Tag Archives: Yorkshire

Tracks and traces

Posted on November 1, 2022 by rhbblog

Just another inconsequential but somehow satisfying and serendipitous little find from my genealogy meanderings. You have been warned. I was doing some transcription work for a family history society and while checking records in the 1939 register, came across Arthur … Continue reading →

Posted in family history, Music, Random | Tagged Clifford, Halifax, Heddle Nash, Hinchcliffe, Jean Morton, Morton, Widdop, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Connections and digressions

Posted on March 6, 2022 by rhbblog

I posted these two pictures in a Facebook Group, Calderdale Then and Now, as I had spotted someone else’s similar post about the bad winter of 1962-3. We had returned from Nigeria for good (or so my parents thought) in … Continue reading →

Posted in family history, Houses & Gardens, People, Philosophical, Random | Tagged family, Personal, photography, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

The Choir!

Posted on November 18, 2020 by rhbblog

Rootling among the old family photos I came across a little moment of glory for the Wesley Chapel Choir in 1924. From news reports at the time it seems they had a needle match with West End Congregational choir, singing … Continue reading →

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Great-grandfather Frank

Posted on June 23, 2020 by rhbblog

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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8 ways Yorkshire has changed the world

Posted on September 5, 2018 by rhbblog

Just a few contributions from God’s Own County! The Historic England Blog 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 … Continue reading →

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9 Reasons to Look Up in Yorkshire

Posted on August 2, 2016 by rhbblog

Looking up in God’s Own County… 😉 The Historic England Blog You may think you know a place well, but if you take the opportunity to look up, you may be surprised at what you discover. To celebrate Yorkshire Day … Continue reading →

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Old stamping grounds, new look…

Posted on June 4, 2013 by rhbblog

A few weeks ago we were up in Yorkshire briefly to visit family, and I thought we’d pop into Bradford on the way back to see what they’d done with the new City Park, having seen some pictures of this. Unfortunately … Continue reading →