This is the Barker-family.info web site, the personal pages and projects of Nigel, Jan, Emily, Lucy and Georgina Barker.
Nigel Barker, Jan Barker, Emily Barker, Lucy Barker, Georgina Barker
Prestonpans, Prestonpandemonium, Monkey Loft Comics, Three Harbours Art Festival, Nulsh, Malcy Duff
Prestonpans, John Rattray, Book Crossing, Comics, Comics Quiz, EC War Comics Index, I Love You Toast, Toast in the Post
Prestonpans Nursery School Recipe Book
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Silver Surfers' Day 2007 is May 25th. We will be taking part by
providing free taster and advice sessions to any over 50s. Sessions can
be tailored to individual needs so book a session now.
Full details here ...
Oblitter8 took place on Sunday 29th April 2007. Big thanks to everyone who took part.
More photos here ...
We don't like litter in our beautiful town. One of the projects we are involved in is clearing litter from the largely abandoned Cuthill Park. The first two clearups were on Saturday 6th January and Sunday 3rd March. We had great fun, the park is looking a lot better and burgers were provided by the Goth.
Big thanks to all those who took part.
The second Prestonpandemonium Comic Mart happened at the Goth on 4th November with Alan Grant as a very special guest. We had a great time doing the Prestonpandemonium shows but there isn't going to be another one for quite a while, probably not until 2008. Sorry comic fans of East Lothian.
If you're looking for a comic mart in Scotland we recommend Glasgow Hillhead Library -- sorry no link or date for next show.
Prestonpandemonium site here.
The 2006 Prestonpans beach clear and survey took place on Sunday 17th September. Many thanks to all those who took part and to the Prestoungrange Gothenburg for supplying burgers and chips for the volunteers.
Beach clear details here.
Our first Monkey Loft exhibition, with Malcy Duff and Nulsh, is now over and was a great success. if you made it along, or if you just want to see what it was all about, check out the pictures here ...
Original Malcy and Nulsh slideshow here.
The Barker Family are Nigel and Jan and our three girls, Emily, Lucy & Georgina.
When we first met back in the late 80s, Snickers were still called Marathons, Opal Fruits hadn't yet been rechristened Starburst and Channel 5 hadn't yet been invented. "zeitgeist" wasn't yet the zeitgeist and we hadn't heard of pesto. We spent our time listening to music and dreaming of the day we would have lots of money. Our idea of a good time was spending a Bank Holiday Monday in Brighton.
Three children (and three stones) later we now spend our time listening to music and dreaming of the day we will have furniture that doesn't come with an allen key. Our idea of a good time in going anywhere. Being spontaneous takes three weeks planning and lots of nappies.
We first created a very basic website as a way of inviting people to our wedding and displaying the photographs. We later launched a new website to announce the arrival of Lucy. As our family grew, so did the website...
Nowadays our website contains things about our life, our interests, our travels, the girls' artwork and whatever projects we are currently involved in.
The diary, photos, the Wave Gallery, the 36 Cameras project and our respective blogs (Nigeblog and Jan's snob-blog) get updated frequently so do keep popping by.
Please get in touch if you want to be involved in any of our projects, want to buy toast or just want to say "Hi".