So very sad to hear the news about Annie Nightingale. Loved working with her at BBC Radio 1. Complete inspiration. Would regularly join us at our desks & talk about anything and everything. She did me the honour of DJing @ my leaving do from press team in 2001. RIP new music trailblazer. x
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Creative commoner. Was lecturer @ University of Greenwich + University of the Arts/London College of Communication. Retired early with #Chiari neuro thing. Was head of PR at BBC Radio 1. Did PR elsewhere incl. Kiss FM, Shazam + in/around SW1. Love #radio #genealogy #lufc. RSA Fellow. Home #Hampshire 🏳️🌈
Final week of #52ancestors family history project for 2023. Theme for Wk52 is "Me, Myself and I," but I wanted to sneak in one more ancestor - the one who had most influence on me. Mum's Mum, my Nan, Joyce Hale (1930-1999). Have gained a lot by taking part in the weekly writing challenges. Not sure what's next. More in this week's blog post: https://dutchhq.wordpress.com/2023/12/26/52ancestors-wk52-me-myself-and-i-joyce-hale/ #genealogy #ancestry
Dad's cousin Arthur Taylor (1926-1984). This Leeds coal merchant was apparently assisted in delivering coal to home of legendary crooner, 'Mr Moonlight' Frankie Vaughan by my grandad. True or not, cause to reflect on #52ancestors #genealogy project Wk51 theme, 'Cousins': https://dutchhq.wordpress.com/2023/12/17/52ancestors-wk51-cousins-arthur-taylor/ #ancestry
"You Wouldn't Believe It"!
I'm related to the Hobtroughs! I love the sound that the surname of my 8x great-grandmother Jane HOBTROUGH (1696-1737) makes when you read it out loud. It's as simple as that, conjuring up images of either hobgoblins or hogs feeding from their trough.
Much of her family's life centres around All Saints Church, Crondall, in Hampshire. More on Wk50's #52ancestors #genealogy theme in this week's blog: https://dutchhq.wordpress.com/2023/12/13/52ancestors-wk50-you-wouldnt-believe-it-jane-hobtrough/ #ancestry
Samuel Gill Simpson (1900-1987), my 1st cousin 2x removed. Appears to reject the family recipe at the time of life in Bradford of work in the ironworks or the mills. Joins fledgling RAF @ age of 18; then sailed for new life in Australia with young family. Wk49 #52ancestors theme is Family Recipe - using food to reflect on #genealogy more broadly: https://dutchhq.wordpress.com/2023/12/06/52ancestors-wk49-family-recipe-samuel-gill-simpson/ #ancestry
'This Ancestor Stayed Home': Wk47's #52ancestors project theme. Grandad Frank Holland (1921-2014) was in a reserved occupation during WWII. Was tough when his older brother's submarine sank. Frank was able to do his bit, both in the Home Guard, and with a Citation for brave conduct for saving two RAF airmen from their burning plane when it crashed near him. More: https://dutchhq.wordpress.com/2023/11/21/52ancestors-wk47-this-ancestor-stayed-home-frank-holland/ #genealogy #ancestry
This is no nursery rhyme. “This Ancestor Went to Market,” but her trade went by the name of ‘bunter’ (female rag & bone collector). Charlotte Noad (1840-1916) 2x great grandaunt (Leeds). Did go to market, not to trade new things, but recycle & make profit from old junk! Wk46 blog for #52ancestors https://dutchhq.wordpress.com/2023/11/14/52ancestors-wk46-this-ancestor-went-to-market-charlotte-noad/ #genealogy #ancestry
My grandad found it difficult to talk about the death of his brother George Henry Holland (1920-1942), able seaman on submarine HMS Unique N95, sunk off coast of northern Spain in Oct 1942 during WWII.
More on the role of Aldershot in my family's life across the generations, with the 'home of the British Army just down the road. Plus service in war and peace of more extended members of the family.
Wk45's #52Ancestors #genealogy theme is 'War & Peace': https://dutchhq.wordpress.com/2023/11/06/52ancestors-wk45-war-and-peace-george-henry-holland/ #ancestry
Anchored on Scapa Flow in Orkney Islands, explosion aboard HMS Vanguard killed 843 people (9 Jul 1917) incl. my 24 yr old gt grand-uncle Frank Stephen Francis Holland (1892-1917). Spirit lived on as his nephew, my grandfather, given exactly same name in memory. He knew nothing of story; we only pieced together as we found "Dead Man's Penny" in a drawer after his death; a plaque awarded to next of kin of those who died in WWI. Wk44 #52ancestors theme: "Spirits"> https://dutchhq.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/52ancestors-wk44-spirits-frank-stephen-francis-holland/ #genealogy
My 3x gt grandmother Rachel Gaukrodger (1831-1909) only made short journey from birthplace Halifax to Bradford. Married Crabtree Simpson in Bradford Cathedral, 1850.
Brother Samuel Gaukrodger (1830-1902) & his wife would also marry there same year but couple + 3 children would travel 11,500 miles, Bradford to New Zealand, between 1871 & 1875.
Incl. my 1st cousin 4x removed, Samuel's daughter, Ambrosina Gaukrodger (1860-1916). Travel: Wk41 #52Ancestors #genealogy theme: https://dutchhq.wordpress.com/2023/10/09/52ancestors-wk41-travel-rachel-gaukrodger/
