The Old Palace School WW2 Bombing Part 2 This is the updated account of the Bombing of the Old Palace School in St. Leonard’s Street, Bow during WW2 and the sad loss of 32 Firemen and 2 Fire Women who were tragically killed during t…

On the 85th Anniversary of the Old Palace School Bombing and the death of 34 Firefighters here is the original story

chiddicksfamilytree.com/2020/03/01/t...

#Genealogy #WW2 #Blitz #Beckenham #London #FamilyHistory

Poster for the Family History Society of Cheshire titled ‘Events this Week’. A green header displays the Society name and logo. Below are four images showing a mix of activities: an online talk on a laptop screen, an in-person group talk, one-to-one research help in a library, and a guided outdoor heritage walk near a historic church. A small calendar with marked dates suggests multiple events being attended

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦
MAC users Discussion Grp
#BrickWall events with @shropshirefhs.bsky.social

𝐅𝟐𝐅𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
Mon: #Alsager
Tues: #Congleton

#Crewe 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞
Mon/Tues 10am-4pm

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐬
Tues: #Chester
Fri: #Wallasey

Full details 👉 fhsc.uk/fhsc-events/...

AI generated image of a nun holding a teacup sitting at a table with two children, a boy and a girl, and a goat sitting opposite on a chair. There is a large teapot in the centre of the table. This was based on a anecdote from Mother Kate's memoirs.

Katharine Egerton Warburton (1840 – 1923), known as Mother Kate was a British Anglican nun and Mother Superior.

#AI can help with no original photo. #Arley Nun Katharine Egerton Warburton taking tea with Eastenders and a goat @clha.bsky.social @cheshiretowns.bsky.social @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Landowner Princess Nun #Talk @ #TableyHouse details here www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/local-events...

Cartwright and Sheldon Ltd roll of honour.

Cartwright and Sheldon Ltd roll of honour. The Silk Museum, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Second World War. #LestWeForget

Who Was Adelaide Springett? Another iconic picture and another innocent life captured forever behind a lens, but who was the poor little girl whose life was perpetually framed in this picture and what was her story? The littl…

The life of Adelaide Springett, a child of Victorian London.

Behind one photograph is a story of loss, poverty, trauma, and survival against the odds.

If we’re to understand history, we have to remember lives like hers.

#SocialHistory #VictorianLondon
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Sandbach Transport Festival Sandbach Transport Festival is a celebration of the town's transport heritage with a variety of vehicles from classic cars to modern classics, from trucks to planes and everything in between. It's fun...

The Sandbach Transport Festival 2026

25th - 26th April 2026, free to attend

Celebrating the town's transport heritage with the main event: A variety of vehicles from classic cars to modern classics, from trucks to planes and everything in between.

Find out more 👉 sandbachtransportfestival.com

‘How do we build a relationship with the skeptical generation?’: V&A East opens its doors - Museums Association Long-awaited museum unveiled in east London’s Olympic park

News | ‘How do we build a relationship with the skeptical generation?’: V&A East opens its doors

Long-awaited museum unveiled in east London’s Olympic park

Anyone else excited for the release of the 1926 Irish Census?

Find out more, not long to go

👉 www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/ov...

Spitfire memorial flight to soar over South West It's part of a anniversary flight series marking the 90th anniversary of the iconic aircraft.

A Spitfire has been taking part in a nationwide memorial flight marking the plane's 90th anniversary. 👇
BBC News - Spitfire memorial flight soars over South West
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Former Bletchley Park codebreaker turns 100 in Scarborough Elva Willgrass, worked at the site where Alan Turing cracked the Nazi's Enigma code during WW2.

Former Bletchley Park, teleprinter operator, Elva Willgrass who worked there in the 1940's celebrates her 100th birthday in Scarborough where she lives. 👇
BBCNews - Former Bletchley Park codebreaker turns 100 in Scarborough - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Records on FamilySearch April 2026 • FamilySearch FamilySearch adds over 1 billion free historical records for April 2026. See new records from the USA, Ireland, the UK, and more!

