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Wendy Percival
- May 25, 2018
- 1 min
Poor old George
I'd always known the story of my great uncle Tom, (Thomas Diggory) and the disabling leg wound he'd received during WW1, in March 1917....
Wendy Percival
- Apr 16, 2018
- 1 min
Clue in the postage stamp?
While the year may have been missed off Tom Diggory's postcard (see Secrets on a Postcard) during the franking process, I wondered if I...
Wendy Percival
- Apr 16, 2018
- 1 min
Trails lead to secrets!
One of the things I love about family history is where a trail can lead. Another is discovering how things join up and make sense of what...
Wendy Percival
- Apr 3, 2018
- 1 min
Following the clues
It's clear from studying the postcard written to my great-uncle, Tom Diggory (see Secrets on a Postcard and Message on a Postcard ) that...
Wendy Percival
- Mar 29, 2018
- 1 min
Message on a postcard
As I mentioned in my previous post about the postcard I found (see Secrets on a postcard), on the reverse of the photograph, there was a...
Wendy Percival
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
Secrets on a postcard
While sorting through some old postcards the other day I came across this photograph (undated) of the forge in The Wergs, near...