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Chapter 2: Grandfather’s Journal

Posted on February 15, 2014 by brushedwithmystery

  On the morning of the 1st we arrived at the dock feeling very damp and dispirited, during the next few years we were fated to see a great deal more of this kind of weather than we could appreciate. … Continue reading →

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Chapter 1: Grandfather’s Journal

Posted on February 15, 2014 by brushedwithmystery

(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 →

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World War One Photo..

Posted on June 23, 2013 by brushedwithmystery

 

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The blood of a King

Posted on January 5, 2013 by brushedwithmystery

  When Louis XVI died at the guillotine on January 21, 1793 it was said people dipped their handkerchiefs in his blood. I had always considered it more myth than legend- until I did some research. I had to look … Continue reading →

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Vintage Advertisement: Corsets

Posted on August 6, 2012 by brushedwithmystery

Found in Gran’s journal 1917….

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