Category Archives: History

Injecting some colour into my life!

Posted on May 12, 2020 by

The other day I had a play with a couple of online colourising tools. It was coming up to what would have been my parents’ 70th wedding anniversary, so I played with a few photos to post elsewhere on the … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the past: ‘dame school’.

Posted on March 31, 2020 by

I occasionally search desultorily for some of my childhood memories in one form or another. A search for mentions of my ‘dame school’ in Bukuru, Nigeria, threw up a surprise result today, in the form of a book written by … Continue reading →

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You can take the girl out of Halifax…

Posted on April 20, 2019 by

I managed to come over all decisive today and finish off the mixed-media piece I started a few weeks ago on a course at Malvern Hills College. It was acrylic-based and also I learned how to do gelli prints and … Continue reading →

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Disappeared…

Posted on February 23, 2019 by

Looking through some Yorkshire directories on a genealogy hunt last night I found two wonderful, if rather niche, job categories – Strickle Makers and Scribbling and Fulling Millers. It set me off, not least as I think my last job … Continue reading →

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Centenary

Posted on September 20, 2018 by

It’s just 100 years since a 19-year-old lad from Halifax, Yorkshire, died from the gas that had wounded him on 5th September 1918. Read a little more about my great-uncle Leonard in a previous post here.

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8 ways Yorkshire has changed the world

Posted on September 5, 2018 by

Just a few contributions from God’s Own County! Heritage Calling Our capital city, London, is the heart of the political system and where power, protest and progress converge to make change a reality in law. However, the great ideas and … Continue reading →

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Preserving the past: the salty histories of Droitwich

Posted on December 26, 2017 by

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A Hidden Gem

Posted on December 2, 2016 by

I wrote about this place earlier in the year, and eventually got around to doing a slideshow. Sign of age, repeating myself, I guess, but it bears a re-visit! Enjoy a quiet meander through this local gem…

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In Memoriam

Posted on September 20, 2015 by

Last year we came back up the coast of northern France with a few hours to spare before the dash for Eurotunnel and stopped off at the British military cemetery at Terlincthun. We have visited these on occasion and paid our … Continue reading →

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Rediscovering Droitwich

Posted on August 1, 2015 by

After 31 years living in this small Worcestershire town, I was amazed the other evening at some of the things I’ve walked past on many an occasion and not known about or noticed. The local history society advertised a talk & … Continue reading →

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