Natalie P
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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
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- 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
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
October 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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
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
The Rock Garden at Chatsworth House in autumn. Created by Joseph Paxton in 1842 and redesigned in 2018
#SeasonalSplendour #AutumnColours #ChatsworthHouse #JosephPaxton
October 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Three sleeping cherubs at Chatsworth House – the loveliest thing I’ve seen all day 🤍
#Chatsworth #Art #Sculpture #Cherubs
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 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!!...
September 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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
August 19, 2025 at 10:58 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
August 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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
July 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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…
July 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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
June 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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
Magical Le Mans 24hrs circuit. All quiet now, but in 24 hours, this place will be four hours into the race!! #LeMans24 #Countdown #LeMans2025
June 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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
June 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Oh no!! Hopefully only temporary.... ⏳
#internetarchive #waybackmachine
June 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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
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
May 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“‘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
May 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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
April 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
National Archives Discovery seems to be down this morning, and I have taken the day off work to do some research... 😞
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #TNA
March 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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…
March 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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
March 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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 😉🌈
February 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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 🤩
January 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM