Let’s be honest there are many of us who are moaners, fussy eaters and very particular when it comes to food and meals today, but what we don’t consider is how spoilt for choice we are. Going back to the 1950s many people had more of a basic diet and Continue Reading
Behind The Names
Naming a baby can involve a lot of thought and research for some parents and over time names have come and gone and well come back again! It’s interesting when you look at the Christian names given to our ancestors and believe it or not there were some unusual choices Continue Reading
The 1926 Legitimacy Act
I know so many couples today who have children who are not married and it doesn’t make any difference to their lives or their children’s. However, step back a hundred years and even up to the 1960s it was seen as wrong to have children out of wedlock. Society put Continue Reading
1921 Census
The 1921 census was taken three years after the First World War and Britain was very much still getting over the impact of the war and families were still very much picking up the pieces of the loss of loved ones. The Spanish flu pandemic had also taken its toll Continue Reading