Working out how my paternal grandmother, Flora Clark, ended up in Portsmouth, hundreds of miles from her family in Scotland, was one of the biggest challenges I faced when I began researching. This photograph, taken around 1919, is the only image I have of her. I knew that she had been born in Glasgow in… Continue reading Challenge
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Favourite Photo
This photograph was taken in August 1947 at a party to celebrate the 21st birthday of my mother, Ruth Betty Ada Cullingford. She is pictured in the centre holding the cake, with my father, Norman Maitland, behind her – they were engaged to be married the following year. Jack Cullingford, my maternal grandfather, is standing on… Continue reading Favourite Photo
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