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Wellington Street, St Ives, Then and Now.

by | Apr 15, 2015 | On the Site

I visited St Ives in Cambridgeshire today and instantly recognised one street as being from a postcard I have on the website. I took a quick snapshot from memory so I could compare the scenes 100 years apart. I think I did quite well! You can see the original listing...
Birth of Florence Nightingale, 1820

Birth of Florence Nightingale, 1820

by | May 12, 2013 | On the Site, On This Day

Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was...

Abbots Ripton Train Disaster

by | Jan 21, 2013 | On the Site, On This Day

The Abbots Ripton rail disaster occurred on 21 January 1876 at Abbots Ripton, then in the county of Huntingdonshire, England, now in Cambridgeshire, on the Great Northern Railway main line, previously thought to be exemplary for railway safety. In the accident, the...

Letter to Miss Saul transcribed

by | Sep 18, 2012 | On the Site

Earlier today I posted up a small letter addressed to Miss B Saul of South Kensington with handwriting that I just could not get my head round. One quick tweet later, and London based genealogist Judy Lester (@KerryWoodLondon) came to the rescue within about 10...

Lambon Family

by | Sep 15, 2012 | On the Site, Photographs

We have on the site a nice set of Carte De Visites of The Lambon Family, Photographed by Harry Cecil Turner, at 14 Pentonville Road, London in 1883. Would love to hear from relatives. Full details on...

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