Today I watched something remarkable yet commonplace. 5000 people took to the streets of Hull in the 9th Jane Tomlinson memorial 10k road race. There is nothing unusual about 10k races. They are everywhere, and if you are that way inclined you can run one practically every weekend from April to October, wherever you [...]
Years ago, whilst I was a student I attended a Quaker meeting in Birmingham. Like most religious gatherings there was a social element to it. They were nice people and sometimes we used to share a meal on Sundays. My first husband and I would go to the Barrow family’s home for lunch. Corbyn, who [...]
I love Easter more than Christmas, probably because it coincides with the bursting to life of buds and flowers; birds making nests and singing loudly; beautiful little animals and more sun! But for me there is a spiritual connection and that is hope for new life and not just baby animals. I know that my [...]
A trilobite from Wren's Nest known as the "Dudley Bug" When I read the autobiographies of famous people I am struck by the vivid language they use to describe childhood experiences which have stayed with them into their adult life. Some recount intellectual arguments around a dinner table, meeting the clever friends of [...]
I have recently been watching a Netflix series called “The Good Place” and it is hilarious. The premise is a young woman called Eleanor ends up in a form of heaven by mistake and the ramifications in the fabric of the universe cause physical disasters. Anyway, in one scene there is a perfect restaurant where [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]