Well that should have got your attention; such tales of scandal hidden in our family past! Cousin Nicholas has a passion for ferreting around in old books and manuscripts to unearth intriguing historical tales, and sent me some notes he … Continue reading →
Cousin Nicholas recently alerted me to an intriguing literary reference to Vicary Gibbs and his involvement in a national scandal which seems very topical today, leading to the downfall of the Duke of York. Did this usually caustic judge, who … Continue reading →
Contributed by my cousin Sarah Gibbs It all started with a Poem and a Tyntesfield Oak Some of you may remember the Post ‘Poem for a Tyntesfield Oak Tree’. I had come across a poem ‘Inscription for an Oak Tree’ … Continue reading →
This past month of May has been an opportunity and delight to become absorbed in the world of Christopher Henry Gibbs, and share the experience with much of my close family. The month started with the launch of Lucy Gibbs’s … Continue reading →
“Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire… I know I’m far from alone in feeling a little thrill whenever those words come on the radio. To the uninitiated, the Shipping Forecast can seem a little bit eccentric…” So started a double page … Continue reading →
The Gibbs connections to the GWR (Great Western Railway) from Bristol to London are well known and documented, and were the subject of a previous post on here. But that was not the only family involvement in the locomotive age. … Continue reading →
I have long been intrigued by a pair of candlesticks that came to me via my grandmother. A note glued underneath indicated that they were a gift to her mother from her mother’s grandmother, Sophia Dunbar, bought “… at the … Continue reading →
The Gibbs Family Tree website provides a great repository for our family genealogy, history and stories, but it also serves as a searchable resource attracting quite a bit of attention on the internet. I am often surprised by the people … Continue reading →
We have recently returned from a most enjoyable few days in Cadiz with a few friends. What a fabulously interesting and historic city; the narrow car free streets, plazas complete with bars and restaurants full of people enjoying their afternoons … Continue reading →
Forty years ago, having achieved good “A” and “S” level results in maths and sciences, I decided to apply to Oxford (rather than “the other place” where I now live), and put Keble College as my first choice, in part … Continue reading →
