Natalie P
@tamoralady.bsky.social
Passionate about family, social, and local history, I try to discover stories from behind the family trees and preserve them for future generations. Pharos student & small business owner, so never enough hours in the day. Blog: funnywherelifetakesyou.org
Oh no! NSPCC isn’t doing personalised letters from Father Christmas this year 🥺 Such a shame - they were always so lovely, and for a great cause too.
Anyone have suggestions for alternatives that still support a good charity or do something special for kids?
Anyone have suggestions for alternatives that still support a good charity or do something special for kids?
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Oh no! NSPCC isn’t doing personalised letters from Father Christmas this year 🥺 Such a shame - they were always so lovely, and for a great cause too.
Anyone have suggestions for alternatives that still support a good charity or do something special for kids?
Anyone have suggestions for alternatives that still support a good charity or do something special for kids?
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We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November always feels like a time to pause and remember.
My visit to the National Memorial Arboretum stayed with me long after I left... #Remembrance #NationalMemorialArboretum #FamilyHistory
Read more:
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/11/05/n...
My visit to the National Memorial Arboretum stayed with me long after I left... #Remembrance #NationalMemorialArboretum #FamilyHistory
Read more:
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/11/05/n...
The Weight of Silence
A detour through Staffordshire leads to a profound encounter with history, humanity, and remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum.
funnywherelifetakesyou.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
November always feels like a time to pause and remember.
My visit to the National Memorial Arboretum stayed with me long after I left... #Remembrance #NationalMemorialArboretum #FamilyHistory
Read more:
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/11/05/n...
My visit to the National Memorial Arboretum stayed with me long after I left... #Remembrance #NationalMemorialArboretum #FamilyHistory
Read more:
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/11/05/n...
Missing World War One soldiers identified after more than 100 years 🌹
#Passchendaele ##WW1 #LestWeForget #RoyalMarines
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Passchendaele ##WW1 #LestWeForget #RoyalMarines
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Graves of lost World War One marines from Surrey and Kent identified
It comes more than a century after they were killed fighting in France and Belgium.
www.bbc.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Missing World War One soldiers identified after more than 100 years 🌹
#Passchendaele ##WW1 #LestWeForget #RoyalMarines
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Passchendaele ##WW1 #LestWeForget #RoyalMarines
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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In Jan 1875, a young servant asked for and was given a Friday night off.
She went home to see her boyfriend, who had five days leave, and he said... you should have more time off.
Harriet, the servant, agreed. She wrote to her employer and said "I will be back on Monday"
She went home to see her boyfriend, who had five days leave, and he said... you should have more time off.
Harriet, the servant, agreed. She wrote to her employer and said "I will be back on Monday"
November 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In Jan 1875, a young servant asked for and was given a Friday night off.
She went home to see her boyfriend, who had five days leave, and he said... you should have more time off.
Harriet, the servant, agreed. She wrote to her employer and said "I will be back on Monday"
She went home to see her boyfriend, who had five days leave, and he said... you should have more time off.
Harriet, the servant, agreed. She wrote to her employer and said "I will be back on Monday"
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Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
The names were once carefully painted in gold - and now fifteen young men from a forgotten WW2 memorial are remembered again 🌹
#LestWeForget #WW2 #KentHistory #RollofHonour
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/17/e...
#LestWeForget #WW2 #KentHistory #RollofHonour
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/17/e...
Each Name a Story: The Lives Behind a Forgotten War Memorial
Fifteen young men, lost too soon, rediscovered from a forgotten Second World War memorial in Rochester. These are stories of courage, sacrifice, and the people behind the names
funnywherelifetakesyou.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The names were once carefully painted in gold - and now fifteen young men from a forgotten WW2 memorial are remembered again 🌹
#LestWeForget #WW2 #KentHistory #RollofHonour
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/17/e...
#LestWeForget #WW2 #KentHistory #RollofHonour
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/17/e...
⚠️ SCAM WARNING! ⚠️
Fake DWP “Winter Fuel Payment 2025–26” texts are doing the rounds. If you get one:
- Don’t click it
- Report it by forwarding to 7726 and delete the message
The real DWP will never text a link to apply for payments...
#ScamAlert #DWP #WinterFuelPayment
Fake DWP “Winter Fuel Payment 2025–26” texts are doing the rounds. If you get one:
- Don’t click it
- Report it by forwarding to 7726 and delete the message
The real DWP will never text a link to apply for payments...
#ScamAlert #DWP #WinterFuelPayment
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚠️ SCAM WARNING! ⚠️
Fake DWP “Winter Fuel Payment 2025–26” texts are doing the rounds. If you get one:
- Don’t click it
- Report it by forwarding to 7726 and delete the message
The real DWP will never text a link to apply for payments...
#ScamAlert #DWP #WinterFuelPayment
Fake DWP “Winter Fuel Payment 2025–26” texts are doing the rounds. If you get one:
- Don’t click it
- Report it by forwarding to 7726 and delete the message
The real DWP will never text a link to apply for payments...
