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 | 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...
