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By Paul McNeil Posted on May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

Time Detectives Talk at Marchwood WI


Big Thank you to the Ladies at Marchwood WI for being a great audience at my recent performance at their AGM.

Categories: genealogy, Live Show, Time DetectiveTags: books, Family History, fiction, history, Marchwood, New Forest, Public Talks Genealogy, Solent, travel, Womens Institute, writing
By Paul McNeil Posted on May 22, 2026May 22, 2026

Drinking with the Ancestors: The Three Cups Stockbridge Part 5 – Victorian Carryings-On


“Send the Bobbies down here!”

Categories: Drinking With The Ancestors, genealogyTags: books, Family History, fiction, history, Hulbert, Paul McNeil, Pub History, short-story, Stockbridge, The Three Cups Inn, Thre Cups, time detectives, Tonge, Tonges, Tongs, writing
By Paul McNeil Posted on September 26, 2025January 28, 2026

The Real Lives of “A Thousand Blows” Part 2 Alec Monroe


Just after midnight on Saturday, 5 September 1885, a prize fighter named Alexander Hayes Munroe was fatally stabbed in a Common Lodging House, called a “Den of Thieves” by some Policemen

Categories: A Thousand Blows, genealogyTags: A Thousand Blows, Alec Munroe, Alexander Munroe, Black History Month, books, Boxing, fiction, history, short-story, writing

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