Category Archives: Churches

When I was three months old

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Jackie Dinnis

I have been looking through a book of old family photographs and found some of me aged three months. At first I thought this would have been August 1958. But I’m wondering if it might have been a few days earlier, at the … Continue reading →

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door 21

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

The door today is the door on this little chapel at Woodvale in Brighton. It’s where there is a small memorial to my parents, Gordon and Enid Dinnis. It is among the rose bushes, and is in a really lovely … Continue reading →

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A Church Door

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

              This is the door to St Nicholas Church, Brighton. It’s the church where my great-great grandparents (John Dinnis and Charlotte Sampson) were married in 1836 on the 28th of December. It is the … Continue reading →

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Whose Door Is This?

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

It’s Day 2 of our Advent Calendar, and this is today’s door – It’s 48 Farm Hill, Woodingdean, the house I lived in between 1963 and 1979 (age 5 – 21 when I moved out and got married). This is … Continue reading →

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How should we respond to evil?

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Source: How should we respond to evil? I just wanted to re-blog this because it says what I feel. And because it is written by a member of my family – my mother’s family, and I know she would agree with … Continue reading →

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Hedgehog Makes Front Page News!

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Hedgehog Makes Front Page News! I have a copy of an old newspaper from June 1949 which I look at from time to time. I usually only look at one news item, my parent’s wedding day, which features on the … Continue reading →

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Edwardian Weddings

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

The wedding of Maud Beatrice Crocker to Arnold Carnegie Heron took place at the end of the Edwardian era on the 20th October 1914. Maud was my 1st cousin 2x removed, her mother Charlotte was my great grandfather’s sister. There … Continue reading →

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Mother of the Bride – Choosing a Hat

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Choosing a hat for your daughter’s wedding is an absolute joy!  Of course the age-old question is ‘What comes first? The dress or the hat?’  If the dress comes first, the decision on the colour of the hat is made … Continue reading →

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Sinking of the Titanic – as reported in The Young Soldier of The Salvation Army

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

The Titanic sank on Monday April 15th 1912. Two days later this article was written for The Young Soldier of The Salvation Army. THE YOUNG SOLDIER April 27 1912 ‘Weep with those that Weep’ THE GREATEST SHIPPING DISASTER EVER KNOWN Even … Continue reading →

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Blood, Fire & Timbrels

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

I used to worry that I would run out of things to write about when I began blogging, but if I’ve learned one thing it is that the more you write, the more there is to write about. I’ve had … Continue reading →

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