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The Similarity Between my Mother and Grandmother

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Jackie Dinnis

It has been noted before that my mother, Enid May Howells bore a close resemblance to her mother, Queenie Cockett. Here are another couple of photographs that show the continuing similarity as they grew up.           … Continue reading →

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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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Mothering Sunday

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Jackie Dinnis

Today is Mother’s Day, and it makes me look backwards and forwards at the same time as I think of my mother, as well as my own children and being so thankful for them. I got out some old photographs of … 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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Magnification

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Jackie Dinnis

Magnification according to the Collins Dictionary is “the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified” and I have found that this can be improved by using a magnifying glass, rather than using the ‘zoom’ on the computer. For … Continue reading →

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Remembering Mum

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

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Enid May Dinnis 08 March 1927 – 13 November 2000

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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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Who Is This Man?

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Who Is This Man? This photograph was sent to me a few days ago by Mary, one of my newly found American cousins. Thanks Mary 🙂 It was sent with the message “My mom had this in the John Dinnis … Continue reading →

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Embroidered Silk Postcards sent home from Joseph Taylor Dinnis in World War One

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

My grandfather, Joseph Taylor Dinnis fought in both World Wars. I am currently trying to find more information about where he was during World Was 1, his records seem to have been lost. But what we do have in the … Continue reading →

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Gordon Charles Dinnis

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

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Today, the 29th of September is my Dad’s birthday, he was born on this day in 1923. He passed away in 2001. On his birthday I like to get out some photographs of him, and thought I would share some … Continue reading →

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