Day three of my week of ancestor blogs brings me to my first foray into my maternal family history and a civilian on Framlingham’s war memorial, my Aunt Carrie. Framlingham is close to my heart. It’s where I lived for the first two years of my life, where I went to high school and whereContinueContinue reading “Aunt Carrie: School Mistress at Framlingham, civilian on the town memorial”
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The Rise, Decline, and Rise Again (?) of Market Gardens
Last spring, some colleagues and I began a gardening group in the grounds of our workplace growing potatoes, onions, squash and a little bit of everything else we fancied. Some of us were completely clueless (myself included – I entered into the lunchtime activities armed only with an iPhone app) while others already knew aContinueContinue reading “The Rise, Decline, and Rise Again (?) of Market Gardens”
Ipswich’s links with the Corset Industry
Corsets. I think most people like them. Personally, I love them, although I wouldn’t want to wear one every day. Now with connotations of glamour, weddings, burlesque, lingerie and (dare I say it ) fetish – we have moved away from the days when scores of women wore them daily. This is not a blogContinueContinue reading “Ipswich’s links with the Corset Industry”
The rise of the ‘monthly nurse’
Every time I come to write a blog I try and think of something that has interested me, and might interest others. Last weekend I was doing some research looking into a lady in Chatteris. In 1861, she was listed as a pauper, head of the household and sharing with her grown up son andContinueContinue reading “The rise of the ‘monthly nurse’”
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