Lorna
@bluebellfhr.bsky.social
Family History Researcher from Kent now living in Shropshire via Gloucestershire.
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Wokka Wokka Up Dead Man
The moment when AI news summaries accidentally create the murder mystery we deserve
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Wokka Wokka Up Dead Man
On this day in history (14-Dec) I was christened in Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, England.
I don't remember but will trust the family knowledge on this event.
I don't remember but will trust the family knowledge on this event.
December 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On this day in history (14-Dec) I was christened in Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, England.
I don't remember but will trust the family knowledge on this event.
I don't remember but will trust the family knowledge on this event.
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122 years ago, on the 14th of December 1903, the Wright brothers attempt to fly their 'Wright Flyer' for the first time. The attempt failed as Wilbur Wright pulled up too sharply. Repairs took three days and the first successful motorized flight took place three days later. #otd #history 🗃️
December 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This time 1C 3R, Rose Harriet GOOSEY, baptised 13 Dec-1874 in Irchester. Her great grandparents were Thomas GOOSEY and Sarah KEACH. Sadly she died mid1875.
[See previous posts]
Record sets via Ancestry
- Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England, UK; Register Type: Bishops Transcripts
[See previous posts]
Record sets via Ancestry
- Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England, UK; Register Type: Bishops Transcripts
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This time 1C 3R, Rose Harriet GOOSEY, baptised 13 Dec-1874 in Irchester. Her great grandparents were Thomas GOOSEY and Sarah KEACH. Sadly she died mid1875.
[See previous posts]
Record sets via Ancestry
- Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England, UK; Register Type: Bishops Transcripts
[See previous posts]
Record sets via Ancestry
- Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England, UK; Register Type: Bishops Transcripts
Had a lovely time out at the Christmas party. 😛 Did get lots of compliments for my dress and many colleagues also sparkled.
Have I emailed the directors at 0745 to say thank you for a lovely time? Yes I have. 😆😆😆 Considering haven't been out for a long time amazed I'm awake and mainly functioning.
Have I emailed the directors at 0745 to say thank you for a lovely time? Yes I have. 😆😆😆 Considering haven't been out for a long time amazed I'm awake and mainly functioning.
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Had a lovely time out at the Christmas party. 😛 Did get lots of compliments for my dress and many colleagues also sparkled.
Have I emailed the directors at 0745 to say thank you for a lovely time? Yes I have. 😆😆😆 Considering haven't been out for a long time amazed I'm awake and mainly functioning.
Have I emailed the directors at 0745 to say thank you for a lovely time? Yes I have. 😆😆😆 Considering haven't been out for a long time amazed I'm awake and mainly functioning.
Ready for the work work Christmas party.
🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷
I am wearing tights!!!! The thing I never thought would ever happen again until I found #Snag ones.
🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷
I am wearing tights!!!! The thing I never thought would ever happen again until I found #Snag ones.
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ready for the work work Christmas party.
🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷
I am wearing tights!!!! The thing I never thought would ever happen again until I found #Snag ones.
🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷🎄🍷
I am wearing tights!!!! The thing I never thought would ever happen again until I found #Snag ones.
Not Joanna Trollope now ...... 😒
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Not Joanna Trollope now ...... 😒
On 12-Dec-1796 the grandparents of Felix and Frederick BOND had married in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England.
Thomas GOOSEY and Sarah KEICH [KEACH] went on to have eleven children including daughter Sophia who married Frederick BOND (senior).
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England records.
Thomas GOOSEY and Sarah KEICH [KEACH] went on to have eleven children including daughter Sophia who married Frederick BOND (senior).
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England records.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
On 12-Dec-1796 the grandparents of Felix and Frederick BOND had married in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England.
Thomas GOOSEY and Sarah KEICH [KEACH] went on to have eleven children including daughter Sophia who married Frederick BOND (senior).
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England records.
Thomas GOOSEY and Sarah KEICH [KEACH] went on to have eleven children including daughter Sophia who married Frederick BOND (senior).
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England records.
Yay it is 23:20 and it seems that the neighbour has finished hammering in the Christmas lights that has been ongoing for the last two hours.
No point saying anything because they aren't the kind of people who understand what is acceptable behaviour. And likely to make things worse if I tried.
No point saying anything because they aren't the kind of people who understand what is acceptable behaviour. And likely to make things worse if I tried.
December 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yay it is 23:20 and it seems that the neighbour has finished hammering in the Christmas lights that has been ongoing for the last two hours.
No point saying anything because they aren't the kind of people who understand what is acceptable behaviour. And likely to make things worse if I tried.
