by Editor | Feb 17, 2024 | Social Histories
(A longer read) From information kindly supplied by Michael Harmer John and Gertrude Macdonald were married on 23rd July 1902 John Angus McDonald (the spelling was anglicised to ‘Macdonald’ when the family moved to England) was born on 27th December 1871 at the Easter...
by Editor | Feb 17, 2024 | Curiosities
(A longer read) The complicated life of George Newman George Newman was born in Northamptonshire in September 1834. His father John was a gamekeeper and his mother a dressmaker. The 1851 census finds George aged 16 described as an Agricultural Labourer. He has five...
by Editor | Feb 14, 2024 | Social Histories
(A longer read) When we think of the First World War, most of us think of trenches, machine guns and mud in France and Belgium. Most of the men from Ilkeston and District who went to war from 1914 to 1918 did fight in Picardy and Flanders, but local men also fought at...
by Editor | Feb 13, 2024 | Local Histories
Just over the border into Nottinghamshire is the village of Trowell, which is probably most famous for being the Festival of Britain Village in 1951. The village is believed to have Saxon origins, and had a population of around 50, with four manors and a church, by...
by Editor | Feb 11, 2024 | Social Histories
Researched by Peter Cave. Sixty or so local men who served in the army during the Napoleonic Wars have so far been rediscovered. Mostly these are the survivors, the ones who were discharged when their time was up or when their strength or agility failed them. There...
