Julie_Gfamily
@juliegfamily.bsky.social
Family historian and One Place Study researcher of Long Buckby Wharf and Boat Families of the Grand Junction Canal.
Former library assistant, collector of many crafts.
Former library assistant, collector of many crafts.
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Boat Families of the Grand Junction Canal
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On this fabulous #OnePlaceWednesday I'm pleased to say that my Boat Families #OnePlaceStudy is now up and running!
Lots more to come yet, so many more people and places to add but I'm at a point where I can share something finally!
#UKCanals you may find this interesting too
Lots more to come yet, so many more people and places to add but I'm at a point where I can share something finally!
#UKCanals you may find this interesting too
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I grew up on stories of Henry Blogg. Henry Blogg was a lifeboatman at Cromer who couldn't FUCKING SWIM.
His gallantry won him a BUNCH of medals (go look him up or read Cyril Jolly's biography).
He went out to sea in a glorified rowboat. Over and over again.
His gallantry won him a BUNCH of medals (go look him up or read Cyril Jolly's biography).
He went out to sea in a glorified rowboat. Over and over again.
September 23, 2026 at 8:56 AM
I grew up on stories of Henry Blogg. Henry Blogg was a lifeboatman at Cromer who couldn't FUCKING SWIM.
His gallantry won him a BUNCH of medals (go look him up or read Cyril Jolly's biography).
He went out to sea in a glorified rowboat. Over and over again.
His gallantry won him a BUNCH of medals (go look him up or read Cyril Jolly's biography).
He went out to sea in a glorified rowboat. Over and over again.
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Gatliff Close Heritage Project Team has registered Gatliff Buildings, Westminster One-Place Study with us! As Gatliff Close (originally Gatliff Buildings) marks its 160th anniversary in 2027, this #OnePlaceStudy explores the history of the place and the people who called it home. #OnePlaceWednesday
September 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Gatliff Close Heritage Project Team has registered Gatliff Buildings, Westminster One-Place Study with us! As Gatliff Close (originally Gatliff Buildings) marks its 160th anniversary in 2027, this #OnePlaceStudy explores the history of the place and the people who called it home. #OnePlaceWednesday
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My cousin is at the helm of this D Class inshore lifeboat. He served with the #RNLI in Cornwall for over 30 years, mostly as crew / helm, but more recently as launch authority.
If you’re able to make a donation to help save lives at sea, here’s the link.
rnli.org/support-us/g...
If you’re able to make a donation to help save lives at sea, here’s the link.
rnli.org/support-us/g...
September 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
My cousin is at the helm of this D Class inshore lifeboat. He served with the #RNLI in Cornwall for over 30 years, mostly as crew / helm, but more recently as launch authority.
If you’re able to make a donation to help save lives at sea, here’s the link.
rnli.org/support-us/g...
If you’re able to make a donation to help save lives at sea, here’s the link.
rnli.org/support-us/g...
I worked for the RNLI for 9 years, supporting the training of crew, lifeguards and staff. I met many crew volunteers, all of whom were far better human beings than the fascist thugs attacking them. Crew put their life on the line everytime they go to sea. Please support them
rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org/support-us/g...
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
rnli.org
September 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I worked for the RNLI for 9 years, supporting the training of crew, lifeguards and staff. I met many crew volunteers, all of whom were far better human beings than the fascist thugs attacking them. Crew put their life on the line everytime they go to sea. Please support them
rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org/support-us/g...
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The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do.
You can donate here: rnli.org
You can donate here: rnli.org
RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
rnli.org
September 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do.
You can donate here: rnli.org
You can donate here: rnli.org
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Not a #OnePlaceStudy registered with us, but one that I discovered while looking for material for #OnePlaceWednesday. It has a website which is being actively updated – do check out Sturminster Newton One Place Study. I have linked to one of the site’s Photos pages as that generates a preview image.
