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On this day: Cora Coombe’s birthday

27/07/2020 nsford 4 Comments

27th July 1908. In Chelmsford, Essex, a girl was born to Ettie and John Coombe (a prison warder). Cora’s middle…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: history, research, resources

Review of ‘Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow’ by Lucy Worsley

24/05/2020 nsford 14 Comments

Today is Queen Victoria’s birthday. We think of her as round and grim, the symbol of empire and the Victorian…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, history, Lucy Worsley, non-fiction, Queen Victoria, reviews

On this day: Gaudah Singh arrives at Liverpool

22/05/2020 nsford Leave a comment

22nd May 1910. Having travelled from Forçados, Nigeria via the African Steamship Company, Gaudah Singh arrived at Liverpool, England. He…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: history, research, resources, writing

Review of ‘Who Dares Wins: Britain, 1979-1982’ by Dominic Sandbrook

03/03/2020 nsford 3 Comments

I didn’t actually exist in 1979 to 1982 but I seem to remember those years quite well, due to the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Dominic Sandbrook, history, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Shopping, Seduction and Mr Selfridge’ by Lindy Woodhead

11/02/2020 nsford 7 Comments

Harry Gordon Selfridge (1856 – 1947) was a fascinating man. Excellent at business, ambitious, he led an extravagant lifestyle. He…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, history, Lindy Woodhead, non-fiction, reviews

On this day: Prisoner transported to Tasmania

10/12/2019 nsford 4 Comments

10th December 1840. William Smith was transported to Van Diemen’s Land on the ship ‘Duncan’ for a fourteen year sentence.…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: history, humans, research, resources, writing

On this day: A war casualty on the day of the ceasefire

11/11/2019 nsford 4 Comments

11th November 1918. Charles William Scott, a Private in the 1st Kent Cyclist Battalion (British Army Cyclist Corps), died in…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: history, humans, research

Review of ‘Defeating the Ministers of Death’ by David Isaacs

15/06/2019 nsford 4 Comments

Vaccination has saved millions, possibly billions, of lives. This fascinating book by Professor David Isaacs, a consultant paediatrician, tells the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Isaacs, health, history, medicine, non-fiction, reviews, science

On this day: Norris marries her English man

10/06/2019 nsford 2 Comments

10th June 1793. Norris Scully married William English in the Parish of St Marylebone, Westminster. Norris made an ‘x’ in…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: history, humans, research, resources, writing

Ordinary people of the past – this is for you

03/06/2019 nsford 9 Comments

On this day in history, billions of events occurred. Some of these turned out to be important in the grand…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: blogging, history, humans, research, resources, writing

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