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Natalie P
@tamoralady.bsky.social
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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
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⚠️ 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
Screenshot of a scam text message claiming to be from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The message says the recipient qualifies for a “Winter Fuel Assistance 2025–2026” payment of £200–£300 and includes a spurious link to https://dwp.confirmationnow.qpon/uk. The text urges the user to apply before 15 October 2025 but it’s a phishing scam.
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Having researched all 15 names on a local WW2 memorial, currently hidden away in storage. I was shocked how few died in direct combat. Many of these young men died as a result of accidents, misadventure, or the hidden dangers of war - yet each life mattered 🌹
#WW2 #LestWeForget #LocalHistory
colour photo of The Kent Electric Power Co 1939-1945 Roll of Honour listing 15 names, initials, rank, and service: Bennett, A A.B R.N Bradley, R G SGT/Obs R.A.F. Chaston, T W SGT/W.Op R.A.F. Clegg, R A CPL R.A.C Derrick, A J F/O R.A.F. Foster, R C L.A.C. R.A.F. Harris, A T Sig R.N. Hulme, J F/O R.A.F. Jarrett, J S F/SGT R.A.F. Kelly, E F C PTE R.W.K. Kemsley, H CPL R.E.K. Quarrinton, S B A.B R.N Seagar, I SGT R.A.F. Taylor, C W L.A.C. R.A.F. Walkinshaw, C V SGT R.A.F.
October 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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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
c. 1920s photo of a moustached middle aged man wearing a trilby hat, shirt and tie, and three piece suit, rides pillion behind a grinning young man with flat cap, shirt but no tie, and three piece suit.
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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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...
A close-up of a dew-covered spider web hanging from the branch of a tree with autumn leaves at the National Memorial Arboretum
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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The Rock Garden at Chatsworth House in autumn. Created by Joseph Paxton in 1842 and redesigned in 2018
#SeasonalSplendour #AutumnColours #ChatsworthHouse #JosephPaxton
The Rock Garden at Chatsworth House on a beautifully clear autumn day, with red and green foliage colours reflected in the still water of the pond
October 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Three sleeping cherubs at Chatsworth House – the loveliest thing I’ve seen all day 🤍
#Chatsworth #Art #Sculpture #Cherubs
Marble sculpture of three sleeping cherubs, their wings folded as they rest intertwined on a circular plinth. Displayed in Chatsworth House.
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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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!!...
Extract from a newspaper advert from 1908 from the Journal de Bordighera showing the extensive range of produce sold by The British Stores, Bordighera, proprietor Chas. R Collingwood.
September 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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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
Extract from Castleconnell, County Limerick, Ireland, Catholic parish baptism records. Entry for 9 Jul 1851 in Castleconnell for Mary, daughter of Ned McCann and Ellen Tuohy. The register notes “Illegitimate” after the mother’s name. Sponsor is Mary Collins. Source NLI Catholic Parish Registers, Microfilm 02477/07)
August 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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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
Victorian photo of Southend Pier c1890
August 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Introduction session today for Medway Archives Centre's WWII legacy project to honour locals - both military and civilian - who died in the war. Help create a searchable database & preserve history. Interested? Contact archives@medway.gov.uk or call 01634 332714 #MedwayWWII #LocalHistory
A decorative black wrought iron gate with a cross at the top, leading to a stone memorial cross surrounded by a grassy area and buildings in the background
July 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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We’ve been graced by a beautiful visitor - a Jersey Tiger Moth! 🐯🦋 Not quite sure how to escort it safely back outside, but the door is wide open, so hopefully it’ll have a little rest then fly away…
A black and beige striped Jersey Tiger Moth on a red painted board
July 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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No line judges at #Wimbledon this year - it's all gone electronic!! 🎾🤖 Thinking of my late Dad, who became one in the ’70s just to watch the tennis up close - and for free!! He loved the game and died playing it, aged just 50… but that memory still makes me smile 🥹 #Tennis #FamilyHistory #1970s
1970s colour photo of a smiling middle aged man in open necked shirt and grey jacket with sulky teenage girl with her arms crossed wearing a striped shirt and dark cardigan
June 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Just found some WiFi….Robert Kubica won this year’s #LeMans #24hrs in a yellow Ferrari - such a comeback!!
