Discover Your Ancestors – Issue 101 – September 2021
English | 34 pages | pdf | 7.03 MB
A warm welcome to the September issue of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical. A busy month beckons in the world of family history! On 25 September, our latest Family History Show Online takes place, where you can watch a host of experts give fantastic talks, as well as make contact with a wide array of exhibitors and even get one-to-one profes-
sional family history advice. Do sign up asap for the best prices and a great gift – see page 26 or visit www.thefamilyhistoryshow.com. Also, I’m delighted to say or 10th annual printed edition, packed with brand-new features on all sorts of family and social history topics, will be out in time for the show. I’ll have more details for you soon, but keep an eye on www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk if you’re one of the many readers who likes to keep the complete set!
In the meantime, do enjoy this latest Periodical.
Andrew Chapman, Editor
INSIDE Discover Your Ancestors Magazine Issue 101 September 2021
4 Contraband! Smugglers are the stuff of legends – but what
was the reality behind the armed gangs and hidden caves of popular imagination? Jayne Shrimpton investigates
10 Commanders of the slave castles: Nell Darby tells the sorry
story of Cape Coast Castle and the men who ran this African fort and others like it
14 From watchmakers to record-breakers: Nick Thorne
delves into a family for whom timing was very important
19 The Mallet: a slammer with many stories: Stephen Roberts
breaks into the history of Shepton Mallet’s old prison, which
at its peak held nearly 200 high-risk prisoners
23 The homecoming: Lynsey Ford commemorates Charlie
Chaplin’s triumphant return to the UK 100 years ago 27 History in the details: Materials – linen (part 1)
26 News 28 Place: Berkshire 30 Books 31 Classifieds
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