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Family Stories
All families have stories; some stories are almost myths… did my ancestors really come from Sweden? Were they really river pilots or pirates operating out of the east coast port of King’s Lynn? Some family stories are true, although some facts may be hidden; my great-grandparents loved each other across a religious divide, but where and how did they meet? Some family stories are only revealed through census records and some genealogical detective work. I want to tell the stories of my family, and others who otherwise might be lost in the past.
It’s so quiet here…
There’s no sound of dreadful youtube videos by annoying geeky scientists with even more annoying voices, no sound of ‘Homes Under The Hammer’ or ‘The Big Bang Theory’… the washing machine isn’t whirring endlessly to get work clothes or going out clothes ready… the children have left home…
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This time tomorrow…
My children are getting ready to go off to university, my son for his second year at Salford University, my daughter for her first year in… Ulster! We’ll be flying with her across the Irish Sea to Belfast tomorrow, then staying for a few days at our beloved Portballintrae before she starts at the Coleraine […]
MoreGranny Anne
I remember Granny Anne from when I was little. She was very little herself by the time I knew her, bent over, and shuffling along the corridor all smiley to open the door for us of her tiny little house. Her husband Tom was an engine driver and he continued to wear his uniform bowler hat, even when the new modern […]
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Lois Elsden 