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Wendy Percival
Jun 1, 20181 min read
An usual take on the whodunnit
I've always loved Anthony Horowitz's TV series Foyles War, but I'd never read any of his novels. So I was keen to read Magpie Murders...


Wendy Percival
May 29, 20181 min read
The secrets of our bookshelves
I recently took up the challenge to post a photograph on Facebook of the cover of a favourite book each day for 7 days. As the books on...


Wendy Percival
May 25, 20181 min read
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
May 24, 20181 min read
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
May 16, 20181 min read
Opening a can of worms...
Having only ever had a "short" birth certificate, I thought it was about time I got a copy of my full certificate for the family history...


Wendy Percival
May 12, 20181 min read
A day of celebration during 3 years of incarceration
After falling off a wall when he was about 7 years old and damaging his hip, my dad spent almost 3 years in Standon Hall Orthopaedic & TB...


Wendy Percival
May 12, 20181 min read
A day of celebration during 3 years incarceration
After falling off a wall when he was about 7 years old and damaging his hip, my dad spent almost 3 years in Standon Hall Orthopaedic & TB...


Wendy Percival
May 3, 20181 min read
Famous ancestors?
While browsing through some old letters the other day, I came across one from my great aunt, Clara Alice Griffiths (left), who we all...


Wendy Percival
May 3, 20181 min read
Famous ancestors?
While browsing through some old letters the other day, I came across one from my great aunt, Clara Alice Griffiths (left), who we all...


Wendy Percival
Apr 24, 20182 min read
Unravelling the #WW2 mystery
The family story goes, that during WW2, Winston Churchill attended a secret meeting at The Foxhills, (left) the house where my...