Family holidays

River Cruise on Board M.C.Belle, 30th August 1937

Family Stories by LoisJanuary 7, 2017September 10, 2018

writing by LoisJanuary 5, 2017September 10, 2018

River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, August 29th 1937

A couple of days ago, I shared a post which I first made some while ago; my dad and his best friend Sammy went on a river cruise in 1937, when they were just eighteen years old. Fortunately they kept a diary, and this is the second entry: Feeling very energetic this morning we got up at 8:30 […]

Family Stories by LoisJanuary 3, 2017September 10, 2018

River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, August 28th 1937

I often think back to my dad and the wonderful stories he told about his life; I am lucky enough to have inherited a dairy he kept, one August in 1937. I have shared this before but I think it’s worth sharing again! My dad was born in 1919 in Saffron Walden in Essex; he was […]

Family Stories by LoisAugust 18, 2016September 10, 2018

Happy birthday!

Today would have been my dad’s birthday; here is something I wrote a couple of years ago, about a holiday he and his best friend took seventy-nine years ago! My dad was born in 1919 in Saffron Walden in Essex; he was christened in Peterborough Cathedral, but spent most of his life in Cambridge. From an early age […]