An annual ‘Bluebell Walk’ became something of a tradition for Mum [] and I during the last few years of her life, although there were one or two years when the walk wasn’t possible because Mum was too ill (one year we went for a ‘Bluebell Drive’ instead). Now, Mum is no longer here to walk with me – but I… Read more »
Lucy Atcherley was part of a family whose men took centre stage. At the time of her birth around the beginning of 1899, her father Llewellyn was a Captain in the Army Service Corps, but his military service and his services to policing would see him elevated and decorated so that by the end of 1925 he was Major-General Sir… Read more »
Kathleen Mary Atcherley [] was in her fortieth year when the Second World War broke out in September 1939. A daughter of Roger Atcherley, who left effects valued at nearly £4,000 when he passed away in 1936, Kathleen would have been reasonably well off, with plenty of leisure time to pursue her twin passions of gardening and golf. Kathleen was not… Read more »
eBay may not seem an obvious website for genealogists to use, but lurking within the multitude of items it has to offer there are some fabulous family history finds to be made. And while the fabulousness of old receipts might not be immediately apparent, the two I acquired through eBay in 2013 date back to the 1860s – and help… Read more »
Long before I became interested in the family history of my Atcherley ancestors and kin, the genealogy of the branch of the family living at Marton in Shropshire was researched in some detail and published in Burke’s “Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry.” I have found however that while the various versions of the genealogy published over the… Read more »
To mark the first anniversary of my mother’s passing on 22 February 2013, today I am sharing the tribute I read out at her funeral service. Family was very important to Mum [], she lived for her husband, her sons, her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Yet Mum herself was an only child, the daughter of Fred and Louisa Atcherley. Apart from… Read more »