Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
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Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
This week's blog is about Brum. The city of a thousand trades, including mine: awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/06/13/b...
To add to my growing collection of ancestral counties, I can add Devonshire. Here is the tale of Daniel Flood, hatter of Honiton: awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/05/23/d...
My Dad never would wear his Metropolitan Water Board hat straight! ( I still have it)
This week's blog is about work: awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/06/06/w...
It's my day off today. I have 6 online meetings and 10 assignments to mark. Hit it!
A visit to the Museum of the Home awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/05/15/a...
Researching your family tree - my top tips from the last twenty-five years: awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/05/08/t...
Trish Greenhalgh
This week's blog post on the proposed social media ban for under 16s
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My grandfather, Charlie awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/05/02/c...
