Andrew Simpson

Now I like the way that stories grow and take on a new direction, so here is a post from Susan who took a brief piece on an autograph book ...

A story of British Home Children in just 20 objects which are in no particular order, have been selected purely at random and will reflec...

The young Edwin Now, I always find it a privilege when friends take the time to write for the blog and so I was especially pleased when...

There is a story yet to be told about the twenty-six men of the Canadian Expeditionary Force who are buried here in Southern Cemetery. ...

Now I am in reflective mood and have returned to stories of those who left Britain to start new lives in Canada and even further afield in ...

Now here is a lesson on always believing the family stories and by extension reading the records. Extract from his army records, 1919 ...

Now the story of John William Ingham of the 46th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force has taken yet another unexpected twist.* ...

As we approach the centenary of the Somme preparations across the city are well in hand to mark the Battle which began on July 1 1916. ...

No one should ever underestimate the impact of the policy of migrating young people to Canada, Australia and other parts of the old empire....

I am back in Canada with the Orillia Museum of Art & History featuring one of their pictures from Canada’s past.   In this case an a...

The continuing story of one family who left south east London for Canada in 1913, told by Carol Spencer.* The family in 193 with two u...

This is the last for a while of storie s about Edwin and Maud Harland who left south east London for Canada in 1913. The family in 191...

Now I have come to know the Harland family .* They left south east London for a new life in Canada in 1912 and were one of that country...

This is the continuing story of Edwin and Maud Harland who left their home in south east London for Canada.* Edwin as a young man T...

Orchard Point, 1911 from the collection of Frank Kehoe I am in Orchard Point, Ontario with a picture from 1911 which I grant is a lon...