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A Deadly Colour
Matilda Scheurer and Frances Rollo were killed by emerald green. History only remembers what is noteworthy at the time, and usually for a reason. We know the last few days of Matilda Scheurer and Frances Rollo, but will never know … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art history, children, Education, England, historical, Medical history, Uncategorized
Tagged arsenic, art, Art history, Edvard Munch, emerald green, health, history, Napoleon, Scheel's green
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The Mystery of Books
My mother hated cleaning, so from a very early age our agreement was that if I took responsibility of housekeeper, she would read to me. For about ten years, our arrangement exposed me to many classics. The size of our … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Book Review, children, historical, history and literature
Tagged history, Norah Lofts, reading, Wayside Tavern
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Great Grandmother’s Blanket?
I found my great-grandmother’s baby photo in the bottom of a trunk. Her name was Laura Bedell by marriage. I really would never have known it was her save the hand written note attached to it. I recognized my grandfather’s … Continue reading
Posted in children, historical, old photographs, Thoughts
Tagged Anne Foster, Anne Whitmarsh, historical, history, Laura Bedell, Laura Witmarsh, old blanket, old photo, photo, tin-type
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Chapter 1: Grandfather’s Journal
(I found one of my grandfather’s journals while I was looking in a bin of family artifacts. It was written in a service book. It seems fitting somehow as the anniversary of the First World War approaches. This, combined now … Continue reading
Brushed With Mystery 