Tag Archives: Geneabloggers

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 43 – Worse subject in School

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Week 43. Worse School Subject. What was your worst or least favorite subject in school and why? This challenge runs from Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 through Friday, October 28, 2011. As I approached age 14, Mum was invited to the … Continue reading →

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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 42 – Favourite School Subject

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Week 42. Favorite School Subject. What was your favorite subject in school and why? Was it also your best subject? This challenge runs from Saturday, October 15, 2011 through Friday, October 21, 2011. The subjects we often excel at are usually … Continue reading →

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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 34 – Smells

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Week 34: Smells. Describe any smells that take you back to childhood. These could be from meals, fragrant gardens, musty basements, or something entirely different. This challenge runs from Saturday, August 20, 2011 through Friday, August 26, 2011. This is a late … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 35 – Weddings

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Week 35: Weddings. Tell us about your wedding. You may also talk about your future wedding, the wedding of a relative or shape this question to fit your own life experience. This challenge runs from Saturday, August 27, 2011 through Friday, … Continue reading →

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National Lemonade Day!

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Julie Goucher

glitter-graphics.com Today is National Lemonade Day! So, I thought I would share my Grandmothers very simple recipe. Casting my mind back to the summers of my childhood, there was the delicious home made lemonade, which sat in the larder in … Continue reading →

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Remembering V J Day

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Memories my late Father in Law shared with the readers of the Annandale Herald (Dumfriesshire Scotland) 18th August 2005

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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 31 Grandparents House

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Week 31: Grandparents’ House. Describe your grandparents’ house. Was it big or small? How long did they live there? If you do not know this information, feel free to describe the house of another family member you remember from your childhood. … Continue reading →

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Those Places Thursday – The House with Nobody in It by Joyce Kilmer

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Julie Goucher

The House with Nobody in It by Joyce Kilmer Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black. I suppose I’ve passed it a hundred times, but I … Continue reading →

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Sorting Saturday – Twitter – April 2011

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Julie Goucher

March swam into April at fairly rapid speed. My anaemia has made me quite tired, so on those evenings when I am home alone and usually catching up in the blog sphere, I have simply been too exhausted. Instead, I have … Continue reading →

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