Essential Reading

'I have been a family historian for more than 40 years, and a professional historian for over 30, but as I read it, I was constantly encountering new ways of looking at my family history....Essential reading I would say!' Alan Crosby, WDYTYA Magazine

Monday, 11 December 2017

Ancestors' Advent Calendar: Dec 11th: Setting the Christmas Table



Formal Place Setting for a Twelve Course Dinner  (2011) - Wikimedia Commons



'First and foremost, dress the table with glossy, spotless damask, brilliant glass, and the brightest of silver plate...'

Ida Meller,  The Devon and Exeter Gazette, Friday, December 23rd, 1910.

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