Tea Cup Tuesday – Another Commemorative!

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I thought for this Tea Cup Tuesday I would post this one, although not a tea cup, it is fascinating and I hope people enjoy it.

This mug would have been presented to members of the Parish. It bears the following details of Officers of the Parish. Sadly, this example has suffered some damage, but nevertheless is a lovely commemorative piece with some local history & genealogical data.

Rector – Rev G J Birch M.A
Lay Representatives –  Mr. I. L. Hamshaw
Churchwardens – Wm Myatt & George Johnson
Organist – Henry J Williams
Sexton – Charles Goodall
Parish Clerk – William Galt
Teachers – Edward Heal, G. E. Heal, Katie Heal, Sarah Ann Ardern, Ada Arden & Edith Eaton


Parish Council


Franklin Ardern (chairman)
George Johnson (Clerk)
John Allcock
Isaac Matthews
William Lomas
Peter Handley
Edward Clowes


Overseers


William Myatt
Joseph Symer


Surveyor of the highways  – Enoch Loratt

Bagnall is in Staffordshire in the mildlands of England. There is a parish community page HERE which confirms the name of the Rector as George Thomas Birch who was rector for 41 years.

This mug I purchased back in 2004 from eBay. I knew it was damaged when I purchased it, and that added to the history of the item. I think I paid about £10 for the it.

Submitted as part of Tea Cups Tuesday hosted by Artful Affirmations & Martha’s Favourites
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Book Blogger Appreciation Week – Community Day One

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Well, the week is finally here. I spent several hours over the course of last weekend reading and judging for this event; something I really enjoyed. I visited some very interesting blogs that otherwise I might not have come across.

The theme for this year’s event is Cultivating a Community of Bloggers and Reading.

There are a several blogs that I especially like to catch up with, and it is very rare that I do not read something that I find interesting, or need to jot down the title of a book. Here are very my favourite blog sites.

 Here are my regular bookish meme’s
The reality is that there are so many wonderful book bloggers out there in the blogoshphere. So many wonder book blog hops, memes and readalongs……
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Book Blogger Hop – Genre of Books…

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Julie Goucher
This week’s prompt is:
“Many of us primarily read one genre of books, with others sprinkled in. If authors stopped writing that genre, what genre would you start reading? Or would you give up reading completely if you couldn’t read that genre anymore?”

What a tricky questions. I have quite broad reading, so I don’t know what I would start reading. I am not overly keen on paranormal or science fiction, and whilst I read cozy mysteries I would not start reading horror books, that is not my cup of tea at all!

Hosted by Crazy-For-Books

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Sunday Stamps – North America

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Julie Goucher
Welcome, to the latest Sunday Stamps posting.

As I looked through my collection, I was surprised I had many from the US or Canada. I recall giving my non UK stamps to a friend when I was about 10 or so!

I’ll try and join next week, but I am not over hopeful that I have any stamps from South America.

Submitted as Sunday Stamps hosted by Viridian’s Postcard Blog

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Sunday Salon – 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Today is the 10th Anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11.

There are days in history and our lifetimes that we can always remember exactly what we were doing at the very moment the news broke, at about 3pm UK time. The day of 9/11, I spent in a series of meetings, the last one at a Doctors practice, as one of the company’s branches has a close relationship with the practice. As I was leaving the news was announced over the radio, and all the staff rushed to the staffing area to put the TV on. We all stood in complete disbelief watching the images, asking why?

In 2007 I read a book called The Day the World Came to Town; 9/11 in Gander Newfoundland by Jim Defede. Here is that review –

This was an incredibly inspiring and thought provoking book. The kindness displayed by the population of Gander to so many people who were passengers on the planes that could not enter US air space is overwhelming. I was touched by many of the stories – A group of Orthodox Jewish, and the the story of the Jewish chap who had lived in Newfoundland since the War years and not told his wife he was Jewish, the lady who left complete strangers in her home to shower inviting them to rest and relax and to simply close the door when they left. The trust of the Newfoundlanders during a time filled with mistrust was amazing. Not to mention the story of the young couple bringing back to the US their adopted daughter and of course the couple whose son was a fire fighter in New York.

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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 37 – Earliest Memory

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Julie Goucher
Week 37: Earliest Memory. What is your earliest memory?

I think my earliest memories are from when I was about 3 years old. 

I remember holding my grandfather’s hand and we were in a florists. I was allowed to pick a bunch of flowers from my Great Aunt, who was my Grandfather’s sister. I later recall walking to her house, up a hill, which seemed like a mountain to my small legs and as the door opened thrusting the flowers at my Aunt. That was the start of a tradition which you can read about HERE.

Another, I was again about 3 years old. I visited the house of my Great Grandmother who lived with her eldest daughter, sister of the Aunt mentioned above. By this time, my Great Grandmother was a very elderly lady in her 90s. I was picked up and placed on the bed next to her, and allowed to sit and tickle her toes. The memory I have is of an elderly lady, with her gray hair swept bank into a bun, giggling with me and giving me a cuddle. I seem to recall she liked pineapple and my Grandfather never visited his mother without taking her a fresh pineapple.

I have been very fortunate that I was always involved in visits to my Great Aunts. As a child I routinely visited them and did so, long into my adult years. It was these early visits which sparked my interest in my family history and my Great Aunts were more than happy to share their recollections.


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Weekend Cooking – Peas!

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Julie Goucher

A week or so back I was in the local supermarket and spotted two bags of fresh peas. How could I resist? I had to buy them.

I was plunged back to my childhood, of my grandmother visiting the local market at Guildford; probably Hones or perhaps Pratt’s stall and purchasing peas all wrapped in newspaper. We would then sit together and  shuck them. I love fresh peas and usually blanch some during the summer months and have them for Christmas dinner.

Weekend Cooking is hosted by BethFishReads

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Postcard Friendship Friday – Swinnerton Society Millennium Banner 2000

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Julie Goucher
Not strictly a postcard, this card was sent to me by an acquaintance knowing of my genealogical interest. I don’t have any interest in this particular surname, but I do admire the skill of those researchers who designed and then embroidered the banner which was used for the Millennium celebrations in 2000.

Submitted as part of Postcard Friendship Friday hosted by The Best Hearts are Crunchy
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Simple Pleasures – Memories of Beechworth

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Julie Goucher
On the top shelf of my wardrobe I have a hat box which does hold a hat, but also this 

A lovely cream damask make up bag which I bought in January in 1997 whilst in Australia at a town called Beechworth. What was so lovely about the day was the day we spent there. There was five of us, myself and hubby, my cousin and his wife and sister. We had a lovely lunch and wandered around the shops including some lovely antique shops, listening to my cousins reminisce of their childhood and things they remembered.

The shop where I purchased this bag sold lots of linens and cottons, and had a beautiful smell of lavender and a very cosy feel to it. I wonder if it is still there?

A complete simple pleasure.

Simple Pleasures is hosted by A Collection of This & That

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Wordless Wednesday & Silent Sunday

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Julie Goucher
Tioman July 1991

Submitted to Wordless Wednesdays
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