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
"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.
tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#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
#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?
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 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
'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
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
Have you uncovered childhood stories of long hospital stay or separation in your family tree? Did your parents or grandparents face challenges that shaped who they became? #FamilyHistory #Resilience #OvercomingAdversity #Ancestry #Genealogy #memoir #GenHour
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October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Have you uncovered childhood stories of long hospital stay or separation in your family tree? Did your parents or grandparents face challenges that shaped who they became? #FamilyHistory #Resilience #OvercomingAdversity #Ancestry #Genealogy #memoir #GenHour
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WIN USA! CLOSES 23 Oct
Win a signed hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability. Please share!
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"No one believed me. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were."
#MemoirGiveaway #TrueStory
Win a signed hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability. Please share!
tinyurl.com/2628s9em
"No one believed me. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were."
#MemoirGiveaway #TrueStory
October 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
WIN USA! CLOSES 23 Oct
Win a signed hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability. Please share!
tinyurl.com/2628s9em
"No one believed me. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were."
#MemoirGiveaway #TrueStory
Win a signed hardback or one of 10 ebooks of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, & Disability. Please share!
tinyurl.com/2628s9em
"No one believed me. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were."
#MemoirGiveaway #TrueStory
Yes, it was quite surreal going into what would have been his bedroom. Here he is with his sisters in 1886. His mother is standing outside the door of their cottage
October 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Yes, it was quite surreal going into what would have been his bedroom. Here he is with his sisters in 1886. His mother is standing outside the door of their cottage
I managed to get this one of new found cousins outside my maternal grandfather's cottage-now a village museum!
October 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I managed to get this one of new found cousins outside my maternal grandfather's cottage-now a village museum!
Happy to share it if you're interested
October 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Happy to share it if you're interested
#GenHour I've got a relative at what I believe is a house not a st, Claremont Terrace, Sheffield, 1841. I've been through trade directories, newspapers & maps. Any thoughts where else I could look, please? On Claremont Place?I'd like some evidence. No other house named on the census record near it.
October 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#GenHour I've got a relative at what I believe is a house not a st, Claremont Terrace, Sheffield, 1841. I've been through trade directories, newspapers & maps. Any thoughts where else I could look, please? On Claremont Place?I'd like some evidence. No other house named on the census record near it.
Discover more about intergenerational trauma and how your family might have been affected in the November issue of Who Do You Think You Are?
You will see the article, with me being quoted, on pages 19, 20 and 21!
#genealogy #familyhistory #trauma #traumahealing #GenHour #ancestryhour
You will see the article, with me being quoted, on pages 19, 20 and 21!
#genealogy #familyhistory #trauma #traumahealing #GenHour #ancestryhour
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Discover more about intergenerational trauma and how your family might have been affected in the November issue of Who Do You Think You Are?
You will see the article, with me being quoted, on pages 19, 20 and 21!
#genealogy #familyhistory #trauma #traumahealing #GenHour #ancestryhour
You will see the article, with me being quoted, on pages 19, 20 and 21!
#genealogy #familyhistory #trauma #traumahealing #GenHour #ancestryhour
6 July 1940: Harry Drabble, aged 6, is readmitted to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital as pain from his damaged femur becomes unbearable. But the Sheffield Blitz is coming.
📖 'Yet' ebook now on sale Amazon: geni.us/ikrcxwE or tinyurl.com/bdz68ay3
#SocialHistory #DisabilityHistory #SheffieldHistory
📖 'Yet' ebook now on sale Amazon: geni.us/ikrcxwE or tinyurl.com/bdz68ay3
#SocialHistory #DisabilityHistory #SheffieldHistory
October 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
6 July 1940: Harry Drabble, aged 6, is readmitted to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital as pain from his damaged femur becomes unbearable. But the Sheffield Blitz is coming.
📖 'Yet' ebook now on sale Amazon: geni.us/ikrcxwE or tinyurl.com/bdz68ay3
#SocialHistory #DisabilityHistory #SheffieldHistory
📖 'Yet' ebook now on sale Amazon: geni.us/ikrcxwE or tinyurl.com/bdz68ay3
#SocialHistory #DisabilityHistory #SheffieldHistory
The eBook of ‘Yet’ is out today.
