Helen Parker-Drabble
@helenpdrabble.bsky.social
Author & ex-counsellor exploring family history through a psychological lens. Sharing stories of the Victorian era, Sheffield & memoirs of hidden resilience. helenparkerdrabble.com. 'A Victorian's Inheritance' ‘Yet’ https://tinyurl.com/3duyxdcu
Lest we forget. Free digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story. A factual tale based love story about Chloris who joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917 and was changed forever. payhip.com/b/foxPI
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
'Buried Letters' Historical WW1 Short Story (Text & audio)
Buried Letters is an award-winning, poignant, bittersweet creative nonfiction piece inspired by true historical events and heartfelt family history research. It unfolds through a series of intimate, r...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Lest we forget. Free digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story. A factual tale based love story about Chloris who joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917 and was changed forever. payhip.com/b/foxPI
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
Lest we forget. Free digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story. A factual tale based love story about Chloris who joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917 and was changed forever. payhip.com/b/foxPI #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
'Buried Letters' Historical WW1 Short Story (Text & audio)
Buried Letters is an award-winning, poignant, bittersweet creative nonfiction piece inspired by true historical events and heartfelt family history research. It unfolds through a series of intimate, r...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Lest we forget. Free digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story. A factual tale based love story about Chloris who joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917 and was changed forever. payhip.com/b/foxPI #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
"I taught myself to read from a Bible while lying flat on my back in a hospital bed. They said I was ineducable. I proved them wrong." - Harry Drabble
Never let anyone define your limits.
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#YetBook #Disability #Resilience #Inspirational #Genealogy #TB
Never let anyone define your limits.
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#YetBook #Disability #Resilience #Inspirational #Genealogy #TB
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
"I taught myself to read from a Bible while lying flat on my back in a hospital bed. They said I was ineducable. I proved them wrong." - Harry Drabble
Never let anyone define your limits.
tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#YetBook #Disability #Resilience #Inspirational #Genealogy #TB
Never let anyone define your limits.
tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#YetBook #Disability #Resilience #Inspirational #Genealogy #TB
Lest we forget. FREE digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story 7-12 Nov. A factual tale based love story about Chloris joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917.
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#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
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#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
'Buried Letters' Historical WW1 Short Story (Text & audio)
Buried Letters is an award-winning, poignant, bittersweet creative nonfiction piece inspired by true historical events and heartfelt family history research. It unfolds through a series of intimate, r...
payhip.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Lest we forget. FREE digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story 7-12 Nov. A factual tale based love story about Chloris joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917.
payhip.com/b/foxPI
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
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#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
#Genhour. Doh, it's been a very long day...I've just received a death certificate. Can you help me with the spelling of the person who was at William's deathbed, please?
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#Genhour. Doh, it's been a very long day...I've just received a death certificate. Can you help me with the spelling of the person who was at William's deathbed, please?
#Genhour. I've just received a death certificate. I was going to ask if you can you help me with the spelling of the person who was at William's deathbed, but th eimage isn't loading : (
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#Genhour. I've just received a death certificate. I was going to ask if you can you help me with the spelling of the person who was at William's deathbed, but th eimage isn't loading : (
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One for #GenHour - a brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ (Ireland's transport provider), covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
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November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
One for #GenHour - a brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ (Ireland's transport provider), covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
What an important project.
As America, our 250th has had me thinking about better highlighting the extraordinary array of posts added to the Projectkin’s #Stories250 effort.
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Projectkin | Stories250
Bringing together Projectkin’s diverse Anglophone genealogy community to share stories about our ancestors’ roles at the time of the American Revolution.
Projectkin.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What an important project.
Reposted by Helen Parker-Drabble
As America, our 250th has had me thinking about better highlighting the extraordinary array of posts added to the Projectkin’s #Stories250 effort.
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Projectkin | Stories250
Bringing together Projectkin’s diverse Anglophone genealogy community to share stories about our ancestors’ roles at the time of the American Revolution.
Projectkin.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As America, our 250th has had me thinking about better highlighting the extraordinary array of posts added to the Projectkin’s #Stories250 effort.
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
The history of childhood institutionalisation in Britain is finally getting the attention it deserves.
The psychological impact echoed through generations.
'Yet' adds one more.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#History #Disability #ChildhoodTrauma #BritishHistory #DisibilityHistoryMonth
The psychological impact echoed through generations.
'Yet' adds one more.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#History #Disability #ChildhoodTrauma #BritishHistory #DisibilityHistoryMonth
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The history of childhood institutionalisation in Britain is finally getting the attention it deserves.
The psychological impact echoed through generations.
'Yet' adds one more.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#History #Disability #ChildhoodTrauma #BritishHistory #DisibilityHistoryMonth
The psychological impact echoed through generations.
'Yet' adds one more.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#History #Disability #ChildhoodTrauma #BritishHistory #DisibilityHistoryMonth
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them all wrong.
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#Disability #FamilyHistory #Resilience #BritishHistory #MedicalHistory
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#Disability #FamilyHistory #Resilience #BritishHistory #MedicalHistory
‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian
About the book “No one believed me. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were”. —Harry Drabble In 1937, two-year-old Harry Drabble was diagnosed with bovine tuberculosis after drink...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them all wrong.
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#Disability #FamilyHistory #Resilience #BritishHistory #MedicalHistory
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#Disability #FamilyHistory #Resilience #BritishHistory #MedicalHistory
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them wrong.
Read the opening chapters: helenparkerdrabble.com/books/yet-a-...
#DisabilityMemoir #FamilyHistory #Resilience
Read the opening chapters: helenparkerdrabble.com/books/yet-a-...
