NORMAL SERVICE WILL BE RESUMED..........

Apologies for the lack of posts recently. August has been a particularly busy month for me both in my work at St.Alban's church and personally, so I decided to take a little sabbatical from the blog and this will probably last until mid-September.  I was hoping to start work on the article on my aunt Esther Bayliss/Slater but although I dined with her son Ian and his family this week I really want to wait until I can get together with both Ian and his brother Robin and we do have plans to do this soon. It seems silly to rush ahead and do the article when they will no doubt have some good stories to tell.

I also plan a visit during September to The Imperial War Museum at Lambeth in London and next year, hopefully, a visit to the First World War battlefields and military cemeteries on The Somme and maybe a visit to Cheltenham in Gloucestershire to visit Charlton Kings to see the house (still standing I believe) where my great great grandfather lived before making the move to London in the 1840s. If possible at that time I will try to link up with cousin Sally Bayliss.

Over on the companion blog, DOWN THESE STREETS I will soon be writing a more personal than usual article which will deal with the street where I spent the first seven years of my own working life, Wardour Street, in London's Soho.

In the next few days I will endeavor  to publish some more photos of interest from my collection.

Thanks for your patience.

Ernest.