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Thursday, 23 April 2020

Dr. Vivien Newman links Covid to WW1

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Dr Vivien Newman, who, as I am sure you all know, has written some wonderful books about the women of WW1, sent me links to a project she ...
Friday, 21 February 2020

Clara Frances Winterbotham MBE, JP (1880 - 1967) - five times Mayor of Cheltenham, UK

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Clara Frances Winterbotham was born on 2nd August 1880 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.  Her parents were James B. Winterbotham, a soli...
Saturday, 18 January 2020

Florence B. Olphert ( - 1917) - British Nurse

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Nurse Florence B. Olphert died on 13th January 1917. A copy of Florence’s Imprial War Museum memorial photograph was posted by Sandra Ta...
Friday, 27 December 2019

Gertrude E. Jennings (1877 – 1958) – British actress and playwright

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With thanks to Historian Debbie Cameron for this information Born in 1877, Gertrude’s parents were Louis Jennings, a journalist who bec...
Thursday, 21 November 2019

Florence Oppenheimer (1882 - 1980) – British WW1 Nurse

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With thanks to Martin Sugarman, Archivist of AJEX  for telling me about Florence. Born on 13th April 1882 in Islington, London, UK, Fl...
Friday, 15 November 2019

Mildred Aldrich (1853 – 1928) – American Writer and Journalist

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I first became aware of Mildred Aldrich through looking through Matt Jacobsen’s wonderful website OldMagazine Articles.com Mildred was ...
Friday, 4 October 2019

Edith Smith Memorial Award For Widnes Wild Women's Ice Hockey Team - Season 2019/20

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Widnes Wild Women's Ice Hockey Team Pauline Hayward shows off the Edith Smith Award As you know, I’m trying to spread the word a...