Granny's Tales and Treasures
This month I've added the story of 'Cousin Kathleen', actually my grandmother's cousin. She had an interesting life as a civil servant working for the Post Office Savings Bank. I have also uploaded the diary from my holiday to Finland in 2013, which you can read here.
This month, I have added another story from the 'Other Side'; this time about the Few family, who originated in eighteenth century Wiltshire, before moving to Reading and later, Croydon. Other surnames mentioned are: Barrett, Burgess, Farr, Gilbert, Hapgood, Kember, Kent, Richardson, Shipley and Smith. You can access the story here.
I've also uploaded some memories of the various kinds of voluntary work that I've done since I was fourteen. There are two distinct themes, child-related work and roles involving history or family history, with a few miscellaneous jobs thrown in. I've had to redact some names and leave out some incidents, which are not for public consumption. There are also very few photographs as the ones that I have include other people, often children, so it wouldn't be appropriate to post those. I have included a full account of my Neolithic house-building experiences, to try to liven it up a bit. You will find this on the Memories page.
This month, I have added another story from 'the other side' of the family, this time the Meads who were farmers near Whitby in Yorkshire. You can download the pdf of their story here. I have also posted memories of two visits to the Channel Islands, the first in April 1981 and the second in 2017; these can be found here.
