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7UP #familyhistory style Nº 2
It's my dad's turn today for the 7UP experience, following on from Mum's story last week, inspired by the TV series of programmes which...
Wendy Percival
Jun 21, 20192 min read
7 UP #familyhistory style
1964 saw the start of a fascinating project inspired by the quote: " Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man."...
Wendy Percival
Jun 14, 20192 min read
A mystery with two literary twists!
While debating what book I should read next, after two set in Cornwall, The Silence Before Thunder by Kathy Shuker appeared on my radar....
Wendy Percival
Jun 7, 20192 min read
Ghost ship
You can actually smell the Mary Rose! When you pass through the air-lock on the top floor of the Mary Rose Museum into the same chamber...
Wendy Percival
May 31, 20192 min read
Living history
As you'll know if you read my recent post [see Stepping Back in History] I revisited The Weald & Downland Museum last week. I can confirm...
Wendy Percival
May 24, 20192 min read
Stepping back in history
By the time you read this post, I shall be out and about in our campervan exploring the rich heritage of our wonderful countryside....
Wendy Percival
May 17, 20192 min read
Precious old toys
The other day I stumbled across the BBC TV programme called The Repair Shop, which takes old broken items, precious to their owners, and...
Wendy Percival
May 10, 20192 min read
Intrigue and inspiration
I've thoroughly enjoyed the recent BBC TV series, A House Through Time which tells the history of 5 Ravensworth Terrace in Newcastle...
Wendy Percival
May 3, 20192 min read
Death far from home
I wrote a recent post (see Mysteries of a Devon churchyard - a poignant inscription) about the death in 1895, of 30-year-old Luke...
Wendy Percival
Apr 26, 20192 min read
Death & disease in Poldark country
While I was holidaying in Cornwall recently, we visited the National Trust’s Levant Tin Mine - very Poldark! It was on this part of the...
Wendy Percival
Apr 19, 20192 min read