Kate Winifred came over from Australia in August 1924, so who was the Twins Daddy I wonder? Are you a descendant?
Category: Royal Navy
With Pride and Love We Remember ❤️🌹
Pride and Love. This time of year, around Remembrance Day evokes many emotions in people all around the world, especially this years anniversary of the end of WW1……………..
Selina Wonnacott & William Henry Dillon
Scrolling through Ebay one evening I noticed this absolutely beautiful glass Ambrotype photo, unframed, of a couple, taken I thought probably 1855/60’s
George Henry Chubb and Family plus the Rice Family
We have just recently moved from Shaftesbury to Beaminster, still in Dorset, but down nearer to the coast. Moving gives us the opportunity to explore different places locally, and of course different car boot sales and fairs.This old photo is a very recent find, the lady had the picture in a very nice silver frame. So I…
Cecil Edward Wilkins, Royal Navy Commander
The story behind another of my old photos. This lovely military cabinet card really took my eye as this chap looked so young, and on the back a name and a date ! So lucky ! Here’s what I have found out so far..Cecil Edward Wilkins was born on 3rd October 1886 in Surrey, third…
Lt Cdr Charles Gordon Victor Davies M.B.E.
A few weeks ago I came across a few old letters and bills among a box of allsorts under a stall at the Car Boot, some were still in their envelopes, majority being addressed to a Gordon Davies Esq, Highlands, Horsell Park, Woking, Surrey, postmarked 1946 to 53 , when I got them home I…
