Under Cover: Found in Walls

Working on a new article for Discover your Ancestors Magazine on items and ephemera found under in walls !!!

Out July 2024

Adult’s leather ankle boot discovered concealed in a cavity of a fireplace wall in an old cottage, Branston

#ruthasymes #walls #history #nineteenthcentury #objectsfoundinwalls #shoehistory #hiddenhistory #genealogy #familyhistory #wallpaintings #graffiti 

Naomi Symes Books   Naomi Symes Books - Women's History and Social History Books.

www.naomisymes.com

Secure Bookselling Service. Established 1994.

Out-of-print, antiquarian and in-print books in the field of women's history and social history.

Our On-line Search and Order Service lets you search all titles and order using our fully-automated ordering system with shopping basket facilities. This service is secure (SSL) for credit/debit card transactions and we guarantee rapid delivery of your order, to all destinations worldwide.

The Best Days of Their Lives: Our Ancestors and Their Schooldays

 Working on a new article about our ancestors' schooldays for Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine

  Were they really the best days of their lives?

Out September 2024

                                            The Victorian Schoolroom, Leith Walk Primary School.

                                                                      Via Wikimedia Commons

#education #history #schools #schooling #history #Britain #elementaryeducation 

#findmypast #wdytya #ruthasymes #primaryeducation #lessons #curriculum #ancestors #ancestry

Naomi Symes Books   Naomi Symes Books - Women's History and Social History Books.

www.naomisymes.com

Secure Bookselling Service. Established 1994.

Out-of-print, antiquarian and in-print books in the field of women's history and social history.

Our On-line Search and Order Service lets you search all titles and order using our fully-automated ordering system with shopping basket facilities. This service is secure (SSL) for credit/debit card transactions and we guarantee rapid delivery of your order, to all destinations worldwide.