Andrew Simpson
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Thursday, 19 October 2023
On finding my uncle …… and losing his wife
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Now yesterday I was exploring the story of my uncle, trying to solve several mysteries and reflecting on just how easy it was to disappear ...
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
On losing your uncle …….. travels with a family secret ….the 1921 census part 2
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I had hoped that the newly released 1921 census would help with the family secret. Window girl, date unknown Most families have one, and we ...
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Losing an uncle ……. and discovering much in the search
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This is the story of my uncle, and a series of questions which almost 70 years after his death remain unanswered. The unknown women in the w...
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
A photograph ..... a postcard ..... and the search for a sister ....Sidney Albert Taylor ......
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This is Sidney Albert Taylor, sometime during the Great War. Sidney Albert Taylor, 1916 The picture postcard was sent to his sister from the...
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Messages from Germany ….. to Didsbury and Gateshead …… December 1918
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We were lucky, of the six members of our family who went off to the Great War, all but one survived. Crossing the Rhine, December 1...
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