One of our team, Margaret Roberts, has written a beautiful article about A Few Forgotten Women and the work we do. It features Sarah Wildblood, who Margaret researched for our 1819 Forgotten Women Fri...

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We’ve not been up the garden path for a while because it has been winter and I am not a winter gardener. There have been some minor changes. I’ve planted some bulbs in troughs. I was a bit late doing this and they aren’t showing yet, although others in the garden are coming through. I’ve tried yet again with snowdrops and ended up buying some already in flower.

The past two weeks have been taken up with family visiting and visiting family. Now I am officially hibernating and trying to reset to ‘normal’. The holiday season has been full of family fun, festivities and board games but has not been without incident. First came the ritual of pre-visitor cleaning (is there any other kind?). I had identical cabinets in the two bathrooms, one now relegated to the shed as the new bathroom (finished just in time for the visitors) has built-in cupboards.

As we look forward to our next Forgotten Women Friday later this month, it is time to publish seven more stories of women who worked in the Ulster Linen industry. You can read about Elizabeth Hodgen, ...

This month's additions to Granny's Tales include the next installment of the Howe Family Story, taking them from rural Buckinghamshire south London and elsewhere. I have also popped an item about hist...

If you've just arrived here, it may be that you’ve missed the questions for the a Family History Quiz. If you want to participate, stop reading now, or you will find the answers to rounds 5 & 6 below. Just go to round 1 and return here when you’ve done those questions. Just some answers for you today then. Researching Women…

You’ve arrived on day 4, the final day, of a Family History Quiz. If you want to participate in earlier rounds, stop reading now, or you will find the answers to rounds 3 & 4 below. Just go to round 1 and return here when you’ve done those questions. Here are the final quiz rounds Round 5 Researching Women When was the married women’s property act passed?

You’ve arrived on day 3 of a Family History Quiz. If you want to participate in earlier rounds, stop reading now, or you will find the answers to round 2 below. Just go to round 1 and return here when you’ve done those questions. Round 3 Old Occupations What did the following do? Pindar Fletcher Chapman Cordwainer Badger Round 4 Agricultural Labourers…

You've arrived on day 2 of a Family History Quiz. If you want to participate in round 1, stop reading now, or you will find the answers! Just go to round 1 and return here when you've done those questions. Here are today's questions, perhaps a little harder than yesterday's. Round 2 What is a Glebe Terrier? In what century were the Protestation Returns and the Heath Tax created.

Who doesn’t love a quiz at Christmas time? I’ve already done dismally badly at two I’ve attended but it is the taking part that counts. Annually, most of my family participate in Gordon Gray’s charity Christmas Puzzle, even the grandchildren join in now, although I don’t think I’ve ever got it all right. Do give it a go if you like something cryptic.