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19th Century

The Silver Pit

29th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Some of you may remember that some time ago I wrote an article about my family tree research and how I’d discovered many interesting things about my family history. One thing I learned was that [more…]

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Goin’ fishing

8th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Want to go fishing? OK be down at the harbour for 1.30 a.m. we’ll have got the 1 am forecast, fuelled up, did that before we tied up yesterday, wife organised two tons of ice [more…]

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Flies Undone

30th March 2020 SharpieType301 0

Ah the joys of British weather. There we were in Bakewell, on a bitter February day. My husband and I had gone across by bus and, when we’d left home, it had been a nice, [more…]

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