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.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Its Census year again.

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The next UK census will be held in March 2021 continueing a process which has taken place almost every ten years in a constantly changing f...

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Monday, February 22, 2021

The mat weaver,the tea packer and the corned beef inspector

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Occupations which have gone from British industrial life, like the wheel tappers and the saggar maker's bottom knocker also include c...

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Pure at London Bridge

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Pure at London bridge There is an eating place near London Bridge station with name "Pure". I dont know who owns this chain of e...

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 ...

Monday, February 8, 2021

The A.F.S in Wapping

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The AFS in Wapping My brother Tom joined the Auxiliary Fire service in 1938 soon after it was established. The AFS was a volunteer service...

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Two Wapping Gardens

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There are two gardens in Wapping in London's East End which were not there when I was a boy before WW2. The Rose Garden is alongside ...

More water in number three

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Back when the average home did not have a built in bathroom,which is a lot less than a century ago, for having a bath there was a few opti...

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