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Propaganda & Mystery
I found an odd – and slightly disturbing – postcard amongst my family history collection this week while searching for something else. I...
Wendy Percival
Mar 19, 20213 min read
Mystery heirloom
I’m always fascinated by (and often a little envious of) the family heirlooms which are brought into The Repair Shop (BBC TV programme,...
Wendy Percival
Mar 12, 20213 min read
Long hair & lugs - memories of my gran
My paternal grandmother, Edith Alice Diggory, was born 123 years ago this week. Happy Birthday, Gran! Edith’s mother was a Roberts – the...
Wendy Percival
Mar 5, 20212 min read
The Perils of Industry
Several of my ancestors have worked in industries with a dodgy reputation for safety. My 2x great-aunt, Henrietta Benbow, died of...
Wendy Percival
Feb 26, 20212 min read
Flat on his back & plastered!
If you read this blog last week, posted on my late dad’s birthday and you clicked to read Preserving the Memories, you’ll know that my...
Wendy Percival
Feb 19, 20213 min read
Revisiting memories
My dad would have been 92 today. As his birthday approached this week, I browsed through some of the posts I’d written mentioning aspects...
Wendy Percival
Feb 12, 20213 min read
From ankle deep to knee deep
If I was hoping to find some easier surnames to research while wading through the Roberts quagmire (see, The Nightmare of the “too...
Wendy Percival
Feb 5, 20212 min read
Postcard from Auntie Lizzie
Following my recent mystery aunt post (see Who's the Mystery Aunt) I found another postcard sent from an aunt while organising my old...
Wendy Percival
Jan 29, 20213 min read
The nightmare of the "too difficult" list
I rashly accepted a challenge on Twitter’s #AncestryHour this week! We’d been discussing those common surnames which tend to get...
Wendy Percival
Jan 22, 20212 min read
Who's the mystery aunt?
While sorting out my large bundle of postcards over the past couple of weeks, I came across a mystery aunt. My own great aunt, Hilda...
Wendy Percival
Jan 15, 20212 min read