I admit, things didn’t get off to a brilliant start when I misread the surname as being Packer not Parker, however once that got rectified, then it was all systems go! Since I have owned this postcard, I have had a fondness for Phyllis. I see in her a resignation, a “what am I doing … Continue reading Summer Season – Phyllis Norman Parker
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Summer Season – George Stockwin
Having already spent some considerable time researching the lives of George Ellis and Anita Creighton, I knew that going to the archive of The Stage newspaper was going to be the best starting point to pick up any information I could on George Stockwin. At this point, I didn’t know whether George Stockwin was a … Continue reading Summer Season – George Stockwin
Summer Season – Anita Creighton
Thinking that Anita Creighton was an unusual enough name that I might pick something up using http://www.ancestry.co.uk, that was where I started. In complete opposite to George Ellis, where I was over run with results, this time there was nothing that seemed to fit. Once again, I turned to the newspaper archive on FMP (I … Continue reading Summer Season – Anita Creighton
Summer Season – George Ellis
According to the names written on the back of this photo, George Ellis is the gentleman in the middle of the back row. I started by doing a basic ancestry.co.uk search, but couldn't really narrow down my George Ellis with the c. 2,400 other George Ellis' that appear on the 1911 census. I decided to … Continue reading Summer Season – George Ellis
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If you come across a photo like this: you know that there has to be a story behind it! One of the things that drew me to this photo, was that most of the people on the photo were named, which is always helpful when trying to work out what is going on............ (and is … Continue reading Summer Season
A Life In Black and White 