June 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Magical Le Mans 24hrs circuit. All quiet now, but in 24 hours, this place will be four hours into the race!! #LeMans24 #Countdown #LeMans2025
Le Mans 24hrs racetrack empty of people or cars
June 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Super thrilled with the latest addition to my Rochester crested china collection: a Carlton souvenir submarine E.9 that's over 100 years old!! 🤩 A tiny tribute to WW1 history. I wonder where it's been all this time...
#WW1 #Submarine #CrestedChina
Carlton Crested China WW1 submarine E9 with Rochester Crest
June 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Oh no!! Hopefully only temporary.... ⏳
#internetarchive #waybackmachine
Internet Archive holding page. Message "Sorry, we're kinda busy" and Server Error 502 "probably because our servers are overloaded right now"
June 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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My Pimms has raspberries, strawberries, melon, and oranges. That’s four of my 5-a-day… I’ll have to work the fifth in later 🍹🍓🍈🍊 #PimmsOClock #BalancedDiet #Pimms
May 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The OED says “pub crawl” (as a noun) dates from 1915 - but @findmypast.bsky.social newspaper clippings show Tories were using “pub crawling” as early as 1909…as a propaganda tool!! 🍻🗳️
Spreading Conservatism one pint at a time: “to imbibe Tory principles with their beer” #whoknew #etymology #pubcrawl
Clipping from Cambridge Independent Press 21 May 1909 describing pub crawling as a way of promoting Tory propaganda by sending willing workers to go from pub to pub, turning the conversation to politics, and “get the patrons of the place to imbibe Tory principles with their beer.”
May 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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“‘I got very drunk on VE night… I didn’t intend to, but the pubs kept open till 12…’ 🍻🇬🇧
A letter from my father-in-law’s father, written just after VE Day, capturing the joy, chaos, and hangover of the moment.
80 years on, his voice still speaks... 🧵 #VEDay #WWII #FamilyHistory” #VEDay80
Letter describing the author's experience of VE Days 1945: "Great news since I wrote last, isn’t it. I went & got very drunk on VE night. I didn’t intend to, but the pubs kept open till 12 & we kept celebrating till they shut. I got home & had my supper alright, but oh I was bad. I think Mother was quite pleased with me about it, she didn’t grouse, anyway. I wanted her to come out with me, but she went to the pictures with Marie instead. There was a parade the next day & dancing in the street until midnight, it went well too, I wish you had been here, you would (have enjoyed yourself. )
May 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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OMG!! 😀After twenty years of trying to find the last resting pace of my gt-grandfather who died in London...he's in the family churchyard in #Guernsey Thank you @findmypast.bsky.social
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #HappyFriday
Extract from a Guernsey Parish Record: Alexander Cameron Brock, Son of the late Very Rev: Carey Brock, Dean of Guernsey & Rector of this Parish, & of Frances Elizabeth Georgina Baynes, his wife, died April 12th 1898, aged 42 years & 10 months, was buried April 16th 1898, by John Edw: Mann, Vicar of CBO.
April 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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National Archives Discovery seems to be down this morning, and I have taken the day off work to do some research... 😞
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #TNA
Screenshot of National Archives website with error message that they are having technical difficulties with their Discovery catalogue
March 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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25yrs or so years ago I was working in a residential/nursing home and I copied this (on the fax machine). Forgot about it till it fell out of an old cookery book recently…
Letter from an 85yr old about what they would have done differently in their life…
March 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Exploring the tiny Dorset village where 3 generations of my family spent WW2 (and gt grandad was Captain of the Home Guard) #walkingintheirfootsteps #FamilyHistory #Ancestry #genealogy
Peaceful village scene with green hills in the background under a bright blue sky Group photo of the Portesham Home Guard with Harry Collingwood 5th from left in front row
March 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Kept a BMW 330ci for 13yrs and it ticked all the boxes for me. But this could be fun - and you wouldn’t lose it in the car park 😉🌈
2010 BMW GT2 M3 race car with rainbow livery
February 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Watched Gladiator II last night. It’s definitely NOT a history lesson but worth a look anyway. CGI trickery, especially in the Colosseum action, is savage, sometimes silly, yet quite spectacular, and Denzel Washington absolutely steals the show 🤩
Actor Denzel Washington in character Macrinus in Gladiator II movie
January 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM