Category Archives: Nancy Dora Dinnis

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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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Review of My Year

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Looking back at 2015 I have been surprised at how much has been accomplished. This blog is called ‘Meeting my family’ and that is always my first aim – to meet new family and introduce you to the family I … 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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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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Two Very Special Letters

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

I recently blogged about family heirlooms and which things are most special to people. My cousin, Sue chose a letter written to her mother, and I just found a letter very special to me, written from my mother. I would … Continue reading →

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ATS Reunion

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

We have seen recently how involved Nancy Dora Dinnis was during WWII serving with the A.T.S. [Auxiliary Territorial Service] 93rd Searchlight Regiment. They became very close friends, and reunited some thirty years later to look back at their shared experiences. … Continue reading →

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A Wartime Romance

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

We have been looking at The War Years of Nancy Dora Dinnis, and here is a little postscript to her story. Nancy met Bert (Joseph Herbert Arkell) at the start of World War 2 and shortly after this he was … Continue reading →

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