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.
In 2012 I acquired archive relating to Captain Freeman (6 Oct 1836, Lugwardine, Herefordshire, England – 20 Jun 1883, Hereford) containing his Probate, […]
When Annie Gladys Butler was born on 6 February 1899 in Edmonton, Middlesex, her father, Robert Henry Butler, a shipping clerk, (1877-1930), […]
This is an album of drawings and paintings from the Edwardian period. The contributors were from the Rochdale area. I do not […]
On Tuesday 21st January 1908 Gilbert Ireland Blackburne (1887-1973) was involved in a car accident a few days after his father had given […]
