Telling Stories With Words and Pictures
Genealogy and family and community history
Today marks the eighteenth anniversary of the death of my mother Winifred Joyce Fernley, (nee Bradley). Winifred, (usually known as Win), was born on September 17th 1924 in Warsop, Nottinghamshire. Her parents, originally from Manchester, moved there sometime after May 1923, when her father, Wilfred Bradley, was promoted from railway porter to signalman. The family …
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 …
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 …
Here’s one from the archives, when holiday making was a serious business Now that we’re in the middle of the summer holiday period, I thought I’d publish this photograph from the family archives. The picture was amongst the pile of photographs passed down from my grandfather, Edward Fernley. Although I’m not sure who these people …