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Just a few of the photos from Ava’s christening day on Sunday, a lovely family occasion at St Nicolas’ church in King’s Norton.
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Great-grandfather Frank
Frank Marsden was born in 1871 to Jonathan Marsden (1843-1889) and Jane Marsden (Smithson, 1847-1913). In the 1871 census they were living at in 3 Church Gate, Brighouse, Yorkshire. In the 1891 census, Frank was a corn miller. He later … Continue reading
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Tagged family, family history, genealogy, Halifax, Marsden, Yorkshire
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Comfort food
In these strange and uncertain times, I’ve been indulging a penchant for some traditional comfort food. Some of these weren’t necessarily favourites in childhood, when the exotic was more appealing than the everyday, but now have a nostalgic appeal. The … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged dessert, eggs, family, milk, pudding, recipe, sweet, traditional
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You can take the girl out of Halifax…
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
Merry Christmas!
A brief entry today to wish any passers-by all the very best for the festive season and a peaceful New Year. The post was triggered by my coming across this not-too-brilliantly-scanned slide from Christmas 1962, taken in my bedroom in … Continue reading
Posted in Journal, Philosophical, Seasonal
Tagged Christmas, family, Personal, reflections
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Centenary
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.
In Memoriam
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
What a difference a year makes!
Hard to credit the great-granddaughter is a year old! A very happy chocolatey birthday party was had, as you can see!
Little Star…
Well, those eyes are certainly twinkling! The GGD. (See Welcome for explanation of coy abbreviation….). Wouldn’t you kill for those eyelashes? Taken in a local pub. We take our GGP responsibilities seriously… Lunch outing rather than a beer tasting, honest! … Continue reading
Every home should have one…
I don’t know what worries me more; the choice of new ‘lodger’ that daughter and partner have installed in their hallway, the fact that we (sadly) could actually quite fancy one ourselves, or the fact that I didn’t even notice it … Continue reading
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Tagged decor, family, men, Star Wars, trooper
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