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West Middlesex Family History Society
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We encourage and assist the study of family and local history in the western part of the ancient English county of Middlesex. Advice, monthly talks (available on Zoom) - www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk for all our activities!
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Some more of the most iconic moments in history captured in print………
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Happy #TombTuesday everyone! 🥳

The delightful Neolithic tomb at Cors y Gedol, Merionydd, which survives right at the edge of a busy Iron Age & Romano-British farming settlement in north Wales

Pretty accessible too - a short walk from a small car park via a country lane 👌

📷 My own 2024
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Hunting an elusive male ancestor! Then come to the next #WestMiddlesexFHS meeting and hear #MartinMcDowell talk about Y-DNA ! Thursday 20 November. Hybrid meeting on Zoom and at St John’s Centre Isleworth. Doors open at 7.30pm.
Full details on joining by Zoom at www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk
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November 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Join us on 11 December at 7pm for our annual Dymond Lecture. This year, Dr Mike Esbester explores the hidden human stories behind Britain's Reailways.

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/dymond2025

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
1920s posed railway staff safety image, showing a railwayman leaning out of a carriage, but his head is about to hit a signal post. The caption reads ‘Heads – you lose! Is it safe to lean out of or open the doors of vehicles in motion where there are pillars, ladders, walls or bridges, unless you are satisfied there is sufficient clearance?’
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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War memorial window. St. Mary the Virgin Church, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. Commemorating the fallen of Cleobury Mortimer College who gave their lives in the Great War. “Think of us and then what might have been”. First World War. #LestWeForget
War memorial window commemorating the fallen of Cleobury Mortimer College who gave their lives in the Great War.
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC

Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Book cover for: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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This is such a lovely scene of Great Yarmouth. From the relaxed manner of the people eating their fish and chips, there can't have been a seagull issue!

#PostedInThePast
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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I was so excited to receive this book last week - it's about life on the home front in Devon in #WW2, & features diaries from someone in my #OneNameStudy! The book is by Todd Gray, who used diaries from the #MassObservation Archive to bring this interesting period of history to life #GenHour
The front cover of a book entitled "Devon's Home Front Diaries"
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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13th century ceiling boss from the monastic church at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire depicting a Griffin, with some of the original paint is still visible. The boss is on display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #StoneworkSunday #WhitbyAbbey
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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In 1928 The River Thames flooded with devastating effect killing 14 Londoners including 4 sisters from one family - read their harrowing story here

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#Genealogy #History #Thames #London #Flood #Disaster #TateGallery #Embankment
The Great London Flood of 1928
The people of London lay blissfully asleep in their beds, completely unaware of the chaos and devastation that was about to unfold in the early hours of the morning. On a cold and rainy January mor…
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November 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Every year on #Halloween we carve a #Pumpkin from our collection of Penguin Books. 🎃

We're up to our elbows here in juicy plots and seedy characters. Luckily there's not much pulp fiction. 🎃
A pumpkin made from orange and black Penguin books with a spooky face stuck on it
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Do you have a #LocalHistory you'd like to tell? Why not share it through the BALH's website! Whether it's a podcast, blog piece, 10-minute talk or other format, we have a range of ways of sharing your stories.

Find out more, here: www.balh.org.uk/blog-ways-to...

#WeAreLocalHistory
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November 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Congratulations to #DebbieKennett on becoming the latest Fellow of the #SocietyofGenealogists!
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November 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Heads up for a good deal! If you join #WestMiddlesexFHS now, you’ll get an extra month free not to mention a 15% discount on #FindMyPast! Nip over to our website (www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk) and see what we can offer you. You might be surprised.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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All researchers should think carefully when recommending #DNA tests to clients - doesn't always end well
#Genealogy

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'I took a DNA test to trace my family - it blew my life apart'
One man says he wishes he had never traced his family tree after he made a shocking discovery.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I am thrilled to have received the proof for my book cover. Hopefully I can share it with you once corrections have been made. It finally feels real! #Genealogy #Ancestry
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October 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Buckinghamshire History Festival starts this weekend and we've got loads of great events for you to enjoy! With archaeology days, exhibitions, and guided walks, who knows what you'll discover?

For more details, head to histfestbucks.co.uk
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October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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On this day in 1918, the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force landed in Vladivostok. They were there as part of an Allied force sent to support the anti-communist "White Russian" cause during the Russian Revolution.
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
In 1918, Canada sent troops to Russia as part of an Allied intervention to support Russian government forces against Bolshevik revolutionaries. One group of C...
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October 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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colliers. It is likely that he would have sailed to Norway as well as up and down the cost. It was in 1755 that he joined the Royal Navy. Image: James Cook as a Young Man, Nicholas Dimbleby
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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and Henry Walker in Whitby. Cook first sailed on the collier Freelove, taking coal between Northumberland and London. He also sailed on several other of the Walker's vessels including the Three Brothers and the Friendship, both
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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OTD 27 October in 1728, James Cook was born in the village of Marton. At the age of 17 he was apprenticed to a grocer and haberdasher in Staithes. The call of the sea proved too strong however, and in summer 1746 he found a new apprenticeship with Quaker shipowners John
OTD 27 October in 1728, James Cook was born in the village of Marton.
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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The Old Courthouse at Hawkshead in Cumbria. Probably dating to the C15th, the building is all that remains of the monastic grange associated with Furness Abbey. It would have served as the ‘local’ centre for managing the abbey’s lands and affairs. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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And still they come! #Devon #FamilyHistoryFederation #Wiltshire #NorthWarwickshire #BirminghamandMidland. Not to mention the #CraftyGenealogist and the #EurekaPartnership!
October 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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We’re here! And “here”’is the #OxfordshireFHSFamilyHistoryShow !. If you have ancestors in #Oxfordshire, #Berkshire, #WestMiddlesex, #East Surrey, #London(Middlesex), then this is the place to be today. Cherwell School, Marston Ferry Road, Oxford 10-4. Come and see us!
October 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Leeds to have year long celebrations in 2026 to mark 400 years since it received its first royal charter from King Charles I which recognised it as a self governing borough. 👇
BBC News - Year-long celebrations mark Leeds royal charter 400th anniversary - BBC News
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Year-long celebrations mark Leeds royal charter 400th anniversary
Next year marks the 400th anniversary of Leeds first being given the right to self-governance.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM