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Reuben Joynes WEAVER & ACTIVIST
In 2001, my middle daughter, Eleanor, flew off to America for a gap year in Minnesota. There she met Mike, and after returning home a year later, they pursued a transatlantic relationship for a few years, before marrying in London in 2006. The my imm
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Dreaded Institution A History Of The Workhouse
Workhouses emerged in the early 17th century, as a solution to the ever growing burden of caring for a parish’s poor. The institutions that resulted were notorious for cruel, hard rules, but when people were desperate and had nowhere else to go, the
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And So to France
Not so much curveballs for me this month, as a learning curve. I’ve had my nose in the newspapers for quite long enough, and it’s high time I got stuck into the French records. Bear with me, though, as these are unchartered waters… First, the good ne

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