The Auldjo family: winter visitors to Marina and Warrior Square
The Hastings and St Leonards Observer contains a vast amount of information on visitors to St Leonards, usually cited as “Arrivals” or “Fashionable intelligence.” The newspaper, with many others, can be searched online for a specific address, either on the British Newspaper Archive or, using the same data, on the Find My Past database, both Read on…
Our man in the archive: St Leonards Gardens
Tucked away in a secret underground location known only to committee members (and the people who ask them) are the Society archives. The hefty files are a fascinating collection of the history of the local town and the history of the members who strived to maintain it. In a recent visit, I took a risk Read on…
John Gibbs the pamphleteer of Maze Hill Cottage
Genealogy very often results amassing information such as dates and places of birth, marriage and death. It is rare that one is able to add flesh to the bones, so to speak. Sometimes, though, newspapers or books can add to this. In this case, a great deal. The 2 August 1853 issue of the Sussex Read on…
Mr Cutting of 10 Vale Road and 2 Victoria Road
I have been researching the houses on my road, Vale Road, Silverhill, and found on a family tree on the priced Ancestry website an interesting photo. It showed a woman holding a baby while seated in the sidecar of a motorcycle, with an older boy behind her. It was thought to be from 1922, and Read on…
