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Richard Sillifant was born in 1875, the fifth of eight known children of Isaac and Ann (née Heard) Sillifant. In 1881, Isaac and his family lived at […]

Goodness me, 2014 has thrown up a fair number of challenges but the saying is true – you can derive some benefit from every ‘bad’ thing that […]

On the 12th hour of the 12th day of the 12th month exactly 113 years ago, Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal – the […]

Having checked out the reindeers yesterday, today I moved on to the elves in Santa’s workshop who make the toys, take care of the reindeer and […]

Having had a fairly ‘entertaining’ 24 hours – translate ‘entertaining’ to ‘god awful’ – I decided today to delve into the ‘amusing finds’ file to cheer […]

Or ‘Great Scott!’ as the Doc said, frequently in Back to The Future. Apparently, the expression was used a total of sixteen times in the trilogy of […]

Ever get that sinking feeling on a Sunday night….? Then you need to change your job! If you hate the Monday to Friday game…. get out! […]

Earlier this year, I wrote about Timothy Kitcher – one of my many brickwalls – who was baptised in 1834 in Boldre, Hampshire of William and […]

Well to me, today is Saturday. Small Business Saturday too …. bet many of you didn’t know that! I didn’t until mid-week either. Apparently it exists […]