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Snippet 18 - THE EVENTS THAT SURROUND US

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  Snippet 18 - THE EVENTS THAT SURROUND US (Written by Warren Maloney 18th February 2025) WE LIVE WITHIN OUR TIME AGE As much as we wish, we cannot avoid the Events that surround us. An example of this is shown in the lives and times of William Helm and Grace Dunderdale [1] . They spent their whole lives separately and together in the small Village of Chipping, Lancashire, England [2] . Both their families can be traced through 3 previous generations in the Village – a small farming community nestled in a pretty valley and on the edge of a large forest. Their parents had experienced the beheading of their King, the brutality of the Cromwell reign, the return of Royalty, and had accommodated themselves to the fight over Religion that had raged for over 100 years. There was a truce of sorts when William & Grace were born, and both Village churches were open – St Bartholomew’s for the Anglicans, and St Mary’s for the few Catholics remaining. But it was safer to be Protesta...
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Commentary 20 - WHERE DID THEY PUT US ALL?

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WHERE DID THEY PUT US ALL? (Written by Warren Maloney for the Brunswick Face Book Page on 5th January 2025) The 30s to 60s produced distinctive houses in West Brunswick - that copying of the Californian Bungalow look on the outside! But inside nearly every house was an overcrowded HOME where rooms were usually shared with 1 or more Grandparents (usually the house owners), 1 or 2 parents, at least 3 children, and perhaps Uncle Jack in the bungalow out the back. 1 bathroom, I toilet (usually out the back near the washhouse), 1 carpeted room hopefully kept clear of children for special Visitors (meaning the "lah-de-dah" relatives), linoleum-floored kitchen where everything happened, maybe a old chair or two on the front verandah ... and when TV came, it had pride of place in the "lounge room" (used to be Nan's bedroom). Wardrobes were free standing. The girls (or just Mum) had a "dressing table" - Dad had no bar fridge - he kept his "long necks"...
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Eulogy 24 - A Salute to Les Kimpton

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  EULOGY 24 - A Salute to Les Kimpton His Gift never stops Giving! Leslie Andrew (Les) Kimpton [1] was the youngest of 5 children. That simple fact is very important to this Salute to Les! There was 18 years difference between his eldest sibling, Mabel [2] , and himself. The time gap does suggest that Les may have either been a mistake or a very unexpected outcome. But being the youngest, Les had the distinction of being the last to die. He was the “ last custodian ” of the family memories, the family home, and the family possessions. This as such is not unusual, except that 3 of the Kimpton siblings had never left the family home [3] – in Les’s case, he had lived in the same house for over 70 years – unmarried, and when his 2 brothers died, alone there for 19 years. Les was only basically educated and factory skilled. He had started in a local hosiery factory in his 20s and stayed there until he retired 45 years later. His friends were those at the factory. They were largely ki...
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Snippet 17 - Capt. James Saundry

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  SNIPPET 17 - CAPT. JAMES SAUNDRY “ Right in the middle of the Action” The parents of James Saundry [1] , Tom & Ann [2 ] , farmers from Breage, Cornwall, may have had other dreams for their 3 rd child, James, but Historic Events clearly shaped him. Within his first decade, the English Navy was sailing to the opposite extreme of the World, Part Jackson, to off-load convicts in a strange, new land. And at the same time, the French were rioting, declaring startling new beliefs, inflicting horrors on their nobility, and creating a new Hero, Napoleon, who would soon take on the might of the English Navy & military. And at the same time, the Irish were rebelling against the might of their English Masters.   Within his second decade, England had 2 new Heroes – at sea, Horatio Nelson, and in India & Spain, Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington.   James stepped away from his family farm and sought a life at sea – the natural home of any Cornwall man. ...
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