A web log of my family history research
From ‘Mother Grumble’ June 1972 Two Views On A Mental Hospital In Winterton Hospital, Sedgefield, there are few wards – one female, one male and two mixed – where relatively normal people are kept as in-patients. They may be depressed, or hysterical, or nervous – and all have some mental problem; but they are in […]
From the brilliant Durham archives I received this information this morning: I checked an index to admissions to Winterton Hospital from 1920 to 1934 and I found the admission of Emma Sunter (no. 23047) on 24 September 1930 from area 9, Dist. 34, Jarrow. You mentioned that she died in 1978 but we only have […]
This is the text Jen, Adrian and I wrote to be read out at Lofty’s funeral.
Please click here for a link to the Meredith Family line as far back as I’ve got it so far. Hopefully this will help with referencing the articles.
Our cousin Ian (one of Frank’s son) emigrated with the family to Australia in the 1920s. He became a pilot with Qantas and has an interest in the RAF in the second world war. As part of the quest to find a photograph of Keith I contacted Ian at the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, […]
Fred met Keith when she was working with him at the Midland Electricity Company (MEC) in Tipton. Apparently they shared the same bus journey in. Their time together was very short and confined to leave…so I think she saw him for about two weeks of married life. She told me a sad story of how […]
Sft H. K. Harper and Miss F. M. Meredith The wedding was solemnised n Saturday, at St Thomas’s Church, Sturbridge, of Harold Keith (sergeant air gunner, R.A.F.) only son of Mr and Mrs W H Harper 27 Brook Street, Stourbridge and Freda May, younger daughter of Mrs and the late Mr E. Meredith, 6, […]
HKHarper War 2 Originally uploaded by timsunter This is the front page of Keith’s war record
HKHarper War 1 Originally uploaded by timsunter This is Keith’s RAF war record…a transcript will follow