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.

Sunday, September 6, 2015

A visit to Malta

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In January 1945 HMS Whimbrel visited Malta  as part of a Royal Navy flotilla which was in training to go to the Pacific, The war in Europe ...
Monday, August 31, 2015

A Tale of Two Migrants

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My Great great grandfathert Balthasar Dietz was an economic migrant by today’s standards, In about 1842 he left his native village ...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

A day at the Races

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Peter McKie was a chair-maker and although much of his trade was in the repair of chairs he also manufactured a folding stool, much like...
Friday, May 15, 2015

A Dangerous childhood?

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By present day standards children between the wars lived quite dangerous lives in their leisure time. Hours spent without adult supervisio...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Free Councillors

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Underpaid Councillors Heard a local councillor on the TV saying that he would not be standing for election again as he could not afford...
Monday, April 20, 2015

Suffering from GOMS

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I am sick .  I am suffering from GOMS (Grumpy Old Man Syndrome).  I have had this for some time and have done my best to cope with it, but...
Friday, April 3, 2015

Never trust an adult

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Never trust an adult As a schoolboy, like many, I used have a little collection of odds and ends which were MINE.  In a large family this...
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