Pop and Poppins; a tribute to my grandfather
A short photo story; 5 minute read The year is 1975 and I am 3 years old. We’ve just made our way to Terrigal on the Central Coast of NSW...
Read MoreBombs, blackouts and bravery; Connie’s survival of The Blitz
16 minute read, including videos This week marks 80 years since the start of The Blitz, an aerial bombing campaign on the UK by the Germans during World War II....
Read MoreTo gaol at ten; the orphaned life of William Quinton and his brothers
12 minute read History is all around us. If we just look closely enough. And there are ancestors of ours that sit quietly back in the shadows, behaving themselves at...
Read MoreWhen Connie met Ivy; a sibling reunion 88 years in the making.
10 minute read Who doesn’t love a good mystery? I know I certainly do and for much of my teenage and early adult years, one mystery loomed large on my...
Read MoreA wretched looking creature; the story of poor old Peggy Sullivan
17 minute read ‘The prisoner was a wretched looking creature, and a depredator of the lowest class.’ The year is 1809, the courtroom is the infamous Old Bailey in London...
Read MoreA 19th century history hero; John Thomas Duck’s family photo album
6 minute read Last week I wrote about making a start on taking and documenting family photographs. This week I look at the humble family photo album and their importance...
Read MoreMeaningful moments; the importance of documenting family photographs
9 minute read This week’s blog is a lesson in how to start recording your family’s history, starting with one photograph at a time. My paternal grandfather Charlie died when...
Read MoreThe price of love is grief; Ellen Broadie’s story
14 minute read This week’s Sunday Storytelling blog is a tribute to my favourite ancestor, my paternal 2 x great grandmother, Ellen Broadie. Am I allowed to say favourite ancestor?...
Read MoreCommotion in Cambridge Street
7 min read This week I examine the life of another Earl Grey Irish famine orphan girl who lived in Sydney in the mid-19th century. Anyone who has ever been...
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