From the title of my blog, you may or may not have guessed that I am lucky enough live in Weymouth, Dorset. I am extremely biased about my home town…o.k., so maybe it’s not perfect, but where is at the moment with the dire economic state of affairs. I could never live anywhere else, we…
Month: December 2014
Who stole the Christmas dinner?…Weymouth 1862.
Well…that time of year is almost upon us again, when everyone scurries around filling their baskets and trollies with a seemingly bizarre amount of food and goodies. Perhaps it’ll be a good time to take a peek back into history, see what sort of Weymouth our ancestors were living in, the everyday lives of the townsfolk…
The Travellers Troubles; The James Romany Family
One thing I really enjoy about my blogs ramblings is that I never quite know in what direction they’ll take me next. I love the fact that people often contacted me from all around the world. Some telling me that I’ve written about a long lost ancestor of theirs or about a place they once lived. Sometimes…
VICTORIAN TALES FROM WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND 