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My Family and Nottingham Lace

A pilgrimage back into my Father’s Family and Nottingham Lace

Posted byJohn Bostock13th Feb 20213rd May 2021Posted inGenealogyTags:Bostock Family, Genealogy, Lace Industry, Nottingham, Radford, Trowell6 Comments on My Family and Nottingham Lace

Ritual and the Mundane

Resilience and Survival in the Time of Pandemic

Posted byJohn Bostock12th Jan 20216th Dec 2022Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Ritual and the Mundane

The Town that loves to Party

A celebration of the festivals of my adopted town and its ‘Joie de Vivre’

Posted byJohn Bostock21st Dec 202017th Jul 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Bonfire Society, Festival, Hastings, Jack in the Green, Pirates Day1 Comment on The Town that loves to Party

Pandemic Blues

Blues Music in the early 20th century and how it dealt with Disease and pandemics

Posted byJohn Bostock20th Nov 202017th Aug 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags:blues-, disease, PandemicLeave a comment on Pandemic Blues

A Jewel in Rural Kent

A hidden Chagall masterpiece in rural Kent

Posted byJohn Bostock18th Nov 202019th Feb 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:Chagall, Stained glassLeave a comment on A Jewel in Rural Kent

Edith’s Story

The tragic story of Edith Swan-Neck and the death of Harold in 1066

Posted byJohn Bostock15th Nov 202025th Feb 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St Leonards5 Comments on Edith’s Story

Simple Pleasures – Rye Pottery

How I came to love 1950’s Rye Pottery

Posted byJohn Bostock6th Nov 202019th Feb 2021Posted inCeramicsTags:1950s, Ceramics, Rye1 Comment on Simple Pleasures – Rye Pottery

An Iconic Church in St Leonards

An article on St. Leonards iconic modernist gothic church designed by Giles Gilbert Scott

Posted byJohn Bostock28th Oct 202018th Dec 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Decimus Burton, Gilbert Scott, Hastings, James Burton, St Leonards5 Comments on An Iconic Church in St Leonards

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