Author Archives: Julie Goucher

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About Julie Goucher

Genealogist, Author, Presenter, native Guildfordian, avid note taker and journal writer. Lover of Books, Stationery & History; Surnames, Butcher & Orlando One-Name Studies. Pharos Tutor for all One-Name Studies/surname courses as well as Researching Ancestors from Continental Europe.

Dona Nicanora’s Hat Shop by Kirstan Hawkins

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Each year the members of my bookgroup select two titles each. This month’s selection was mine and selected in the same way that I select horses in the Grand National – because they have a nice name! The story is … Continue reading →

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Inheritance by Nicholas Shakespeare

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Julie Goucher

The storyline is fairly simple. It is about a man, Andy, who leaves his uninspired job at a self help publishing house  late to attend his late teachers funeral. However, he eventually realises that he is in the wrong chapel, … Continue reading →

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February Collage Photo Festival – Day 25

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Today’s photo is a little blurry, sorry about that, but that is the photograph! This is the garden of my Grandparents home in Guildford. This photograph, despite being so blurry is a favourite. I date this around 1960. The detail … Continue reading →

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Sunday Salon – February Catch Up!

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Do you know, I really do not know where February has gone? I have been busy and here in the UK we have had a really cold spell. Brr! I have slowed down on the reading front. I have had … Continue reading →

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February Collage Photo Festival – Day 24

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Today’s photograph is one of two baby photos that I have. This is me, taken aged 9 months old. The photograph when Mum and I discussed recently I think gave rise to some memories for her. Apparently I had been … Continue reading →

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Cleveland’s West Side Market: 100 Years & Still Cooking by Laura Taxel, Marilou Suszko, Barney Taxel and Michael Symon

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Julie Goucher

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to review this delightful book. Sadly I had the e-book version as this would have been a delight to have read in the flesh. The book has been thoroughly researched and explores … Continue reading →

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February Collage Photo Festival – Day 23

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Today’s photograph was on the occasion of my birthday, just before I left for Australia. The lady on the left was my Great Aunt and Godmother Dorothy, who we called Doll and was the youngest sister of my Grandfather and … Continue reading →

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February Collage Photo Festival – Day 22

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Julie Goucher

This is a recipe for Wheat Wine. The letter is from my Great Grandmother who has already appeared during the festival on day 6. This was written in around 1965. This was written in the days when Royal Mail used … Continue reading →

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Guest Post – Delancey Stewart, Author of Through a Dusty Window: New York City Stories 1910-2001

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Julie Goucher

What was it that prompted you to write Through a Dusty Window: New York City Stories 1910-2001? Through a Dusty Window was inspired by my time living in New York City in my early twenties. I was a West Coast kid, … Continue reading →

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Review – Through a Dusty Window: New York City Stories 1910-2001 by Delancey Stewart

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Julie Goucher

This book had a rather familiar feel to it. The setting is a brownstone in New York. The same building features in this collection of fictional stories, each story set 10 years apart and tells a fictional account of the … Continue reading →

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