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.

Thursday, July 31, 2014

No tie- no job

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Can you imagine these days being sent home from work because you were not wearing a tie.? On my first day at my first job I turned up one...
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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Hop flavoured cheese

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I know that there are many varieties of cheese- Cheddar, Cheshire, Edam, Gorgonzola, Brie, Leicester just to name a few.  And like the wine...
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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Seven year old stole a silver teapot

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I nearly acquired a criminal record at the age of seven by being accused of stealing a silver teapot ! It was all a case of mistaken id...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Walking to see grannies

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Walking to see Grannies Hopefully children frequently visit their grandparents.  But of course it is not always easy, time, distance et...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

My Great Grandad went to Brazil in 1857.

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My Great Grandad went to Brazil in 1857. There was no World cup of course and there was no organised Carnivale either, the only street p...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Ten signs you may think you are getting old

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One.  You are the only man in a restaurant without designer stubble and  wearing a tie Two:  you don't wear shorts in the street u...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

A Warm welcome in Murmansk

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Seventy years ago this month my dad arrived in the the Russian port city of Murmansk to a rapturous welcome.  The welcome wasn't just...
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