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, November 25, 2022

PPE but not plastic aprons or masks

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If I had gone to university, as I might have done as a mature student then no doubt I would have chosen PPE as a course. These initials be...

Monday, November 21, 2022

A challenging project right off the bat

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A challenging project right off the bat The conservation and partial restoration of an 18th-century taxidermy bat specimen © Simon Moore...

Monday, September 5, 2022

The Old Man at sea

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Eighty years ago at the age of 42 my dad joined the Royal Navy for the second time having already been in the First World War. We do not kno...

Friday, July 29, 2022

Lavender Place,St. George in the East

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Lavender Place was situated just along Pennington Street from where my dad was born in August 1900. Lavender Place had 11 Houses where 134 ...

Friday, February 4, 2022

Covid 19, Old Age, or food processing?

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One of the symptoms of covid 19 is a loss of smell and taste. Well, we have experienced that for some time before the pandemic and we are ...

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Smuggling cigars

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Dad's stepfather George Pokham was a merchant seaman who worked mainly on the ships carrying various items between the London Docks ...

Friday, October 29, 2021

Before Duvets

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Winter has arrived without a doubt in the Northwest of England so we have changed over to the winter weight duvet. Perhaps there are still...

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