The Missing Ones… lost from family history
As I research my family tree, I come across glimpses of other lives: children and adults who lived and laughed, or simply suffered and died. They are the Missing Ones:...
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Something jolly decent to read while you’re in lockdown!
Herbert Jollyman was a jolly decent chap who started in the Army as a Home Service man and ended in the Royal Air Force in France. The book is based on a fascinating...
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Poor as a church mouse? Why Victorian clergy were hard-up
In one of our antique family letters, the Rev. William Jollyman writes in 1869 to congratulate his son James on the birth of a son. He adds: With this increase of...
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The Jollyman Letters: project progress January 2020
Can it be possible that I still haven’t finished even one of the Jollyman Letters books? Well, yes, unfortunately, it can. Oh, I haven’t given up...
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A patchwork of history
Vintage patchwork quilt made by Mary Hephsibah Jollyman Sixty years ago, our great grandmother made a patchwork quilt for my sisters and me. She collected little scraps...
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A wonderful Christmas surprise – my WW1 ration parcel
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Loxford School, Ilford – photos for family history #1
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Victorian Girl Workers of London: 1. The Match-Box Makers
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Loxford School, Ilford – photos for family history #2
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Victorian photo #27: Pulpit Rock, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight (100 Gems of English Scenery)
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George Millman and the Isle of Wight doughnut mystery
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The Jollyman Letters: a 100-year-old story of love and war
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Victorian photo #15: The Arched Rock, Freshwater, Isle of Wight (100 Gems of English Scenery)
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A visit to Brading Church, Isle of Wight in 1892
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A patchwork of history