Sturminster Newton photos - Sturminster Newton One Place Study
More photos of St Mary’s church Last updated:
www.sturminsternewton.info
August 26, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Not a #OnePlaceStudy registered with us, but one that I discovered while looking for material for #OnePlaceWednesday. It has a website which is being actively updated – do check out Sturminster Newton One Place Study. I have linked to one of the site’s Photos pages as that generates a preview image.
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Coming soon to Waterstones, Amazon and Pen & Sword. For the genealogy community, it is my greatest wish for this book, that it might help you untie the knot in your research to reveal that elusive relative. #Genealogy #Ancestry
August 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Coming soon to Waterstones, Amazon and Pen & Sword. For the genealogy community, it is my greatest wish for this book, that it might help you untie the knot in your research to reveal that elusive relative. #Genealogy #Ancestry
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so if Interview with the Vampire is canonically set in our universe, you're telling us there's a chance that Lestat de Lioncourt *did* visit The Museum of English Rural Life
August 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
so if Interview with the Vampire is canonically set in our universe, you're telling us there's a chance that Lestat de Lioncourt *did* visit The Museum of English Rural Life
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Lady St Mary in Wareham - standing at the gateway to the Isle of Purbeck, just back from Wareham Quay and the River Frome. Built on the site of the C8th Saxon minster, a small south chapel of C12th and some early C14th century elements in the chancel. The nave was rebuilt in C19th. #Dorset
August 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Lady St Mary in Wareham - standing at the gateway to the Isle of Purbeck, just back from Wareham Quay and the River Frome. Built on the site of the C8th Saxon minster, a small south chapel of C12th and some early C14th century elements in the chancel. The nave was rebuilt in C19th. #Dorset
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It's #WorldEmojiDay! Here are some registered #OnePlaceStudy places with emojis—used creatively in some cases—replacing parts of their names. Can you work out all the names?
🐜ro🚌
💪🏻itage and 🤲🏻acre
🐍all
🐈thorpe
🦌ham
Dreg📯
🐸nall
Ivy🌉
😷 by the 🌊
N🐜wich
🖊️rith
👞bury
⭐botton
Stiff🔑
The 🦁🦁, 🌉💧
💧💧 ⬆️ton
🌬️👁️er
🐜ro🚌
💪🏻itage and 🤲🏻acre
🐍all
🐈thorpe
🦌ham
Dreg📯
🐸nall
Ivy🌉
😷 by the 🌊
N🐜wich
🖊️rith
👞bury
⭐botton
Stiff🔑
The 🦁🦁, 🌉💧
💧💧 ⬆️ton
🌬️👁️er
July 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
It's #WorldEmojiDay! Here are some registered #OnePlaceStudy places with emojis—used creatively in some cases—replacing parts of their names. Can you work out all the names?
🐜ro🚌
💪🏻itage and 🤲🏻acre
🐍all
🐈thorpe
🦌ham
Dreg📯
🐸nall
Ivy🌉
😷 by the 🌊
N🐜wich
🖊️rith
👞bury
⭐botton
Stiff🔑
The 🦁🦁, 🌉💧
💧💧 ⬆️ton
🌬️👁️er
🐜ro🚌
💪🏻itage and 🤲🏻acre
🐍all
🐈thorpe
🦌ham
Dreg📯
🐸nall
Ivy🌉
😷 by the 🌊
N🐜wich
🖊️rith
👞bury
⭐botton
Stiff🔑
The 🦁🦁, 🌉💧
💧💧 ⬆️ton
🌬️👁️er
Got brain into gear & ordered the death cert. My theory was correct! Newspaper named father as Charles when he was actually Richard. Which matches the theory I was going with 👍
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday trying to track a #BoatFamily who are being very elusive. Got a burial, death reg & article for child. Article full of names but can't find them. Now working on theory that newspaper completely mucked up parent names and I need to look for different people.
Too hot for this!
Too hot for this!
