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My #Cornwall book review
As I promised - an update on my holiday reading choices (see Therapeutic Cornwall). I started with Ghostwritten by Isabel Wolff. As...
Wendy Percival
Apr 12, 20192 min read
Therapeutic Cornwall
By the time this post whooshes its way on to the the World Wide Web, I’ll be away recharging my batteries on the Cornish coast. In the...
Wendy Percival
Apr 5, 20191 min read
Mysteries of a #Devon churchyard - a poignant inscription
As you'll know if you've been following this blog recently, I've been curious about the stories behind the gravestones in the churchyard...
Wendy Percival
Mar 29, 20191 min read
Another churchyard tragedy
To follow the story of the sad death of 12 year old John Edworthy (see Churchyard mysteries - a tragic story) this week I discovered the...
Wendy Percival
Mar 22, 20192 min read
Churchyard mysteries - a tragic story
Poor John Edworthy died aged only 12 years old, in a horrific accident. In my blog post last week, Churchyard Mysteries, I wrote about my...
Wendy Percival
Mar 15, 20191 min read
Churchyard mysteries
During a beautiful "false-spring" spell of weather here in the UK recently I was taking photographs of the wild daffodils in the village...
Wendy Percival
Mar 8, 20191 min read
Diary of a 1940s teenager
I rediscovered my mum's teenage diary the other day. Actually, it's a transcript she made of her own diaries which she'd written in small...
Wendy Percival
Jan 26, 20192 min read
Barefoot on the Cobbles, by Janet Few
I'm delighted to welcome author and genealogist Janet Few to the Bite-size blog today! I interviewed Janet on my Family History Secrets...
Wendy Percival
Jan 15, 20194 min read
Making scents of the past
Sorry about the pun but I couldn't resist it! As some of you may know, I'm currently in the middle of writing a novella which will be a...
Wendy Percival
Jan 10, 20192 min read
Happy New Year!
I hope you've recovered from all your festivities and are looking forward to the New Year. So, I have to ask the inevitable question –...
Wendy Percival
Jan 2, 20192 min read