Past To Present Genealogy

Love story of two Edwardian servants on Yorkshire estate told in new collection Grandson of valet Alf Edwards and kitchen maid Caroline Palmer donates dozens of their personal objects to English Heritage

Love story of two Edwardian servants on Yorkshire estate told in new collection
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Good luck with your project. I tend to use the ones that come with the kits and it’s normally evenweave or aida fabric. But this is a handy guide to needle size. www.stitcher.co.uk/which-needle...

Back from framing. Long stitch Lindisfarne Castle and cross stitch Sycamore Gap #CrossStitch #LongStitch #SycamoreGap #BothyThreads #LindisfarneCastle

That’s technology for you 😂

First couple of face scan attempts didn’t work. Third time lucky. Tbh I’m glad they’re trying to be more creative with age verification beyond the usual feeble ‘tick to confirm you over 18’ or ‘put in a [false] date of birth’

This morning’s fun in the garden: 1st cricket Gunn & Moore cricket set
#grandson #makingmemories #cricket

The latest Friday cross stitch update, and on to a new chart page.
Difference between 18 & 25 July 2025.
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud

Divers find lost Royal Navy warship 109 years after WW1 sinking HMS Nottingham's location had remained a mystery until its discovery this month.

Divers find WW1 ship 109 years after it was sunk www.bbc.com/news/article...

And wasn’t on my feet for 9 hours. They finally got home at 1.30am, exhausted. Nephew notched up 15k on his step counter. Husband had cramp during the night

Cheesed off. In last August’s madness I got Heaton Park Oasis tickets for the family tonight. Because of my surgery complications I couldn’t go. So I’m home alone listening to Snoring Dog whilst they’re all there listening to Don’t Look Back in Anger. At least nephew benefited from my ticket #Oasis

Another week goes by. The latest Friday cross stitch update. Difference between 11 & 18 July 2025.
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud

A walk round Dewsbury cemetery this morning for some work photos. Headstones encapsulate the history of the town, & some in Dewsbury are v grand. But it was sad to see the state of disrepair Kirklees have let the Grade II Listed Twin Chapels fall into.
#Dewsbury #Cemetery #ListedBuildings #Kirklees

The latest Friday cross stitch update. Progress is slowing, but there is a difference between 4 & 11 July 2025.
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud

It was one of those books I could’ve read forever!

Just read The List of Suspicious Things, set in Yorkshire at the time of The Ripper. It’s brilliant. The era & locality resonate with me. Amazingly a Batley mill tragedy I blogged about features & my website is in the acknowledgements. Thank you
@jenniegauthor.bsky.social
#Batley #OnePlaceStudy

Thanks Marian. Still off work post-op, but finding this a real stress reliever.

Thanks - I find focussing on stitching a kind of a stress relief as it blocks everything else out. And a sense of achievement at the end.

Ear’s the latest Friday cross stitch update. Progress between 27 June & 4 July 2025.
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud

Brain is out of ideas. And doing no genealogy for either work or pleasure as a result. But I am reading. Finished the new Richard Coles book, Death on Location (brilliant, could have read it forever). Now on Patricia Gibney’s Final Betrayal (terrifyingly good).

I’ve been told to rest after post-op complications including pneumonia, but I hate doing nothing. As a change from cross stitching, this morning I made a Yorkshire Blankets DIY door wreath. Feel tired after, but a sense of achievement too. Nap time this aft though.
#DoorWreath #YorkshireBlankets

Friday cross stitch update for 27 June 2025. A massive change since my 13 June posting. Due to (ongoing) post-op complications, work has been impossible & I’ve been limited to sewing & reading.
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud

Thanks. After sepsis after op in 2023 I really panicked when I saw the redness this time. Initially they were going to admit me on Friday night. I’m seeing the fact I’m still home as a positive. But I’m still worrying as don’t feel great and it’s still there (though no spread).

Developed a huge red rash on Friday evening which meant 2 hospital visits this weekend. Possible infection or an allergic reaction (possibly later). Now on antibiotics & antihistamines & feeling grim. Back at hospital tomorrow. This post-op recovery is not going as planned!

I’ve decided I’m having a nap after lunch.

Thought I’d try some one-place study this morning, writing the July Batley St Mary’s bulletin history pieces. It’s taken far longer than usual & I feel washed out at the end of it. Guess it means I’m not ready for work yet & op recovery is going to be more in line with the 2 weeks I was told.

Friday cross stitch update for 13 June 2025, and a new one is underway. A fair amount of stitching this week (only thing I’m capable of post-op)
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads

Thanks - I’ve checked mine and all is ok 👍🏻

What Connects Robin Hood, Patrick Brontë, the Luddites, a Murdered Teacher and a Risqué Carving? That’s it for another year. The annual Heritage Open Days festival is over. It has been another wonderful celebration of England’s history, culture and heritage, providing a unique opportunity to e…

I’m also looking at churchyard and church carvings, and their meanings, in a new light.
Not my one-place-study, but there’s a Sheela na Gig local to me, which I only discovered in last year’s Heritage Open Day.
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Thank you. Hoping I’m up for Oasis at Heaton Park next month! That’s my target.

Thanks Janet. Beginning to realise that already. Thought I’d have a couple of days to do my one-place study stuff & then get back to client research, as in the scheme of my earlier treatment/ops this Phase 2 one was a breeze. Already know this morning the OPS is a non-starter today