One of my ancestors made a Model Beam Engine, which is now housed at the Lawrence House Museum in Launceston. According to my mother’s notes (which are on the rear of the black and white picture, the Beam Engine was made by my Great Great Great Grandfather, John Box (born in 1878) Although according to… Continue reading The Box Model Beam Engine
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Roger Lines – Banks and Bicycles
Roger Lines, my father, went on to travel the world as a Research Forester, but this letter finds him in January 1953, right at the start of his career. The previous letter in my possession, written by him at the end of his first week in the office has him about to move into 27,… Continue reading Roger Lines – Banks and Bicycles
Family Mysteries
My main incentive for posting about Family History is the collection of letters and other documents which I inherited am am attempting to curate. I am filling in the gaps by Internet research, but there are some things I have not been able to find. I am listing them on this page so I can… Continue reading Family Mysteries
The Box Family of Marhamchurch Foundry
This is a draft, and has quite a lot of editing to do, but I will keep editing and updating, to share information more easily with my siblings, who are finding useful pieces of information. On my mothers side I am descended from the Box Family who owned an Iron Foundry at Marhamchurch – a… Continue reading The Box Family of Marhamchurch Foundry
Roger Lines writing from the Atholl Hotel, after a week at work
My father, Roger Lines, had been interested in trees since he did his Scout Forester badge. He noted the trees he saw while serving in India, and after his return he took a degree in Forestry at Bangor. He joined the Forestry Commission, based in Edinburgh, and wrote this letter home, a week after he… Continue reading Roger Lines writing from the Atholl Hotel, after a week at work
Roger Lines, at the end of his first day at work.
My Father, Roger Lines, managed to land his dream job of working for the Forestry Commission in Edinburgh, after gaining a First Class Honours degree in Forestry from Bangor. He wrote home after his first day at work (I will update this if I can work out when that was), to update his parents. Atholl… Continue reading Roger Lines, at the end of his first day at work.
Arrived Safely in Salonica in 1918
My Great Aunt Margaret volunteered as a Civilian Red Cross Nurse in 1918, traveling to Serbia via Salonica (Thessalonica) to work at the military hospital in Sarajevo. The post ‘Margaret Box, nursing in Salonica and Serbia‘ acts as an index to the letters she wrote. On 20th October she sent a telegram to her father,… Continue reading Arrived Safely in Salonica in 1918
Margaret Box, Somewhere in France in September 1918
Previous Index Next Margaret Box, my Great Aunt, traveled to Serbia as a nurse in 1918. Following on from her previous letter, where she was leaving Southampton on the 17th September, she writes this one on the morning of the 18th, from ‘Somewhere in France’. She would have been a long way from the battle… Continue reading Margaret Box, Somewhere in France in September 1918
Margaret Box leaving from Southampton
Previous Index Next My Great Aunt, Margaret Box, went nursing in Serbia 1918-19, towards the end of the First World War. This post is an index of the letters she wrote home and other documents related to her travels. On 17th September 1918 she set sail from Southampton, heading for France at the start of… Continue reading Margaret Box leaving from Southampton
Inoculations, Suffrage and People’s Votes
Previous Index Next On Saturday I, along with many others, went to London to campaign for a People’s Vote on the Brexit deal. The whole Brexit issue is contentious and I feel it is important for politicians to know that they are being scrutinised. This is particularly since the right to vote is, in historical… Continue reading Inoculations, Suffrage and People’s Votes