by Janet Seaward | Dec 23, 2014 | ancestors, ancestry, christmas, ducks, frozen, hammersmith, hammersmith bridge, holly, light, mistletoe, river Thames, romantic novels, sun, sunrise
An extract taken from “For Every Lie” by J E Seaward At eight o’clock on Christmas morning, a clean skinned, rosy cheeked, shiny haired Mary, recklessly ignoring a fresh covering of ice, ran up the steps from the kitchen door wearing her best dress covered with a...
by Janet Seaward | Dec 5, 2014 | ancestors, ancestry, beautiful boxes, books, cakes, chestnuts, christmas, Christmas shopping, Christmas tree, England, hammersmith, historical novels, King Street, laughter, lifestyle, London, potatoes, poverty, romantic novels, victorian, Victorian London, Victorian style, victorian values
An extract taken from “For Every Lie” by J E Seaward ‘Violet, I have to do some Christmas shopping, why don’t you come? The shop windows are bursting with beautiful things, sparkling silver and china…’ ‘What would I want with all that stuff?’ Violet raised her...
by Janet Seaward | Nov 14, 2014 | ancestry, book clubs, book research, Children in need, death, destitution, dwelling, hammersmith, historical, historical novels, history, hunger, King Street, leaking roof, London, pea souper, people, poverty, romantic novels, slums, victorian, Victorian London, Victorian style, victorian values, workhouse
Extract taken from “For Every Lie” by J E Seaward The horrors of a cold Victorian winter did not immediately touch the Atkinsons and the better-off classes in Hammersmith, nor even Mary herself. She had the protection of a warm kitchen, food in her stomach...
by Janet Seaward | Oct 30, 2014 | ancestors, ancestry, England, Funeral, Georgian, graves, gravestone, graveyard, halloween, haunting, historical, history, London, memory, Uncategorized, victorian, Victorian style, victorian values
Unlike the Victorians, when it came to holding a funeral, our earlier ancestors thought less about the pleasantries than getting their deceased relatives sent off quickly, cheaply and efficiently. Britain had been besmirched with war, plague, cholera and, in general,...
by Janet Seaward | Sep 15, 2014 | ancestors, ancestry, book research, cars, England, flyover, hammersmith, historical, historical novels, history, invention, lifestyle, London, St Paul's Church, victorian
West London has always had a special meaning for me – mainly due to the Randell family, my ancestors, having been traceable residents in Hammersmith for almost 200 years. They lived in the diocese of St Paul’s Church, which administered to and registered many of...
