The Cigarmaker’s Gift
My great-great-grandfather, James Thomas Ashworth (1849-1890) was a cigarmaker, who lived in Bermondsey. There’s no surviving photos of him, as far as I k...
Tag: London
Exhibition reviews: “Terror & Wonder” and “Sherlock Holmes”
It was my birthday and I wanted a treat, and seeing as two quite interesting exhibitions were on in London, it seemed as good an excuse as any to wend my way te...
How to date a photograph… perhaps
I’m very lucky that so many photos of my relatives have survived. The above is one of my favourites – a family group – and I have been trying ...
Jack the Ripper DNA test proves… not very much, really
My friend Anna asked me what I think about the DNA testing which apparently “proves” that Aaron Kosminski was the infamous Jack the Ripper. I posted...