Category: GOING OFF AT TANGENTS

• Relatives in Canada?

  How Many Siblings Did Grandad Have? My grandfather, Gordon Parkin, kept a diary from 1914 to 1975. While first researching those diaries, I formed the impression that he had four siblings. I identified two sisters, Olive and Eva. I also identified two brothers, Leonard and Cyril (see Chapter 1). James Henry Parkin However, a newspaper…

  May 4, 2023

• Supporting Norwich City: The Early Years

  Not Well-Captured in Grandad’s Diaries One thing that is not well-captured in grandad’s diaries of the early 1970s is my interest in football, in general, and my support for Norwich City Football Club, in particular. Grandad Was Not Interested in Football This is largely because grandad was not particularly interested in football. Although He Did…

  April 27, 2023

• John Cirket

  A Family Tree My mother, Sheila Drew, produced a number of family trees including this one which seems primarily designed to show the relationship between herself and Marilyn Seville. Marilyn was mum’s friend but they were also related. Marilyn’s grandmother, Bertha Seville nee Bowler (#5 in family tree below), was the sister of mum’s maternal…

  April 20, 2023

• Tangents

  A Systematic Approach In general, I have tried to take a systematic approach to the family diaries reviewing them in chronological order, focusing on topics of interest. So, the pages on this site are organised into numbered chapters grouped by time period. Going Off at Tangents However, I have sometimes found myself intrigued by or…

  April 20, 2023