#ScamAlert #DWP #WinterFuelPayment
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Come and meet us (and many #FamilyHistory societies and vendors) at the Oxfordshire Family History Society Family History Fair on Saturday 25 Oct 2025. 10am to 4pm at Cherwell School (North Site), Oxford. Free entry, free parking, and chance to chat about #OnePlaceStudies!
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Come and meet us (and many #FamilyHistory societies and vendors) at the Oxfordshire Family History Society Family History Fair on Saturday 25 Oct 2025. 10am to 4pm at Cherwell School (North Site), Oxford. Free entry, free parking, and chance to chat about #OnePlaceStudies!
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
Just reconnected with a cousin in Australia after 50+ years and he sent this photo - my great-grandad and grandad!! Never seen it before, but my grandad's grin explains everything about our family’s love of motorsports 😄 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Ancestry #OldPhoto #VintageMotorcycle
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Just reconnected with a cousin in Australia after 50+ years and he sent this photo - my great-grandad and grandad!! Never seen it before, but my grandad's grin explains everything about our family’s love of motorsports 😄 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Ancestry #OldPhoto #VintageMotorcycle
Amongst the lasting monuments at the National Memorial Arboretum, a dew-covered web against autumn leaves reminded me of how wonderful yet fragile life is...
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Amongst the lasting monuments at the National Memorial Arboretum, a dew-covered web against autumn leaves reminded me of how wonderful yet fragile life is...
The Rock Garden at Chatsworth House in autumn. Created by Joseph Paxton in 1842 and redesigned in 2018
#SeasonalSplendour #AutumnColours #ChatsworthHouse #JosephPaxton
#SeasonalSplendour #AutumnColours #ChatsworthHouse #JosephPaxton
October 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Rock Garden at Chatsworth House in autumn. Created by Joseph Paxton in 1842 and redesigned in 2018
#SeasonalSplendour #AutumnColours #ChatsworthHouse #JosephPaxton
#SeasonalSplendour #AutumnColours #ChatsworthHouse #JosephPaxton
Three sleeping cherubs at Chatsworth House – the loveliest thing I’ve seen all day 🤍
#Chatsworth #Art #Sculpture #Cherubs
#Chatsworth #Art #Sculpture #Cherubs
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Three sleeping cherubs at Chatsworth House – the loveliest thing I’ve seen all day 🤍
#Chatsworth #Art #Sculpture #Cherubs
#Chatsworth #Art #Sculpture #Cherubs
🇮🇪⚔️ From frostbite at Sevastopol to near-miraculous survival in India: Joseph Twohey’s extraordinary story ends with Hayling Island’s first full military funeral in 1913 (image generated by AI)
#FamilyHistory #CrimeanWar #IndianMutiny #MilitaryHistory
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/03/l...
#FamilyHistory #CrimeanWar #IndianMutiny #MilitaryHistory
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/03/l...
Luck of the Irish
Joseph Twohey (1837?–1913) an Irish-born soldier whose career spanned Crimea, India, and near-miraculous survival, honoured with Hayling’s first military funeral
funnywherelifetakesyou.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🇮🇪⚔️ From frostbite at Sevastopol to near-miraculous survival in India: Joseph Twohey’s extraordinary story ends with Hayling Island’s first full military funeral in 1913 (image generated by AI)
#FamilyHistory #CrimeanWar #IndianMutiny #MilitaryHistory
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/03/l...
#FamilyHistory #CrimeanWar #IndianMutiny #MilitaryHistory
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/03/l...
How a painstaking investigation eventually solved a 100-year-old mystery by identifying two missing Scottish soldiers. #WW1 #BattleofLoos #WarDetectives #LestWeForget
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How the war detectives solved the mystery of two missing Scottish soldiers
How a small, dedicated team identified two Scots who died more than 100 years ago in Northern France.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How a painstaking investigation eventually solved a 100-year-old mystery by identifying two missing Scottish soldiers. #WW1 #BattleofLoos #WarDetectives #LestWeForget
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2nd great-grandfather owned a shop for the British in Italy pre-WW1. Just found this advert from 1908 with "prime quality Tennis Balls in stock" 😂 What else could one possibly need!!...
September 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
2nd great-grandfather owned a shop for the British in Italy pre-WW1. Just found this advert from 1908 with "prime quality Tennis Balls in stock" 😂 What else could one possibly need!!...
⚠️ Never buy Kentish cobnuts without checking you own a nutcracker... I tried using a rolling pin to crack 'em … Who needs Netflix when you can watch cobnuts ricochet around the kitchen? 🤣🥜
September 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
⚠️ Never buy Kentish cobnuts without checking you own a nutcracker... I tried using a rolling pin to crack 'em … Who needs Netflix when you can watch cobnuts ricochet around the kitchen? 🤣🥜
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And that despite front page advertising ... for the 'protests'.
Have you seen Ben Jennings' cartoon ?
Have you seen Ben Jennings' cartoon ?
August 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
And that despite front page advertising ... for the 'protests'.
Have you seen Ben Jennings' cartoon ?
