West Middlesex Family History Society
westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social
West Middlesex Family History Society
@westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social
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!
I love these diaries of ordinary people!
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 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