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Wendy Percival
- Oct 9, 2020
- 2 min
From one mystery to more
Sometimes in family history a simple trail can explode in all directions, creating a myriad of new lines of enquiry. Which is what...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 2, 2020
- 3 min
Assaulted in the Line of Duty
This week saw the anniversary of London’s Metropolitan Police appearing on the streets of England’s capital for the first time, in 1839....
Wendy Percival
- Sep 25, 2020
- 2 min
My mystery photo pouch
Every now and again, I take out one of my favourite mystery packages, a small leatherette pouch full of (mostly) unnamed photographs, and...
Wendy Percival
- Sep 18, 2020
- 2 min
Birthday of a Black Sheep
Today is the 170th birthday of one of the Black Sheep of my family – Edward Henry Coules Colley. It was a while before I found out...
Wendy Percival
- Sep 11, 2020
- 2 min
Mystery of the Opera
Having corroborated the previously unknown story of my grandmother’s time spent at boarding school, (see On the Trail of the Mystery...
Wendy Percival
- Sep 4, 2020
- 2 min
Back to school
Back to School has been on everyone’s mind this week, and I must admit to still being a little shell-shocked from solving the mystery...
Wendy Percival
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
Mystery Letters - coincidence or connection?
Today English Heritage is unveiling one of its famous Blue Plaques in memory of WWII secret agent Noor Inayat Kahn, who was brutally...
Wendy Percival
- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
On the Trail of a Mystery School
A comment in my late aunt's family history notes about my grandmother, Winifred Griffiths, (the little mite in the middle, pictured left)...
Wendy Percival
- Aug 14, 2020
- 2 min
Precious memories
“She was a sweet gentle lady and we all loved her.” So my late aunt recorded in her family history notes about her great-aunt Minnie...
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...