A World First! Family History With a Sense of Humour!
What a scintillating evening of stories, humour, and drama, it was at the world’s first, and only, stand-up Genealogy show! (Even if I do say so myself).
For the benefit of the Ambitious For All Foundation – everyone who came along was supporting a good cause!
Here are just some of the questions that may have been answered on the night:
How do you go from a slum in Peckham to a prime time TV Show (without changing your accent)?
Me at the front with the flag,with the kids from the other two families who shared our Victorian terraced housed with outside loo just off the Old Kent Road in Peckham.
Celebrities – was it a thrill for them to meet me?
They always look surprised when I turn up; I don’t sound like the traditional experts.
Any Stories from ’round here?
From a comedian, to his ancestor in Mesopotamia, to the Red Cross in WW1, to a Spy Master, to Lawrence of Arabia, to Air Sea Rescue, to Hythe on the Solent. Six steps from Celebrity to Hythe.
How do you pull off the Crime of the Century, 1840s style?
The biggest successful wages snatch in British History. Why did he go to Southampton. How did William Redknap do it,and what did he modern relations Harry and Jamie Redknapp think about it?
Psychopaths: Running in the Family?
Names to avoid on Tinder. Is there a criminal gene (yes about a third of the audience in Dibden Purlieu had it). 200 years of murder as a family occupation.
DNA Tests – Trick or Treat?
Who’s yer Father? Where are the Neanderthal’s among us? You’re not a Celt,but your Ancestors probably brought the plague with them.
Plus tips for tracing your own family.
The basics to get started.
What’s the difference between a Genealogist and a Gynaecologist? (No, I didn’t tell that one).
(And Nicki Dossit you’ve got a really unusual name).
Travelling Through Time to Trace Your Ancestors 