Category Archives: Jack Douglas Dinnis

Posts concerning my father’s brother, Jack Douglas Dinnis.

Tracking my family through Brighton in the 1930s

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Jackie Dinnis

My father (Gordon Dinnis) was eight years old in 1931. He was living with his parents (Joseph and Annie Dinnis) and his brothers and sister in the basement of number four Charlotte Street, Brighton.  The family lived here from 1931 to at … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Jack and Nancy

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Jackie Dinnis

My father’s brother Jack and his sister Nancy had their birthdays two years and one day apart. Jack Douglas Dinnis was born on the 3rd of April 1920, and Nancy Dora was born on the 4th of April 1922. Jack … Continue reading →

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What’s on the Mantelpiece?

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Jackie Dinnis

One of the things I don’t have in my house is a mantelpiece. It’s a comparatively new house, which was one of the things I loved about it when I moved in. But I do miss a fireplace and a … Continue reading →

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A Very Small Door

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Here is a very small door, really more of a doorway! Taken in August 1927 on holiday in Whitley Bay Gordon, Jack and Nancy Dinnis have built a wonderful sandcastle with a door at the bottom! It looks like a … Continue reading →

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Another Two Door Special

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Another two-door day special for Day 12 of our advent calendar! This is the kitchen at our family home in Farm Hill, Woodingdean. The white door opens onto the hall, which we saw earlier this week. The material hanging behind … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar – door number nine

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

We’re back to 38 Blaker Street, Brighton and a photograph that better shows the incline of the hill. This is the home of the Dinnis family from the mid 1930s – Joseph Taylor Dinnis, Annie (Cleeve), Jack Douglas Dinnis (in … Continue reading →

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A Door From The North

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

This is 13 Holly Avenue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is the house that three of the Dinnis children were born in and spent their early years. When they moved here Joseph Taylor and Annie Dinnis already had one child, Jack Douglas, so … Continue reading →

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Door 1 on the Advent Calendar

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

So, here we are, December the 1st, and the first door on the advent calendar. It’s so exciting isn’t it, I bet you can’t wait to see which door this is, Drumroll …………………….     The door for December 1st … Continue reading →

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Ear ‘ere!

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

I posted previously on ‘Who is This Man’? pondering if the man in the first photograph was the same man I had previously featured.                   I was very happy to receive a … Continue reading →

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Funny Photo Friday #3

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

This is a series that looks at photographs in my collection. They will be either humorous or will evoke a warm memory of times past.               Laugh and enjoy!   Uncle Jack was very … Continue reading →

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