No point saying anything because they aren't the kind of people who understand what is acceptable behaviour. And likely to make things worse if I tried.
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The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂
Booking available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
Booking available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂
Booking available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
Booking available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
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Tidy! Dave's Coaches from Gavin & Stacey up for sale - for £200k. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gavin and Stacey's Dave's Coaches up for sale for £200k
Priced at £200,000, the red 33-seater is a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tidy! Dave's Coaches from Gavin & Stacey up for sale - for £200k. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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600 artefacts stolen on a raid of Bristol Museum on 25th September. The items stolen were from the British Empire & Commonwealth collection. 😞👇
BBC News - Hundreds of items taken in high-value Bristol Museum archive raid - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Hundreds of items taken in high-value Bristol Museum archive raid - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hundreds of items taken in high-value Bristol Museum archive raid
More than 600 artefacts from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection are taken.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
600 artefacts stolen on a raid of Bristol Museum on 25th September. The items stolen were from the British Empire & Commonwealth collection. 😞👇
BBC News - Hundreds of items taken in high-value Bristol Museum archive raid - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Hundreds of items taken in high-value Bristol Museum archive raid - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Following on from yesterday's post find that Felix's brother Frederick BOND was baptised on 11-Dec-1831. So the family have presumably stayed put for these five years.
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
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December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Following on from yesterday's post find that Felix's brother Frederick BOND was baptised on 11-Dec-1831. So the family have presumably stayed put for these five years.
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
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Plans to turn the Grade 2 listed Grand Post House, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton which dates from 1895 into a supermarket approved. It was a Post Office until the 1960's.👇
BBC News - Supermarket plan approved for Wolverhampton's old Post Office - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Supermarket plan approved for Wolverhampton's old Post Office - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Supermarket plan approved for Wolverhampton's old Post Office
The Grade II-listed building served as Wolverhampton's main post office until the 1960s.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Plans to turn the Grade 2 listed Grand Post House, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton which dates from 1895 into a supermarket approved. It was a Post Office until the 1960's.👇
BBC News - Supermarket plan approved for Wolverhampton's old Post Office - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Supermarket plan approved for Wolverhampton's old Post Office - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Did Friendly Societies operate in your English #OnePlaceStudy? Thanks to Joe for this link to a useful introduction to these societies. #OnePlaceWednesday
Fascinating organisations. The following is a good general introduction on them, archive.org/details/frie...
The Friendly Socities in England 1815-1875 : P. H. J. H. Gosden : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Did Friendly Societies operate in your English #OnePlaceStudy? Thanks to Joe for this link to a useful introduction to these societies. #OnePlaceWednesday
#GOOSEY
On 10-Dec-1826 a 1C 4R Felix BOND was baptised at Irchester, Northamptonshire, England. His parents were Frederick BOND and Sophia.
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
On 10-Dec-1826 a 1C 4R Felix BOND was baptised at Irchester, Northamptonshire, England. His parents were Frederick BOND and Sophia.
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
Ancestry | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records
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December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#GOOSEY
On 10-Dec-1826 a 1C 4R Felix BOND was baptised at Irchester, Northamptonshire, England. His parents were Frederick BOND and Sophia.
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
On 10-Dec-1826 a 1C 4R Felix BOND was baptised at Irchester, Northamptonshire, England. His parents were Frederick BOND and Sophia.
Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
So either Santa sped past my house with no fanfare (we are in Storm Bram but think the doorbell would have picked up a flashing sleigh), is still going and running very late (tough I'm in bed now) or hasn't come past despite being on the route shown. Bit slack on the notification front. 😞
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So either Santa sped past my house with no fanfare (we are in Storm Bram but think the doorbell would have picked up a flashing sleigh), is still going and running very late (tough I'm in bed now) or hasn't come past despite being on the route shown. Bit slack on the notification front. 😞
Baptism of 3x Great Grandmother Maria CLEMENTS occurred on 09-Dec-1821 in East Langdon, Kent, England. She was the daughter of Thomas CLEMENTS and Elizabeth.
FHL Film Number 1786622
Reference ID item 7 p 17/18
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
FHL Film Number 1786622
Reference ID item 7 p 17/18
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Ancestry | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records
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December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Baptism of 3x Great Grandmother Maria CLEMENTS occurred on 09-Dec-1821 in East Langdon, Kent, England. She was the daughter of Thomas CLEMENTS and Elizabeth.
FHL Film Number 1786622
Reference ID item 7 p 17/18
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
FHL Film Number 1786622
Reference ID item 7 p 17/18
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Can definitely recommend the following....
