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.

Monday, January 28, 2019

Wapping and Dartmoor

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Of all the places in London's East end which have been gentrified over the years, Wapping is one that stands out. I'm wonderi...

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

From surgical boot to a stage clog

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My cousin Tommy Harrington contracted polio as a child. He survived the illness but,like many others he ended with one leg shorter than th...

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Sunday, November 11, 2018

And so it's over

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And so it's over The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month has passed for the hundreth time. The last post h...

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Monday, October 29, 2018

Lest We Forget the Sailors

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Lest we forget the Sailors. Whilst most of the battles of World War One were fought in France and Belgium there were also batt...

Friday, October 26, 2018

Postmans trousers

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Do you remember when postmen in Britain wore trousers? Not just in the winter but all the year round. The material was a dark blue serge ...

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

All that was left

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When our grandmother Ada Rosetta Sadler died on her birthday at the age of 82, the only items among her effects that related to her first...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Changing History

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It is sometimes difficult to understand how organisations and events which have existed for many years, sometimes centuries can be quietly ...

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