PinnedEmma Jollyinfamily historyRural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside by Rebecca Smith (HarperCollins, 2023)I was particularly keen to read this book as I grew up in rural Lancashire in the 1980s and 90s. It was a world that even then felt remote.Mar 21, 2023Mar 21, 2023
PinnedEmma Jollyinfamily historyBook Review and Author Interview: Immigrant Secrets by John ManciniImmigrant Secrets: The Search for My Grandparents by John Mancini (2022)Jan 17, 2023Jan 17, 2023
Emma Jollyinfamily historyAngel Meadow: Victorian Britain’s Most Savage Slum by Dean Kirby (P&S History, 2016)Kirby delves into Manchester’s Angel Meadow, a notorious Victorian slum, offering a vivid picture of the Industrial Revolution’s dark side.Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
Emma JollyBook Review and Author Interview: After The War by Tom PalmerAfter the War centres on three boys out of the three hundred children who arrived in the Lake District at the end of the Second World War.Mar 25, 2023Mar 25, 2023
Emma Jollyinfamily historyBook Review and Author Interview: The Splendid Mrs McCheyne and the East London Federation of…The Splendid Mrs McCheyne and the East London Federation of Suffragettes by Jane McChrystal (The Choir Press, 2020)Jan 31, 2023Jan 31, 2023
Emma JollyNAMING NAPOLEON: how exploring first names can give an insight into Victorian world historyNapoleon’s Bodyguards at Waterloo 2010Dec 3, 20201Dec 3, 20201
Emma JollyMary Quant at the V&AAs a teenager stored away in the country, I became obsessed with Sixties London. Listening repeatedly to my Dad’s records of Georgie Fame…Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2019
Emma Jollyinfamily historyBook Review and Interview: The Forensic Genealogist series by Nathan Dylan GoodwinHiding the Past by Nathan Dylan Goodwin (2013), the first title in the Forensic Genealogist SeriesJun 4, 2019Jun 4, 2019
Emma Jollyinfamily historySouthwark CathedralIf you have south London ancestors, you may have come across baptism or marriage records for them from the busy parish of Southwark St…Feb 7, 2019Feb 7, 2019