Sainsbury's Cinnamon Bun Cake, Taste the Difference 345g | Sainsbury's share.google/pq1euppvg6kC...
.... but would not recommend sharing. 😉
Sainsbury's Cinnamon Bun Cake, Taste the Difference 345g | Sainsbury's share.google/pq1euppvg6kC...
.... but would not recommend sharing. 😉
share.google
December 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Can definitely recommend the following....
Sainsbury's Cinnamon Bun Cake, Taste the Difference 345g | Sainsbury's share.google/pq1euppvg6kC...
.... but would not recommend sharing. 😉
Sainsbury's Cinnamon Bun Cake, Taste the Difference 345g | Sainsbury's share.google/pq1euppvg6kC...
.... but would not recommend sharing. 😉
Sadly the ninth and final child of 2x Great Grandparents Daniel HOLMANS and Jane did not live very long and died on 08-Dec-1907 in Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, England.
Born on 13-Nov-1907 and baptised on 22-Nov-1907 so looks like he only lived for about 25 days. Records obtained from Ancestry.
Born on 13-Nov-1907 and baptised on 22-Nov-1907 so looks like he only lived for about 25 days. Records obtained from Ancestry.
Ancestry | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records
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December 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Sadly the ninth and final child of 2x Great Grandparents Daniel HOLMANS and Jane did not live very long and died on 08-Dec-1907 in Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, England.
Born on 13-Nov-1907 and baptised on 22-Nov-1907 so looks like he only lived for about 25 days. Records obtained from Ancestry.
Born on 13-Nov-1907 and baptised on 22-Nov-1907 so looks like he only lived for about 25 days. Records obtained from Ancestry.
On 07-Dec-1908 Willie Lindridge BAYNTON was born with birth registered in Dover, Kent, England during Q1 1909. Volume 2a Page 1082.
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Ancestry | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records
Ancestry® helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it easy to trace your lineage.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
On 07-Dec-1908 Willie Lindridge BAYNTON was born with birth registered in Dover, Kent, England during Q1 1909. Volume 2a Page 1082.
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Can anyone help shed light on background to the following please.
English bloke living in Newport, Rhode Island joins the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Montreal, Québec in Oct-1918.
Was it that the USA wouldn't want him at that time?
English bloke living in Newport, Rhode Island joins the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Montreal, Québec in Oct-1918.
Was it that the USA wouldn't want him at that time?
December 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Can anyone help shed light on background to the following please.
English bloke living in Newport, Rhode Island joins the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Montreal, Québec in Oct-1918.
Was it that the USA wouldn't want him at that time?
English bloke living in Newport, Rhode Island joins the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Montreal, Québec in Oct-1918.
Was it that the USA wouldn't want him at that time?
Seeing the notifications about the Thrulines on Ancestry update thought I'd have a look. Got a suggestion for my missing 3x GGrandfather.
See what everyone means now when you can't turn round and go the husband of my 3x GGrandmother is NOT my 3x GGrandfather however much you write it Ancestry. 😒
See what everyone means now when you can't turn round and go the husband of my 3x GGrandmother is NOT my 3x GGrandfather however much you write it Ancestry. 😒
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Seeing the notifications about the Thrulines on Ancestry update thought I'd have a look. Got a suggestion for my missing 3x GGrandfather.
See what everyone means now when you can't turn round and go the husband of my 3x GGrandmother is NOT my 3x GGrandfather however much you write it Ancestry. 😒
See what everyone means now when you can't turn round and go the husband of my 3x GGrandmother is NOT my 3x GGrandfather however much you write it Ancestry. 😒
On 06-Dec-1892 2x Great Uncle Albert John HOLMANS was born. In the 1939 Register it is incorrectly logged as 06-Dec-1893. His birth was registered Q1 1893 in Dover, Kent, England.
1939 England and Wales Register: Ancestry.com
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
1939 England and Wales Register: Ancestry.com
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Ancestry | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records
Ancestry® helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it easy to trace your lineage.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On 06-Dec-1892 2x Great Uncle Albert John HOLMANS was born. In the 1939 Register it is incorrectly logged as 06-Dec-1893. His birth was registered Q1 1893 in Dover, Kent, England.
1939 England and Wales Register: Ancestry.com
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
1939 England and Wales Register: Ancestry.com
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
On 01-Dec-1973 a 2C 1R was born in Dover, Kent, England. Don't think that I've ever met as appears to have moved to Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
#FamilyKnowledge
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December 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
On 01-Dec-1973 a 2C 1R was born in Dover, Kent, England. Don't think that I've ever met as appears to have moved to Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
#FamilyKnowledge
#FamilyKnowledge