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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.
2014, part 1
January floods, poor Somerset February, I publish ‘Radwinter’, my first genealogical mystery Tom the bear’s house, visiting Killerton in March Family holiday in Norfolk in April!
MoreOf its time
This photo is so of its time; the rowing club blazers, the baggy trousers held up by braces (I bet Donald had his held up with a tie – he couldn’t bear belts or braces!) and the brilliantined hair. This is my dad Donald, somewhere in Cambridge, no doubt near the river; he is on […]
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Party!
My sister and I looking very smart in our beautiful dresses and velvet boleros made by our mum. Mine was white with red ribbon running through the satin, and my bolero was red; my sister’s was blue, and I always secretly wished I had the blue one but I pretended red was my favourite colour. We are […]
MoreHow many years ago?
We have just cooked spaghetti Bolognese, and are serving it into bowls… there would have been maybe three or four other people here but we were doing the cooking on a tiny little Baby Belling, a midget electric cooker. This was my first year away from home at Manchester Polytechnic.
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