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.

Friday, January 9, 2015

When I was in a Boy Band.

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I used to be in a Boy Band! When I was about four of five years old I was in a Boy Band. Well really a bundle of boys who thou...

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

When the Devil came to Wapping on Christmas Eve

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When the Devil came to Wapping on Christmas Eve Christmas around again and all is merry and bright, but there have always been som...

Thursday, December 18, 2014

1943 Mediterranean cruise with the Royal Navy

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Mediterranean cruise. Service on Board HMS Whimbrel between 1942 and 1946 almost amounted to a world cruise with visits to America and...

Saturday, November 29, 2014

A Christmas Raffle with a difference

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The Pig Raffle Between the two world wars, the local branch of the Transport and General Workers Union, of which Ernie (my Dad) was the ...

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Another World War One Book?

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If you go to Amazon Books and type in "World War One" you will get over 19000 hits, yes that is right over nineteen thousand or ...

Thursday, October 23, 2014

No Gas Mask=No Zoo trip

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No Gas Mask=No Zoo trip As most will know, during the second world war, it was compulsory to carry a gas mask with you everywhere...

Friday, September 5, 2014

Sixty years between shaves

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Had a shave at a barbers the other day. Well not really a barber as it was a young woman did the shaving. The last time I had a shave ...

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