#DisabilityMemoir #FamilyHistory #Resilience
November 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them wrong.
Read the opening chapters: helenparkerdrabble.com/books/yet-a-...
#DisabilityMemoir #FamilyHistory #Resilience
Read the opening chapters: helenparkerdrabble.com/books/yet-a-...
#DisabilityMemoir #FamilyHistory #Resilience
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This is such an important book. It's a part of our history that's rarely discussed in the context of how individual children and their families were affected.
Before antibiotics, children with tuberculosis faced long & gruelling treatments that separated them from their families for months, or even years. In 1930s and 1940s Britain, bovine tuberculosis attacked the bones, joints, and spine. 'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is such an important book. It's a part of our history that's rarely discussed in the context of how individual children and their families were affected.
'Yet' - a story about childhood trauma, disability, & the power of three words: "I can't... yet."
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them wrong.
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them wrong.
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Yet' - a story about childhood trauma, disability, & the power of three words: "I can't... yet."
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them wrong.
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them wrong.
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
Before pasteurization & antibiotics, children with bovine TB faced long & gruelling treatments trapped in bed, separated them from their families for months. “No one believed me. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were.”
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Before pasteurization & antibiotics, children with bovine TB faced long & gruelling treatments trapped in bed, separated them from their families for months. “No one believed me. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were.”
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
Before pasteurization & antibiotics, children with bovine TB faced long & gruelling treatments trapped in bed, separated them from their families for months, or even years. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were.”—Harry
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Before pasteurization & antibiotics, children with bovine TB faced long & gruelling treatments trapped in bed, separated them from their families for months, or even years. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were.”—Harry
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
Before pasteurization & antibiotics, children with bovine TB faced long & gruelling treatments trapped in bed, separated them from their families for months, or even years. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were.”—Harry
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Before pasteurization & antibiotics, children with bovine TB faced long & gruelling treatments trapped in bed, separated them from their families for months, or even years. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were.”—Harry
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
Before antibiotics, children with tuberculosis faced long & gruelling treatments that separated them from their families for months, or even years. In 1930s and 1940s Britain, bovine tuberculosis attacked the bones, joints, and spine. 'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Before antibiotics, children with tuberculosis faced long & gruelling treatments that separated them from their families for months, or even years. In 1930s and 1940s Britain, bovine tuberculosis attacked the bones, joints, and spine. 'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
USA: Closes today PRIZE: A signed special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability.
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"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
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"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
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#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
Win a special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability by Helen Parker-Drabble.
Win a special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability by Helen Parker-Drabble. by Helen Parker-Drabble. Hosted by KingSumo…
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October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
USA: Closes today PRIZE: A signed special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability.
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
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#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
tinyurl.com/2628s9em
#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
USA: Closes today PRIZE: A signed special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability.
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
tinyurl.com/2628s9em
#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
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#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
Win a special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability by Helen Parker-Drabble.
Win a special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability by Helen Parker-Drabble. by Helen Parker-Drabble. Hosted by KingSumo…
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October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
USA: Closes today PRIZE: A signed special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability.
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
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#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
tinyurl.com/2628s9em
#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
USA: Closes today PRIZE: A signed special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability.
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
tinyurl.com/2628s9em
#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
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#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
USA: Closes today PRIZE: A signed special edition hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability.
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
tinyurl.com/2628s9em
#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
Please share!
"A powerful & beautifully written story that really stayed with me."
tinyurl.com/2628s9em
#USAPRIZES #memoir #truestory
I've just notified the winners of the signed special edition hardback and 5 digital version of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability. please check your email folks! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #GenHour #Memoir #MedicalMemoir
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I've just notified the winners of the signed special edition hardback and 5 digital version of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability. please check your email folks! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #GenHour #Memoir #MedicalMemoir
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Closes in a few minutes! UK WIN! Ends PRIZE: A signed special edition hardback or 1 of 5 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability.
A powerful and beautifully written story that really stayed with me. Author Neil Anderson
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#GenHour
A powerful and beautifully written story that really stayed with me. Author Neil Anderson
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#GenHour
Win a signed special edition hardback or one of 5 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability by Helen Parker-Drabble.
Win a signed special edition hardback or one of 5 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability by Helen Parker-Drabble. by Helen Parker-Drabble. Hosted by King...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Has anyone used power point to create a recorded presentation with slides and someone speaking. I've not done one before and I'm not sure what the best way of creating it would be. Looking for something professional loking but super simple for a novice. Does such a thing exist? #GenHour
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Has anyone used power point to create a recorded presentation with slides and someone speaking. I've not done one before and I'm not sure what the best way of creating it would be. Looking for something professional loking but super simple for a novice. Does such a thing exist? #GenHour
Closes in a few minutes! UK WIN! Ends PRIZE: A signed special edition hardback or 1 of 5 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability.
A powerful and beautifully written story that really stayed with me. Author Neil Anderson
tinyurl.com/yvsarvza
#GenHour
A powerful and beautifully written story that really stayed with me. Author Neil Anderson
tinyurl.com/yvsarvza
#GenHour
Win a signed special edition hardback or one of 5 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability by Helen Parker-Drabble.
Win a signed special edition hardback or one of 5 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability by Helen Parker-Drabble. by Helen Parker-Drabble. Hosted by King...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Closes in a few minutes! UK WIN! Ends PRIZE: A signed special edition hardback or 1 of 5 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability.
A powerful and beautifully written story that really stayed with me. Author Neil Anderson
tinyurl.com/yvsarvza
#GenHour
A powerful and beautifully written story that really stayed with me. Author Neil Anderson
tinyurl.com/yvsarvza
#GenHour