Douglas Hopkin Jones was from Carmarthen who worked for South Wales Electricity. He was also a Naval Volunteer. Judging by the small collection of ephemera, Douglas’ father also could have had a naval connection. I acquired these items from an auction website in 2018.
William Macfir from Greenock wrote an eight page letter to his father John Macfir on the 4th July 1843. The writing deteriorates […]
Two brothers, Reginald and Hesket Hanson, were at Eythorne School, Sandwich in the early 1850s. Despite their early age (10 and 12), […]
I went to Tavistock Comprehensive School (1965 – 1972). 33 years earlier, pupils and teachers of Tavistock Grammar School had their photograph […]
In August 2017 I acquired a large photograph album and scrapbook from an online auction website after being found at a ‘local […]
