Get Fed Here:
Flickr Photos
More Photos
Author Archives: familypast
It only takes a …….. pope’s visit, girl
It only takes a minute, one little comment made by a relative to set you on a path you would not otherwise have taken – ‘Yes,’ Aunt Agnes said ‘he [Father John] organised the Pope’s visit back in 1982′ and … Continue reading
Posted in Family History
Tagged Allen, Cable Street, Celbridge, Conley, Hebden Bridge, Jim Tancred, Kildare, Monsignor Allen, Pope John Paul II, Salford, Williams
Leave a comment
Tiny’s Wellingtons
You know how it is, a vital football game is taking place between the Netherlands and Germany and although you’ve no problem with it being on you just need to find something else to watch. Whilst this particular event happened … Continue reading
Posted in Family History
Tagged BBC 4, Broughton South Wales, Germany, Netherlands, Rupert 'Tiny' Cooling, Sir Max Hastings, Wellington Bombers, WW2
Leave a comment
Who do you think you are?
I was excited, I’d taken a step into the unknown, I had said yes and taken a leap of faith. I had responded to an email asking for volunteers to write a book review for the Who Do You Think … Continue reading
Posted in Family History
Leave a comment
Sutcliffes – the mystery branch
There has been one very elusive branch of my family tree – the Sutcliffes. Yes, I know that my great grandmother Sarah Ellen ‘Cissie’ was a Sutcliffe, and of course I’ve been able to trace her parents and so on … Continue reading
Posted in Family History
Leave a comment
Family history in the making …
How lucky we are to live in the digital age … music, communication, photography… What an absolute joy it would be to stumble upon an archive of images showing the wedding of our parents, our grandparents and so on backwards … Continue reading
Posted in Family History
Tagged coffee table book, colour schemes, family heirlooms, favours, wedding
Leave a comment
Precious legacy given with love
My great grandmother’s watch was bequeathed to me in the will of my Granny, Doris Gill. I first became acquainted with the watch when it was handed to me to take along to the Antiques Roadshow in March 1996 -”you … Continue reading
Posted in Family History
Tagged 18 caret, Antiques Roadshaw, bequeathed, Eliza Hopkins, fob watch, French, Geoffrey Munn, Gertrude Harrison, Guivre, Henry Harrison, Mercury, will
6 Comments
Family Jewels – part trois
Here is the third post of my mini series Family Jewels or in this case the family silver! These pencils are not so much jewels but instead represent a way of life which has largely disappeared – these are the elegant … Continue reading
Posted in Family History
Tagged Agnes Downham, birmingham, Chippenham, Eliza Hopkins, Ethel Star, F Webb, George Henry Star, Granny, Leighton Buzzard, Mansfield, silver
Leave a comment
Family Jewels – family Star
In the second part of my Family Jewels series I’d like to introduce you to my ‘star’. I first became aware of the story of ‘the star’ from Doris Star (aka Granny), whilst she was recuperating at home after a … Continue reading