Have you seen Ben Jennings' cartoon ?
A baptism on 9 Jul 1851 in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, for Mary, daughter of Ned McCann and Ellen Tuohy. Register notes “Illegitimate” - does this refer to the child or the mother? (source in ALT text)
#Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #FamilyHistory #Castleconnell #CatholicRecords #Ancestry
#Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #FamilyHistory #Castleconnell #CatholicRecords #Ancestry
August 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A baptism on 9 Jul 1851 in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, for Mary, daughter of Ned McCann and Ellen Tuohy. Register notes “Illegitimate” - does this refer to the child or the mother? (source in ALT text)
#Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #FamilyHistory #Castleconnell #CatholicRecords #Ancestry
#Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #FamilyHistory #Castleconnell #CatholicRecords #Ancestry
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100 Best Free Online Genealogy Websites - Updated
Do you have some "go to" free websites for searching and browsing for pertinent #genealogy records and record collections? These are my 100 favorite/popular websites for you to look through from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. buff.ly/9A1rMXU
Do you have some "go to" free websites for searching and browsing for pertinent #genealogy records and record collections? These are my 100 favorite/popular websites for you to look through from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. buff.ly/9A1rMXU
August 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
100 Best Free Online Genealogy Websites - Updated
Do you have some "go to" free websites for searching and browsing for pertinent #genealogy records and record collections? These are my 100 favorite/popular websites for you to look through from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. buff.ly/9A1rMXU
Do you have some "go to" free websites for searching and browsing for pertinent #genealogy records and record collections? These are my 100 favorite/popular websites for you to look through from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. buff.ly/9A1rMXU
A brilliant day on the water with Jetstream Tours from Rochester to Southend and back ⛴️ Perfect weather and great views all the way.
Loved exploring the Southend Pier Museum - it’s amazing to see how much (and how little) has changed…
#Southend #Rochester #JetstreamTours #DayTrip #DaysOut
Loved exploring the Southend Pier Museum - it’s amazing to see how much (and how little) has changed…
#Southend #Rochester #JetstreamTours #DayTrip #DaysOut
August 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A brilliant day on the water with Jetstream Tours from Rochester to Southend and back ⛴️ Perfect weather and great views all the way.
Loved exploring the Southend Pier Museum - it’s amazing to see how much (and how little) has changed…
#Southend #Rochester #JetstreamTours #DayTrip #DaysOut
Loved exploring the Southend Pier Museum - it’s amazing to see how much (and how little) has changed…
#Southend #Rochester #JetstreamTours #DayTrip #DaysOut
I've researched 5 names so far for a local WW2 memorial, but none died in direct combat:
- a training accident in Canada
- testing a bomber in high-altitude turbulence
- lost at sea aboard a mined minesweeper
- shot down by friendly fire on D-Day+1
- crashed into a harbour during a routine transfer
- a training accident in Canada
- testing a bomber in high-altitude turbulence
- lost at sea aboard a mined minesweeper
- shot down by friendly fire on D-Day+1
- crashed into a harbour during a routine transfer
July 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I've researched 5 names so far for a local WW2 memorial, but none died in direct combat:
- a training accident in Canada
- testing a bomber in high-altitude turbulence
- lost at sea aboard a mined minesweeper
- shot down by friendly fire on D-Day+1
- crashed into a harbour during a routine transfer
- a training accident in Canada
- testing a bomber in high-altitude turbulence
- lost at sea aboard a mined minesweeper
- shot down by friendly fire on D-Day+1
- crashed into a harbour during a routine transfer
Can anyone in the UK advise how I can report a BT landline fault for an elderly and vulnerable friend? All I can find is the below for her to report herself, but she’s non technical and has no-one nearby to help. Any suggestions welcome!! TIA www.bt.com/help/report-...
Report and track your BT problem
Let us know your problem so that we can get you back up and running.
www.bt.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Can anyone in the UK advise how I can report a BT landline fault for an elderly and vulnerable friend? All I can find is the below for her to report herself, but she’s non technical and has no-one nearby to help. Any suggestions welcome!! TIA www.bt.com/help/report-...
I've never ordered a meal via Deliveroo or Just Eat...
Never had groceries delivered by Getir...
Never ridden in an Uber...
Am I a functioning human being… or a dinosaur in denial?? 🦕
Never had groceries delivered by Getir...
Never ridden in an Uber...
Am I a functioning human being… or a dinosaur in denial?? 🦕
July 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I've never ordered a meal via Deliveroo or Just Eat...
Never had groceries delivered by Getir...
Never ridden in an Uber...
Am I a functioning human being… or a dinosaur in denial?? 🦕
Never had groceries delivered by Getir...
Never ridden in an Uber...
Am I a functioning human being… or a dinosaur in denial?? 🦕
Oh no! Ozzie Osborn has died aged just 76. Parkinson’s is a horrible disease 😔
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Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces - live updates
A statement from his family says Osbourne was with them and
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July 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Oh no! Ozzie Osborn has died aged just 76. Parkinson’s is a horrible disease 😔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...