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

New Free Historical Records from 31 Countries

FamilySearch's April 2026 Update

Link 👉 www.familysearch.org/en/blog/new-...

Updates to BNA for 17th April 2026, part 1 Yorkshire Evening Post; 1987-1989 Wakefield Express; 1996-2004 Tamworth Herald; 2001 Stafford & Stone Chronicle; 1986, 1988-1989, 1992-2004 Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder; 1885-1902 Southern Echo; 1913-1919 Sound Wave; 1907-1933 Sheffield Free Press; 1851-1857 Rugby Observer; 1911-1939 Roscommon Journal, and Western Impartial Reporter; 1865-1925, 1927

Updates to the BNA for week 17th April 2026, part 2 Ripley Advertiser; 1864-1872, 1875, 1879-1880, 1883-1884, 1886-1887, 1889, 1891-1892,1894-1898, 1900-1912, 1916-1917 Northern Scot and Moray & Nairn Express; 1986-1999 Lloyd's List; 1914 Llangollen Advertiser; 1869-1872, 1874-1886, 1889-1896 Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser; 1877-1879, 1881-1884 Kington Times; 1960-1964 Kelso Chronicle; 1882 John o' Groat Journal; 1985, 1995-1999 Inverness Courier; 1993-1994 Highland News; 1994

Updates to the BNA for week 17th April 2026, part 3 Gourock Times; 1915-1966 Folkestone Chronicle; 1893-1896, 1898-1906 Fife Herald; 1996-2000 Fairplay; 1883-1914 Ellesmere Port Pioneer; 2002 Eastern Evening News; 1912-1918 Dundalk Examiner and Louth Advertiser; 1881-1883, 1885-1892, 1894-1901, 1916-1929 Daily Telegraph & Courier (London); 1855-1868, 1916-1919 Crosby Herald; 2000, 2003 Crawley News; 2000-2002

Updates to the BNA week of 17th April 2026, part 4 Common Good; 1880-1881 Commercial Daily List (London); 1839, 1841-1868 Colne Valley Guardian; 1908-1910, 1912-1943, 1951-1966 Cambridge Daily News; 2003 Barnsley Telephone; 1904-1910, 1913-1917

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

One #Cheshire update at BNA this week and neighbouring #NorthWales #Lancs & #Staffs

𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝
𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫
𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡
𝐋𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 & 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

Full details in screenshots with #AltText as usual

Updates to the BNA week of 17th April 2026 U.S., Colonial Wars Societies, 1894-1911. Argentina, Mendoza, Catholic Church Records, 1665-1975 (in Spanish). Argentina, La Pampa, Catholic Church Records, 1882-1976 (in Spanish). Argentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972 (in Spanish). Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2003 (in Spanish). Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-2011 (in Spanish). Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1961. Hérault, France, Census, 1836-1911 (in French)

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

Nothing new at Ancestry for the UK this week, details of world wide additions with many records from #Argentina are in the screenshot below with #AltText as usual

New additions from Northamptonshire and beyond | Blog Explore baptisms, burials and divorce records this week.

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

New at @findmypast.bsky.social this week

🚩𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝟏𝟕𝟒𝟒-𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟏
🚩𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬
🚩𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬
🚩𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 & 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱

Link to blog with full details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/nor...

What is a one-place study? Search local history online Explore local history with a one-place study, using genealogy records and local newspapers to uncover lives from generations past.

Great to see that @findmypast.bsky.social Findmypast has just added What is a one-place study? and How to do a one-place study to their family history how-to hub, with the second of the two guides encouraging anyone interested in #OnePlaceStudies to engage with our Society! #OnePlaceWednesday

Memorial plaque commemorating Stephen Humphries, a Royal Marine who took part in the Battle of Trafalgar.

Memorial plaque. St. Mary’s Church, Acton Round, Shropshire. Commemorating Stephen Humphries, a Royal Marine who took part in the Battle of Trafalgar. Napoleonic Wars. #LestWeForget

Wallasey and Birkenhead town halls ‘for sale’ Birkenhead and Wallasey town halls have been put up for sale, with both historic buildings now being marketed to developers. Wirral Council is currently assessing whether there is any interest…

Wallasey and Birkenhead town halls ‘for sale’ www.birkenhead.news/wallasey-and...

