Railway Mania!
Forgive the appalling pun, but railways run in the family. At the start of World War Two my father was an apprentice at Beyer Peacock locomotive works in Gorton, Manchester. …
Golden Hair, Blue Eyes
Preserving the Past. I’m lucky that so many of our old family photos have survived. They bring the story of my ancestors to life in a way that official documents …
Family Treasures
Hidden gems of family information Amongst the 700 or so family documents and photographs handed down to me, there is a large ledger, belonging to my grandfather Edward Fernley. I’m …
Edward Fernley’s War (Part One)
I’ve spent the last few months sifting through all the family documents that have survived the last 150 years. Amongst the usual birth, marriage and death certificates, family photo’s and …
Three Generations
Meet the ancestors – three generations in one. While sorting through my family photographs and other papers, trying to get them in to some sort of order, I found this …