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

Margaret Box – another letter from Bralo, October 1918

Previous Index Next This is one of a series of letter written by my Great Aunt, Margaret Box while she was nursing in Salonica and Serbia in 1918/19 at the end of the First World War. This letter is written to her mother from the 49th Stationary Hospital, in Bralos, Greece on 11th October 1918,… Continue reading Margaret Box – another letter from Bralo, October 1918

Margaret Box letter from Southern Italy – September 1918

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

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