'This documentary reveals the untold story of how thousands of Caribbean women answered the call from 'the Mother Country' to co...
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Showing posts with label family history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family history. Show all posts
At Birmingham Lives 10 (2016)
Last Sunday I attended the 10th annual Birmingham Lives Local History Fair at the Girl Guides Centre near Holloway Head, despite the best ef...
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Call the Midwife: The story of the real Sisters
The idea of an Order of nursing Sisters originated with Robert Bentley Todd, Professor at Kings College Medical School, London, in response...
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Real lives: Dr (Vicki) Mary Crosse & the 'bag of sugar' babies
Up until recently, we didn't hear much about Dr Victoria Mary Crosse, who was born on 17 May 1900 in Rye, where her father was the vicar...
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Real Lives: remembering William Laker RN 1911-42
Stoker 1st Class William Laker RN (C/KX.130176), aka my Great Uncle Bill, was born in 1911 in Penge, South East London to parents John, a ...
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Visit my exciting new website!
When I'm not writing this blog I earn a modest living by undertaking genealogy and family history research commissions on behalf of indi...
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The HMS Curacoa incident 1942
On 2nd, October 1942 about 60 km north of the coast of Ireland HMS Curacoa (D41) was escorting the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary carrying ...
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Real Lives: Remembering Lilian Sceats of Bethnal Green
During my recent visit to the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster Memorial, my attention was drawn to a colourful wreath with a photo of a young...
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The Bethnal Green Tube Station Disaster 1943
On 3rd March 1943, following the sounding of the air raid sirens in Bethnal Green, East London, people made their way towards the undergroun...
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