News/Reviews

10th May - Tony Saxton - Royal Observer Corps - Tony once again spoke to us in an entertaining way about the work undertaken by the ROC, how their role changed over the years and the legacy of bunkers and equipment still in evidence.

A small (select)! number met to discuss our research and progress made.

1921 census report back - a good number gathered to hear how everyone has been getting on. There were some interesting results. Thanks to Mark for organizing the projector

Research and training session

Lynda Telford - women in medieval times. Lynda gave an extremely entertaining talk (in person) about the way marriage has changed over the course of history and with it, the rights of women.

Visit to Pickering church

A good number met to share our different ways of keeping a person's memory alive, through rings, handwriting, books or lighting a candle in a church. It also raised the subject of probate, possibly a future talk.

A small number of us met to carry on our research, but it was a lovely sunny morning, so absences are allowed!  

Jean Renwick spoke to us by Zoom about her book The Mourning Brooch. This was a very interesting talk detailing the research and the lives of the real-life characters in the first book of the trilogy.

We had a good meeting with lively discussions about our research and a sharing of information about resources and computer knowledge.

1921 census re-visited - we had a good crowd to hear Paul Nixon of Find My Past telling us how best to use the wealth of new information. This time we had breaks to talk about what we had just been told. A very useful morning. 

Research and training meeting, rather poorly attended. If more people don't come to these meetings, we may not be able to continue holding them.