On Hooping Day, all the horse drawn carts from the village and surrounding farms would queue at Oulston Bank, on…
In the mid 2000s I clearly remember a telephone call from my mother when she shared with pride and incredulity…
Our Great Grand Aunt, Elizabeth Edgar (1870-1956), was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, the third of twelve children. Aunt…
On a cool spring morning in 1954, Ann & Christine were accompanied by their preparatory school classmates into St George's…
Charles "Reg" Bainbridge was born in the village of Newton on Ouse, North Yorkshire, to parents John Henry Bainbridge of…
On November 1st, 1914, HMS Good Hope was sunk in the Battle of Coronel with the loss of all hands,…
On this day in 1914 our 4th cousin, Boy 1st Class, Alfred Maddison participated in the Fleet Review at Spithead…
Flight Lieutenant Geoff Bainbridge (1924-2022) served with the RAF from 1942 for the duration of the war. He ultimately pursued…
"200 hundred miles from London, 200 hundred miles from Edinburgh" announced my grandfather as we drove past the sign in…
Adelaide EDGAR, our great grandmother, was the tenth of twelve children, born 2 August 1888, to John Thomas ONIONS and…
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