An archive of hundreds of letters revealing the romantic story of Jack and Dorothy who fell in love immediately after the First World War.
Jack Robson (John Osborn Robson) (6th June 1894 – 4th April 1978) was, it seems, a hopeless romantic. On the 20th July 1919 he started a long string of letters (more than 300) to his sweetheart. She was Dorothy Grist (20th June 1895 – 6th November 1986). More here.
The life of Captain RN Thompson CBE (1913-1994) of Trinity House through his fascinating archive and pictures. In October 2018 I acquired […]
Katherine Macdonald was born in 1850 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, her father, James, was 34, and her mother, Catherine, was 31. […]
Frank Edward Wright writing to his father (H. Wright) from Southampton. On September 17th 1842 a man called H. Wright Esquire received a […]
Una Margaret Part was born in 1887 in Sunninghill, Berkshire, her father, James, was 46, and her mother, Edith, was 40. She […]
