“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 →
I was recently contacted by the archivist of the Charlotte Mary Yonge Fellowship, who has written and researched about her, requesting: I am interested in Matilda Blanche Gibbs, wife of William of Tyntesfield, in particular in relation to her friendship … Continue reading →
I have recently been running a well attended course on genealogy at the University of the 3rd Age in Cambridge (U3AC) which has prompted me to research many aspects of the subject. It soon becomes evident that we are nearly … Continue reading →
Isambard Kingdom Brunel is heralded as the outstanding civil engineer of his generation, remembered for his great feats of pioneering iron ships, railways, tunnels and bridges. He had a vision to connect London to New York via rail and sea, … Continue reading →
November always seems a good time for a family war story, and the new BBC drama “SAS Rogue Heroes” provides an interesting theme. Depicting “the adrenaline-fuelled origins of the fearless, reckless Special Forces unit, its legend forged among the mayhem … Continue reading →