Looking forward to welcoming our speaker Sarah Wise this evening at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's seminar with -

𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦:
𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 ‘𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬

I've had the pleasure of hearing it already so just know everyone is going to enjoy it

A black and white photograph in landscape format. It shows an arched brick and stone bridge over a canal on a calm day. A canalboat approaches at a slow speed. It is bridge number 111, also known as Williamson's Bridge, and the canal opened in 1835.

Canal Bridge
Hello! A view of a canal bridge near Bickerton, #Cheshire. The #canal opened in 1835. I love canal side walking 🥾🥾
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld #canals #bridges #nature #PhotoOfTheDay #landscapephotography

If the Northern Irish 1926 census had survived, it could not have been released this week because of a law passed in 1969. The same fate awaits the 1937 Northern Irish census blogs.qub.ac.uk/qpol/the-los...
#genealogy

'Incredible response' to WW2 appeal to trace North West soldiers Campaigners at a World War Two cemetery have success after an appeal to find missing photographs of soldiers.

Volunteers at a war cemetery say there has been an "incredible" response to a BBC appeal to find photographs of North West soldiers buried there.

👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Acton Round war memorial plaque.

Acton Round war memorial plaque. St. Mary’s Church, Acton Round, Shropshire. First World War. #LestWeForget

Newspaper header for The Llangollen Advertiser

Updates to the BNA & Newspapers at @findmypast.bsky.social today include

#𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫; 2002
#𝐋𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫: 1869-1872, 1874-1886, 1889-1896
#𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 & 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞: 1986, 1988-1989, 1992-2004

Poster for the Family History Society of Cheshire titled ‘Events this Week’. A green header displays the Society name and logo. Below are four images showing a mix of activities: an online talk on a laptop screen, an in-person group talk, one-to-one research help in a library, and a guided outdoor heritage walk near a historic church. A small calendar with marked dates suggests multiple events being attended

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞
Mon/Tues 10am-4pm in #Crewe

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐬
Tues: #Chester
Fri: #Wallasey

𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
Wed: Seminar
Thur: Family Historian Disusssion Group

𝐅𝟐𝐅𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
Mon: #Northwich
Tues: #Crewe &Nantwich

Full details 👉 fhsc.uk/events/upcom...

Five generations in one photo 😮

These are quite literally the beginnings of a family tree in a photograph. Do you have any in your collection?

Much Wenlock war memorial tablets.

Much Wenlock war memorial tablets. Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget

Like many of us, I went into testing armed with the facts, but blinkered, thinking these life-altering discoveries only happen to someone else. I learned, the hard way, that “someone else” can be you.

Poster advertising the Cheshire Villages Great War event: An evening of talks about - The Thiepval Memorial to the missing of the Somme by Mike Akeman, and Motor Ambulances of WWI by Gerald Newbrook - at The Church Hall, Eaton, near Congleton, CW12 2NH on THursday 16th April 2026, 19.30 start. Free admission; Tea Coffee and Cake will be available.

Cheshire Villages Great War Society presents two talks about #WWI at 7.30pm on Thursday 16th April 2026 at Eaton Church Hall near Congleton CW12 2NH. Free admission, refreshments available @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social @clha.bsky.social

Updates from the BNA War Cry; 1879-1985 Social Gazette; 1893-1909

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

Quiet week from BNA this week with just two updates, including

🚩𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐲: 1879-1985
The main UK and Irish periodical of The Salvation Army

Full details of all updates, as usual in the screenshots below, with #AltText as always

Updates from Ancestry Worcestershire, England, Calendar of Prisoners, 1839-1921 New Hampshire, U.S., Non-Population Schedules, 1820-1880 Worcestershire, England, Quarter Sessions Order Books, 1632-1921 Carrington Hotel Guest Registers, New South Wales, Australia, 1950-1955

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

At Ancestry this week, new UK databases

🚩#𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟗-𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏
🚩#𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟐-𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏

Worldwide updates in the screenshot below with #AltText as always