Month: November 2022

Heigh Ho! It’s Off to Bow I Go!

Posted on by Tee Bylo in A Wedding, DeadSleuth, Maternal Ancestors, The City of London, The City of York North Yorkshire, The Flesh IS Frail?, The Town of Scarboro' North Yorkshire

“Look to the past to see what the future holds.” I like this quote from author Celia Conrad in the second of her Alicia Allen Investigates - Wilful Murder. I often find myself looking to the past for if I’m not in search of an elusive ancestor for a client or trawling through the 1911 … Continue reading Heigh Ho! It’s Off to Bow I Go! →

Blood Sweeps the November Lands

Posted on by Tee Bylo in DeadSleuth, Maternal Ancestors, The City of London, The City of York North Yorkshire, The Female of the Species, The Flesh IS Frail?, Warmfield-cum-Heath West Yorkshire, World War I

As I watched from the shadows as the volunteers carefully plucked the ceramic poppies from the muddy ground and into the safety of their cardboard nests - I was feeling disappointed that no poppy would be finding its forever home with me.