My 5xGreat grandfather’s funeral account… 1759
It never ceases to amaze me that I am still coming across memorabilia from my ancestor Richard Hall, who lived between 1729 and 1801. Last… Read More »My 5xGreat grandfather’s funeral account… 1759
It never ceases to amaze me that I am still coming across memorabilia from my ancestor Richard Hall, who lived between 1729 and 1801. Last… Read More »My 5xGreat grandfather’s funeral account… 1759
Would my ancestor have noticed an Irish connection on 17th March as he grew up in London in the middle of the eighteenth Century? Almost… Read More »Another look at St. Patrick’s Day in the Eighteenth Century
To mark International Women’s Day I thought I would post a profile of a woman who will feature as one of my fifteen ‘paradigm shifters’… Read More »To mark International Women’s Day – a reminder of the achievements of Margaret Gambier -a.k.a. Lady Middleton
Richard Hall could never resist going to see travelling shows, such as exhibitions of ferocious animals in the yard of the local public house etc… Read More »Another look at a few of my ancestor’s 18th century handbills – ephemera with a lasting impact.