Prohibition, what prohibition?

5 years ago
Julian

To avoid prohibition, entrepreneur, and great grandfather, James S MARCHETTI (1900-1965) partnered with his brother-in-law, Victor R Delu, to establish…

Ken Bainbridge & Hooping Day

3 months ago

On Hooping Day, all the horse drawn carts from the village and surrounding farms would queue at Oulston Bank, on…

Priscilla Mullins & America’s First Love Triangle

4 months ago

Our 9th Great Grandmother, on the Bacon family line, was our first female European ancestor to arrive in North America!…

Storwood & The Popplewells

9 months ago

In the mid 2000s I clearly remember a telephone call from my mother when she shared with pride and incredulity…

Dick Hudson & Guinness World Record

10 months ago

Guinness World Record for Longest Place Kick, Rugby Union. Our great uncle, Richard "Dick" Hudson, was born and raised in…

Brenda, James, & The Giant Quake

2 years ago

Loma Prieta Earthquake October 17, 1989 - Where were you? On this day 35 years years ago I was 8…

Lizzie Edgar & The Bottle Stopperers

2 years ago

Our Great Grand Aunt, Elizabeth Edgar (1870-1956), was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, the third of twelve children. Aunt…

Clark’s of Darlington

2 years ago

The Clark family of Cumberland worked for generations as agricultural labourers before the industrial revolution brought mining and iron foundries…

Hudson’s of Bridlington

2 years ago

The Hudson family have been traced back as far as the mid-18th century and the towns of Bradford & Bingley…

Captain Luther Little’s Tall Tales

2 years ago

Our 4th Great Grandfather, Luther LITTLE, from the Bacon family line was a New England sailor, naval officer, and privateer1.…

Thompson’s of Kirkbymoorside

2 years ago

The Thompson family were farming Kirkbymoorside, aka Kirkby Moorside, for generations before our 3rd Great Grandparents, Bethel THOMPSON (1800-1872) married…

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