June 24, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Got brain into gear & ordered the death cert. My theory was correct! Newspaper named father as Charles when he was actually Richard. Which matches the theory I was going with 👍
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday trying to track a #BoatFamily who are being very elusive. Got a burial, death reg & article for child. Article full of names but can't find them. Now working on theory that newspaper completely mucked up parent names and I need to look for different people.
Too hot for this!
Too hot for this!
June 24, 2026 at 12:50 PM
#OnePlaceWednesday trying to track a #BoatFamily who are being very elusive. Got a burial, death reg & article for child. Article full of names but can't find them. Now working on theory that newspaper completely mucked up parent names and I need to look for different people.
Too hot for this!
Too hot for this!
Easy! (Joking, very messy!)
William Taylor m Martha Darby who previously m Jacob Taylor.
William Taylor m Martha Webb.
And oops also found a Joseph Taylor m Rose Hannah Darby.
All boatmen and Joseph & the first William are probably brothers.
#OnePlaceWednesday #BoatFamilies
William Taylor m Martha Darby who previously m Jacob Taylor.
William Taylor m Martha Webb.
And oops also found a Joseph Taylor m Rose Hannah Darby.
All boatmen and Joseph & the first William are probably brothers.
#OnePlaceWednesday #BoatFamilies
#OnePlaceWednesday I've just discovered that I've got 2x William Taylor boatmen who both married a Martha & I have got them well & truly mixed up🤦♀️ This is why I work them out on paper first before adding them to the tree!
Stitch & natter tonight so will clear my mind before sorting this mess!
Stitch & natter tonight so will clear my mind before sorting this mess!
June 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Easy! (Joking, very messy!)
William Taylor m Martha Darby who previously m Jacob Taylor.
William Taylor m Martha Webb.
And oops also found a Joseph Taylor m Rose Hannah Darby.
All boatmen and Joseph & the first William are probably brothers.
#OnePlaceWednesday #BoatFamilies
William Taylor m Martha Darby who previously m Jacob Taylor.
William Taylor m Martha Webb.
And oops also found a Joseph Taylor m Rose Hannah Darby.
All boatmen and Joseph & the first William are probably brothers.
#OnePlaceWednesday #BoatFamilies
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📍On the ground in #Rillington
My latest blog explores a small stream which may have contributed to the place name. It’s one of many stories from the landscape, people & history of the parish from earliest origins to the railway age. #OnePlaceWednesday
www.rillingtonhistory.com/on-the-groun...
My latest blog explores a small stream which may have contributed to the place name. It’s one of many stories from the landscape, people & history of the parish from earliest origins to the railway age. #OnePlaceWednesday
www.rillingtonhistory.com/on-the-groun...
ON THE GROUND IN RILLINGTON: THE RILL AT SLEDGATE - Rillington History
The footbridge at Sledgate crossing one of the small streams (Rills) that run through Rillington.
www.rillingtonhistory.com
June 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
📍On the ground in #Rillington
My latest blog explores a small stream which may have contributed to the place name. It’s one of many stories from the landscape, people & history of the parish from earliest origins to the railway age. #OnePlaceWednesday
www.rillingtonhistory.com/on-the-groun...
My latest blog explores a small stream which may have contributed to the place name. It’s one of many stories from the landscape, people & history of the parish from earliest origins to the railway age. #OnePlaceWednesday
www.rillingtonhistory.com/on-the-groun...
#OnePlaceWednesday I've just discovered that I've got 2x William Taylor boatmen who both married a Martha & I have got them well & truly mixed up🤦♀️ This is why I work them out on paper first before adding them to the tree!
Stitch & natter tonight so will clear my mind before sorting this mess!
Stitch & natter tonight so will clear my mind before sorting this mess!
June 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
#OnePlaceWednesday I've just discovered that I've got 2x William Taylor boatmen who both married a Martha & I have got them well & truly mixed up🤦♀️ This is why I work them out on paper first before adding them to the tree!
Stitch & natter tonight so will clear my mind before sorting this mess!
