Ivy's Story is Finished

Finally, after three years, 14,000 words, 95 pages, 130+ footnotes and 70+ illustrations, the story of Ivy Gertrude Woolgar 1893-1863, my Granny, is finished. You can download it here but you do need to be patient as it is a large file so takes a while to download. She lived through a period of immense change, saw six monarchs on the throne, revolutions in transport and communications and two world wars. Her life in a London suburb was typical in may ways but her story is unique.

For good measure, I have also added some memories of the few years that I spent in Aston Clinton, in Buckinghamshire in the 1980s. You can find that account here.

More on Granny's Tales at Last

For those of you who thought I'd forgotten all about this, I can assure you that it has been on the 'to do' list since I last uploaded anything. I have spent more time making some of the items accessible as pages rather than pdfs, which I know some readers prefer. This means there's been less time to create anything new. One thing that I don't think will ever be web pages, is Ivy's Story, which is my maternal grandmother's biography. This is now almost done and I have just added the section that relates to the Second World War. At 14,000 words and eighty five pages (so far) I'm afraid that one is a pdf or nothing. One more section, covering 1945 until her death in 1963, is still to come.

I have also added memories of the places I lived when I was at college in Reading.

At Last, Some New Additions

My plan to something each month has slipped somewhat. The trouble is, I have used up most of the ready-written 'low hanging fruit' and now it takes longer to create material to upload. This month I have managed to present you with some memories of visiting and living in Sandown and Lake, on the Isle of Wight and I've also uploaded a short video about my Smith ancestors, which was aimed at my young grandchildren.