It's got a 5* review from someone I don't know😀
An essential read for social historians of the 20th century
It’s a brilliant book! The author has a wonderful style of factual writing with deep emotion – it’s wonderful.
🙏 #Memoir #Genealogy #Disability #Medical
It's got a 5* review from someone I don't know😀
An essential read for social historians of the 20th century
It’s a brilliant book! The author has a wonderful style of factual writing with deep emotion – it’s wonderful.
🙏 #Memoir #Genealogy #Disability #Medical
October 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The eBook of ‘Yet’ is out today.
It's got a 5* review from someone I don't know😀
An essential read for social historians of the 20th century
It’s a brilliant book! The author has a wonderful style of factual writing with deep emotion – it’s wonderful.
🙏 #Memoir #Genealogy #Disability #Medical
It's got a 5* review from someone I don't know😀
An essential read for social historians of the 20th century
It’s a brilliant book! The author has a wonderful style of factual writing with deep emotion – it’s wonderful.
🙏 #Memoir #Genealogy #Disability #Medical
'When I was two, society wrote me off as a "cripple" incapable of learning. One who should be kept away from "normal" people'. Harry Drabble (1934-2022) tinyurl.com/2d8af2ww
#GenHour #Disability @UKDHM #DisabilityPride
#GenHour #Disability @UKDHM #DisabilityPride
September 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
'When I was two, society wrote me off as a "cripple" incapable of learning. One who should be kept away from "normal" people'. Harry Drabble (1934-2022) tinyurl.com/2d8af2ww
#GenHour #Disability @UKDHM #DisabilityPride
#GenHour #Disability @UKDHM #DisabilityPride
UK Disability History Month is 14 Nov - 20 Dec.
Do you have ancestors who had a disability? How can we focus on these forgotten family members?
@UKDisHistHub #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Disability
Do you have ancestors who had a disability? How can we focus on these forgotten family members?
@UKDisHistHub #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Disability
September 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
UK Disability History Month is 14 Nov - 20 Dec.
Do you have ancestors who had a disability? How can we focus on these forgotten family members?
@UKDisHistHub #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Disability
Do you have ancestors who had a disability? How can we focus on these forgotten family members?
@UKDisHistHub #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Disability
UK Disability History Month is 14 November to 20 December this year. The theme is 'disability, livelihood and employment'.
Do you know where I might submit a piece to highlight forgotten family members, please?
#GenHour #DisabilityHistory #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Disability
Do you know where I might submit a piece to highlight forgotten family members, please?
#GenHour #DisabilityHistory #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Disability
September 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
UK Disability History Month is 14 November to 20 December this year. The theme is 'disability, livelihood and employment'.
Do you know where I might submit a piece to highlight forgotten family members, please?
#GenHour #DisabilityHistory #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Disability
Do you know where I might submit a piece to highlight forgotten family members, please?
#GenHour #DisabilityHistory #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Disability
Adverse childhood experiences and attachment styles ripple through family stories, influencing relationships across generations. Understanding these hidden wounds can break cycles and nurture healing. Discover insights into our emotional family legacies. tinyurl.com/32p5t3ta #Healing #FamilyHistory
August 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Adverse childhood experiences and attachment styles ripple through family stories, influencing relationships across generations. Understanding these hidden wounds can break cycles and nurture healing. Discover insights into our emotional family legacies. tinyurl.com/32p5t3ta #Healing #FamilyHistory
The proofs of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability have started to be delivered! Here's the paperback, hardback, large print and colour special edition to follow...
#FamilyHistory #Disability #ForgottenStories #TB #1930s
#FamilyHistory #Disability #ForgottenStories #TB #1930s
August 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The proofs of ‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability have started to be delivered! Here's the paperback, hardback, large print and colour special edition to follow...
#FamilyHistory #Disability #ForgottenStories #TB #1930s
#FamilyHistory #Disability #ForgottenStories #TB #1930s