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On this day: Georgianna goes to Rio

13/02/2020 nsford Leave a comment

13th February 1927. Georgianna Haggard departed from Southampton to Rio de Janeiro via the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. She…

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

On this day: Jeremiah Salter’s birthday

25/01/2020 nsford 4 Comments

25th January 1896. Jeremiah Salter was born to James (a general labourer) and Sarah. He had three older brothers. During…

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

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

On this day: A baby is born on Barbados

15/09/2019 nsford 11 Comments

15th September 1685. Elizabeth Richards was born in St Michael Parish, Barbados. Her parents were Lattimerr and Judith. She was…

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

On this day: Georgette and Salvator get hitched in Paris

26/08/2019 nsford Leave a comment

26th August 1922. Georgette Jeanne Pesquet married Salvatore Muscat in Paris. This was recorded as an Anglo-French marriage. Georgette’s parents…

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

On this day: Margaret begins life in Wales

03/08/2019 nsford Leave a comment

3rd August 1905. Margaret Jane Williams was born. 34 years later, she lived in Rhondda, Glamorganshire and was a school…

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

On this day: Irish girl arrives in New York

15/07/2019 nsford Leave a comment

15th July 1850. Bridget Cannon arrived in New York. She was 10 years old. An Irish emigrant, she had voyaged…

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

N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: British Council Literature – Writers Directory

02/07/2019 nsford Leave a comment

Do you love writers? Then check out this resource! From Leila Aboulela to Benjamin Zephaniah, this is an A-Z directory…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: libraries, reading, research, resources, writers

On this day: 14-year-old girl avoids prison sentence

27/06/2019 nsford Leave a comment

27th June 1815. In Middlesex, England, Mary Dinan was acquitted of larceny. She was 14. Had she been found guilty,…

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

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