Stitch & natter tonight so will clear my mind before sorting this mess!
Excellent. To add to my John Jones boatmen, I now have a William Williams. And of course they're mostly based in Cheshire. Think I might just ignore that one for a while😂 #OnePlaceStudies #BoatFamilies
June 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Excellent. To add to my John Jones boatmen, I now have a William Williams. And of course they're mostly based in Cheshire. Think I might just ignore that one for a while😂 #OnePlaceStudies #BoatFamilies
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Another recently registered #OnePlaceStudy is Barbara Harwood’s Ballywalter and Greyabbey OPS, which will look at this parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. #OnePlaceWednesday
June 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Another recently registered #OnePlaceStudy is Barbara Harwood’s Ballywalter and Greyabbey OPS, which will look at this parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. #OnePlaceWednesday
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Steve Pickthall’s #OnePlaceStudy of Shrivenham Railway Station has recently been registered with us! Located in a part of #Berkshire that is now in #Oxfordshire, the station opened in 1840 and closed in 1964/5. Check out Steve’s OPS website and our OPS profile page. #OnePlaceWednesday
June 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Steve Pickthall’s #OnePlaceStudy of Shrivenham Railway Station has recently been registered with us! Located in a part of #Berkshire that is now in #Oxfordshire, the station opened in 1840 and closed in 1964/5. Check out Steve’s OPS website and our OPS profile page. #OnePlaceWednesday
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My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521
New for Pride 2026:
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Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺
My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521
New for Pride 2026:
🌈Scientist🌈
🏳️🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️🌈
🌈pronouns🌈
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June 2, 2026 at 10:46 AM
It’s Pride 🏳️🌈
Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺
My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521
New for Pride 2026:
🌈Scientist🌈
🏳️🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️🌈
🌈pronouns🌈
www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺
My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521
New for Pride 2026:
🌈Scientist🌈
🏳️🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️🌈
🌈pronouns🌈
www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Just done today's wordle. Got it in 2 💪 Little bit too easy for me today🤣😉
June 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Just done today's wordle. Got it in 2 💪 Little bit too easy for me today🤣😉
The day job today was spent cataloguing obituaries. Can't tell you who or the collection I'm working with but I can say that you really want your person of interest to end up with an obit in the Telegraph or the Times. So much info, career stuff, genealogical, gold dust all of it! #FamilyHistory
June 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The day job today was spent cataloguing obituaries. Can't tell you who or the collection I'm working with but I can say that you really want your person of interest to end up with an obit in the Telegraph or the Times. So much info, career stuff, genealogical, gold dust all of it! #FamilyHistory
Today in #BoatFamilies research I'm trying to untangle the life of 1 man & his 4 wives. Only found the 4th one thanks to a newspaper report on her death. Wife 3 only has a first name because I can't find a marriage. Wives 2 and 4 were both previously married too, it's getting messy! #OnePlaceStudies
June 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Today in #BoatFamilies research I'm trying to untangle the life of 1 man & his 4 wives. Only found the 4th one thanks to a newspaper report on her death. Wife 3 only has a first name because I can't find a marriage. Wives 2 and 4 were both previously married too, it's getting messy! #OnePlaceStudies
@allthosebefore.bsky.social have you watched the latest series of Canal Boat Diaries? Robbie is travelling around Wales and Cheshire. Lots of mentions of the salt carrying boats! #FamilyHistory
June 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
@allthosebefore.bsky.social have you watched the latest series of Canal Boat Diaries? Robbie is travelling around Wales and Cheshire. Lots of mentions of the salt carrying boats! #FamilyHistory
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Did the railway come to (or close to) your #OnePlaceStudy? If so, when did that happen and what were its impacts on your Place and its people? #OnePlaceWednesday
June 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Did the railway come to (or close to) your #OnePlaceStudy? If so, when did that happen and what were its impacts on your Place and its people? #OnePlaceWednesday