Love in wartime Britain rarely announced itself with grand gestures or sweeping declarations. It learned to speak in lowered voices and careful sentences, to live between train timetables and censorship stamps, to survive on paper thin as hope and moments stolen from uncertainty. During the First and Second World Wars, love did not disappear beneath … Continue reading Written in Wartime Ink: The Love That Endured Two World Wars
The Great War
Echoes That Never Fade: Remembering War Through Sound
War is often remembered through what we see, photographs browned with age, streets reduced to rubble, uniforms frozen in black and white. Yet for those who lived through the First and Second World Wars, memory most often arrives through sound. Long after images blur and details soften, the ears remember. War announced itself in sirens … Continue reading Echoes That Never Fade: Remembering War Through Sound
The Life Of, Edwin Charles Diaper.
I’ve always been fascinated by the Diaper, branch of my Hubbies family tree. I think it’s because of the strong family resemblance, or maybe the amazing story of Marks 2nd great-uncle John Joseph Diaper, who survived the tragic sinking of the Titanic. These are only two reason why the Diaper family are absolutely fascinating. They … Continue reading The Life Of, Edwin Charles Diaper.
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