Genealogy and other jottings

Genealogy or perhaps more Family History. Not just straight forward (or backward) family lines, but brothers and sisters, the neighbourhoods that they lived in and some information about what was happening at the time.

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Army sport

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Until I did my national service I had never seen a game of rugby. Bear in mind that this was in the days before TV. Whilst doing my military...

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Christmas has gone. Again

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Christmas seems to last a long time these days and suddenly its over. Last Christmas was like no other and for many is best forgotten. I ...

Friday, April 21, 2017

What we learned doing National Service

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National Service - what we learned Every now and again after some particular outrage by a young person, student, hoodie, longhair ...

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Fall out for a smoke

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We live near a large block of modern flats and we can see some of the mainly younger residents standing outside smoking because it is no...

Friday, January 1, 2016

What National Service taught us.

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There used to be a phrase about National Service and what it taught young men. "I learned to drive and I learned to scive>" ...

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