Previous Index Next On the 30th September 1918 my Great Aunt Margaret Box wrote to her Mother from 79 General Hospital, Italy, which was in Taranto, an important Italian naval base. This follows on from her letter from Rome, and is part of the story of her adventures nursing in Solonica and Serbia. c/o 79… Continue reading Margaret Box letter from Southern Italy – September 1918
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Margaret Box letter from Rome – September 1918
Previous Index Next My Great Aunt, Margaret Box, traveled as a Nurse to Salonica and Serbia (where the First World War was still being fought), wrote many letters home, which fortunately have been preserved. This article, entitled Margaret Box, nursing in Salonica and Serbia, acts as an index to her letters and puts them into… Continue reading Margaret Box letter from Rome – September 1918
The Will of Joseph Lines
My Great Grandfather, Joseph Lines (1848-1931) clearly possessed a strength of character. His father, Abel Lines (1807-1877) had been variously a Fur Skin Dresser, Smith, Steel Worker, Porter and Furrier. Joseph’s elder brother George (1841-1921) trained as a carpenter, and started making wooden horses. His sisters were in domestic service until they married or died.George… Continue reading The Will of Joseph Lines
Tim to Roger – from Bonn in 1953
My Uncle Tim wrote to my Father on 4th August 1953. Tim is writing from 3, Liebfrauenweg, Bonn (OSM), and my father was living in Edinburgh by then. Auslandsamt der Universität, Bonn, Liebfrauenweg, 3 Begun 4/8/53 Dear Roger, this will take the form of a supplement, or perhaps errata to my last letter. As before… Continue reading Tim to Roger – from Bonn in 1953
One Hundred Years Ago
One hundred years ago, on the night of 19th/20th October 1918, during the Battle of the Selle, part of the One Hundred Days Offensive, towards the end of World War One, the British Royal Engineers built bridges, under enemy fire, over the river Lys. (OSM) My Grandfather, George Edward Lines, at the time an Acting… Continue reading One Hundred Years Ago
Roger to Jennifer – nice dinners and no homework
My father, Roger Lines, wrote to his sister, Jennifer, probably about 1939. She had been at Croydon High School, and was evacuated to the home farm of Statfield Saye at the start of the war. Dear Jennifer, How I envy you on having nice dinner and no homework. Michael and I have been writing a… Continue reading Roger to Jennifer – nice dinners and no homework
Margaret Box letters from Bralo
Previous Index Next One hundred years ago my Great Aunt, Margaret Box was in Greece at a rest camp, near the village of Bralo (Bralos, Brallos), toward the start of the time she spend towards the end of the First World War, nursing in Salonica and Serbia (see this post for further related articles). Her… Continue reading Margaret Box letters from Bralo
Sailing with Jeremy and Jennifer, a letter from Tim to Roger.
On 27th September 1953, my uncle Tim wrote to my father to describe the time Tim and my aunt Jennifer spent with their brother, my uncle Jeremy in Poole (OSM). My father would have been working as a Forester in Edinburgh at the time. 27/9/53 Dear Roger M insists that I write a page to… Continue reading Sailing with Jeremy and Jennifer, a letter from Tim to Roger.
Transports of Delight
As a family we have travelled far, and in many ways. This post describes some of the notable ways that family members have used to get from place to place – as well as being a nod to the CD by Flanders and Swann, whose comic songs, many on a transport theme, were part of… Continue reading Transports of Delight
An engaging couple – Roger Lines proposal to Jane Box
My father proposed to my mother on Westminster Bridge so that he was in a convenient place to throw himself off if she said “no”. Fortunately she said “yes”. I think the actual proposal might have been on Christmas eve 1955, as my father was in Scotland and my mother in England for most of… Continue reading An engaging couple – Roger Lines proposal to Jane Box