch, crunch, crunching sound.’ John’s life as a travelling brocanteur (antiques …

It would have been churlish to have refused his invitation to accompany him on a trip to forage for hidden treasures . If the truth be known, I secretly couldn t resist the novelty of passing time wi …