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Julie Johnson tells the poignant story of those so poor the
ADMISSIONS SHADOW WORK Loneliness and the literary ...
Q Is it possible to have a death in a workhouse with no subsequent death certificate in 1885? I have the record from Ancestry of the death. Mary Ann Arnold born 1854, death May 1885 (maybe Mar 1885),
I have just read Diane Lindsay’s piece (FT June) about decluttering. That did ring a large bell. I have been doing family history for something like 65 years. I have managed to file a lot of the infor
This is part of a series of articles; the intention is to provide an overview of useful family and local history records in existence, covering the period 1066-1485. Each article can be enjoyed as a s
When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u
Ballast Hills is a largely forgotten, unconsecrated burial site in the heart of Newcastle. Also known locally as Grannies Fields or Plaguey Fields, it became the final resting place for generations of
