Telling Stories With Words and Pictures
David Fernley 
What better way to spend a couple of hours than watching steam trains go by A couple of weeks ago Liz and I had a brief trip out to Pickering Railway Station to watch the trains. In true British Railways style, the service was late, but it gave us plenty of time to photograph the …
Wishing a happy wedding anniversary to my parents Walter Fernley and Winifred Bradley It’s 75 years ago today since my parents Walter Fernley and Winifred Bradley, were married at the Independent Chapel (known locally as Top Chapel), Charlesworth, Derbyshire. We’ve only got a few grainy photographs of the happy couple and a few of their …
This week’s picture is of my maternal grandfather, Wilfred Bradley. I believe this photograph was taken around 1915, when my grandfather joined the royal navy. Although there’s more research to do, it’s possible that Wilfred was too young to join the navy, so may have lied about his age. He served in the navy during …
Although I haven’t written anything here for a while, I have been quite busy with my family history research. As part of that, I follow a few other genealogy blogs, and always come away with something interesting to think about. One of the blogs I read regularly is Randall Seavers’ Genea Musings https://www.geneamusings.com A regular …