Charnwood Genealogy

30/03/2026

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post on a lovely old family postcard photograph found at the 'Postcard Traders Association Festival of Cards last week, linked to the GIBBS family from Lewisham in London

Another great find at the Postcard Traders Association Festival of Cards in North Petherton last week was this lovely old postcard photograph, as below, of a mother and her two sons – on the …

30/03/2026

An amazing postcard find at the Postcard Traders Association Festival of Cards in North Petherton last week - a wedding cake photograph linked to two previous old wedding photograph finds of the same wedding in Cornwall from January1928 that I had written about on my Charnwood Genealogy blog firstly in 2019 and then 2022.

What are the chances !!
Check out my further UPDATE on the original blog post

Further UPDATE: Last week I was the Festival of Cards at North Petherton in Somerset organised by the Postcard Traders Association and there were over 60 dealers selling thousands of old postcards,…

28/03/2026

I have had a great couple of days this week at the Postcard Traders Association and it was lovely to catch up with my good friend Lynn Heiden of Lynn's Waffles and dealer friends - I had some fantastic old postcard finds and I am really looking forward to researching them further and writing about them on my Charnwood Genealogy blog in due course
Many thanks to the organisers for another super postcard event which us collectors enjoyed very much 👍

23/03/2026

Just a reminder that for anyone interested in attending my FREE Commonwealth War Graves Commission tour and talk at Leigh on Sea Cemetery in London Road Leigh on Sea on Saturday 16th May 2026 at 11am as part of War Graves Week the booking page is available at this link - many thanks for your interest and support as always which is very much appreciated

Join us for a free tour of Leigh-on-Sea Cemetery

22/03/2026

Really looking forward to being involved with this event in Framlingham

12/03/2026

A poster advertising a talk I will be giving in Leigh on Sea on Wednesday 17th June 2026

10/03/2026

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post linked to an old photographic postcard find at the Postcard Fair in Margate over the weekend linked to the DORMER family from London
Postcard Traders Association

A great find at the Margate Postcard Fair at the weekend was this lovely old photographic postcard which had written on the back ‘ Sydney Blair DORMER’ Could I discover more? I started …

27/02/2026

For anyone interested in attending my FREE Commonwealth War Graves Commissiontour and talk at Leigh on Sea Cemetery in London Road Leigh on Sea on Saturday 16th May 2026 at 11am as part of War Graves Week the booking page is now live at this link - many thanks for your support as always

Join us for a free tour of Leigh-on-Sea Cemetery

19/02/2026

My latest Charnwood Genealogy blog post linked to a lovely old family postcard find of a photograph of the MATTHEWS family from Shepley near Huddersfield in Yorkshire
Postcard Traders Association York Family History Society

Another recent find was this lovely old family photograph, as below, which has written on the reverse – MATTHEWS family, The Knowle, Shepley nears Huddersfield taken 1912 era Could I discover…