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My article ‘Funeral Faux Pas’ (the second in a trio about the things that went wrong at key life events) is out today in December’s issue of Discover Your Ancestors online periodical. By subscription. http://www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk
When the First World War started in August 1914 a vigorous propaganda campaign persuaded tens of thousands of young men excitedly to sign up and do their bit for King and Country. To fight abroad you had to be at least nineteen, but you could enlist at eighteen. Many boys of 15, 16 and 17,... Continue Reading →
[A version of this article first appeared in Discover Your Ancestors Online Periodical - December 2015]. http://www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk/ Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update Girl's Own Paper December 20th 1884, Vol VI, No.260. Greenery and fruit, sparkle and snow, colourfully-dressed tables and walls inscribed with Yuletide mottos - Christmases past were decorated using much... Continue Reading →
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