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My mother Sanchia (Sandy) Maud Neal was born on 21 December 1928 to parents Joseph & Maud in West Ham, East London.  The eldest of five children, Sandy did not always fit comfortably alongside he...

Dear digital Newsletter readers,       We're frustrated over issues with linking Newsletter features to the websites that we refer to within them.  Without wanting to bore you with geek-speak, a ...

Continuing with our monthly programme of Zoom-hosted talks, we were delighted to welcome Nigel Turner to our latest meeting.  A native of Leiston, who served an apprenticeship at Garrett’s, Nigel w...

UPDATE ON THURSDAY, 11th MARCH AT 23:59 — The late edition of Look East can be seen until 10:45pm Friday (starting at counter 08:00) — https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000t351/look-east-late...

Our February Zoom-based meeting was treated to an enthralling, ‘slide-free’ talk by Dr Nick Barratt.  Nick, an author, researcher and world-leading genealogist, is known to many for being the cre...

Just to let you know that I am lined up for a 5-10 minute interview on Radio Suffolk, at 2.20 p.m. this coming Friday (12th).  They want me to talk about forthcoming talks that evidently 'captured th...

Continuing with our monthly programme of Zoom-hosted talks on a range of family-history related subjects, we were delighted to welcome Mia BENNETT to address our first meeting of the New Year.  She h...

Marking the final event of what has proved a challenging year for all, we were delighted to welcome Barbara McElroy to give her most entertaining talk about the experiences of her father as a ‘Suffo...