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Wendy Percival
- Aug 7, 2020
- 4 min
Secrets of a photo enthusiast
I’ve always been fascinated by Lynn Heiden’s enthusiasm for collecting photographs (some would say, obsession!). So much so, that it...
Wendy Percival
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
Five Minute Memories
I’ve reinstated my Five Minute Memories daily habit. I have a list of grandparents and great aunts on my iPad and each day I jot down...
Wendy Percival
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
Toy Story, #familyhistory style
I was amused to find reference to a long-told family story about me and my friend Rupert...
Wendy Percival
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
Politics on a postcard
Sorting through my gran’s postcard collection at the weekend, I came across this one, dated 27th September 1918. Although it shows an...
Wendy Percival
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Masks by the Million
With masks being a hot topic at the moment - sewing enthusiasts making their own and extra clever versions being invented, such the ones...
Wendy Percival
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
Any witches in your family history?
I once read a fascinating article in Family Tree magazine (15 years ago, as it turns out!) about someone's ancestor who’d been accused of...
Wendy Percival
- Jun 26, 2020
- 2 min
Placing your ancestors
One of the many items on my Family History Projects To Do list, is a One-Place Study, inspired by reading Janet Few’s book, Putting Your...
Wendy Percival
- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
Memories with an ironic twist
I was drooling this week over our photos of Snowshill Manor in the Cotswolds, now owned by the National Trust, which we visited at...
Wendy Percival
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
Quirky family heirloom
I enjoyed another episode of the BBC’s The Repair Shop this week – with a box of tissues close to hand, as usual. I don’t seem to be able...
Wendy Percival
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
Immersed in the 1950s
I've been browsing through the family photograph albums this week, looking for photos of the early 1950s, inspired by what I'm reading at...