Yearly Archives: 2016

/2016

Remember Horse Liniment is Hot!

The Old Victorian Market hall in Bilston, which was an important place in my childhood I remember my granddad, Thomas Henry Cartwright was a big man.  6ft tall, and when I remember him, quite fat.  He loved food (obviously) singing hymns, my nan and of course his four precious grand-children: Barbara, Paul, Jane [...]

By | November 3rd, 2016|Uncategorised|0 Comments

Dolly Tubs and Reckit’s Blue faded but still a memory

My mum and dad aged about 19 & 20 about a year or so before I was born I have quite a good memory of my early childhood and in contrast to what most psychologists would  say, I see the memories through my own eyes and they are not constructs.  When I was [...]

By | October 10th, 2016|Uncategorised|0 Comments

Why Ancestry.co.uk is good but doesn’t tell the whole story

James Henry Massey aged 86 cuddling his great grand daughter, Imogen I have been a member of www.Ancestry.co.uk  ever since I had an attack of vertigo a few years’ ago and couldn’t leave the sofa without falling over.  Over the course of two days I built my family tree and found out some [...]

By | October 6th, 2016|Uncategorised|0 Comments

Molly’s Story – the autobiography that got away

Molly Holdridge (nee Towse) 1913-2008 kind to everyone, but especially animals. If only we had her  autobiography. The woman in the centre of the picture  above with the wavy blond hair and glasses is Molly Holdridge ne Towse who was my mother in law. I think this photograph was taken around 1927/8 when she would have [...]

By | October 1st, 2016|Uncategorised|0 Comments

25% off for the first person to confirm booking

  I am really busy, but not with the writing I want to do and that is your autobiography! The first person to book their autobiography  with me between now and 1/12/16 will receive 25% off the writing costs of their story AND I guarantee delivery of it for you before Christmas.  What are you [...]

By | September 29th, 2016|Uncategorised|0 Comments

Writing has started now, summer is over

I am really excited to begin my writing career,  launch my website and to have two commissions within my first month ! I have also had a feature about my autobiography writing within our local newspaper "The Holderness Gazette" and  I have had lots of positive comments about the work I have done so far. [...]

By | September 16th, 2016|Uncategorised|0 Comments