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Tips on Tracing Australian Relatives, with Katie Martin on BBC Radio Solent


Want to know about tracing family in Australia? Tune in to the Katie Martin show on @BBCRadioSolent around 10.40 today, where I’ll be giving some advice. Family Trees and Genealogy … Continue reading Tips on Tracing Australian Relatives, with Katie Martin on BBC Radio Solent

Drinking with the Ancestors: The Three Cups Stockbridge Part 1: Romans, The Wigge Family, Civil War


Inside, the taproom was crowded with Parliamentarian soldiers “Roundheads” stamping mud from their boots.

Live Performance at Stockbridge Town Hall Hampshire in Support of Ukraine


I’ll be treading the boards again on 16th April 2026 at the Town Hall in Stockbridge Hampshire raising money for stockbridgeukraine aid for Ukraine. Get your tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stockbridgeukraine/2094509 New … Continue reading Live Performance at Stockbridge Town Hall Hampshire in Support of Ukraine

The Real Lives of “A Thousand Blows” Part 3 : Sugar Goodson


Having seen the real lives of Hezekiah Moscow and Alec Monroe, we now move on to Henry “Sugar” Goodson. The Goodsons Henry “Sugar” Goodson was the seventh child in a … Continue reading The Real Lives of “A Thousand Blows” Part 3 : Sugar Goodson

Have a Butcher’s at Sydnie Christmas’ Christmas Story; were they Jane Austen’s Butchers?


“The Christmas fair at Alton was held with uncommon spirit; the butchers and poulterers cried their wares till the very air seemed fat with beef and turkey.”