Childhood meals remembered through everyday food, family habits and changing tastes - a glimpse into domestic life in the past
A Smörgåsbord of Food Memories
Author: Natalie Mayhew
Originally a London girl, now living in Rochester, Kent. Fascinated by social history and passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion
The Man Who Bent New York’s Broadway
Henry Brevoort (1747–1841) resisted change, influencing Manhattan's layout while practicing Native American folk medicine
“Present at the Death”
Charlotte Mayhew (c1816–1899): a silenced life recovered through the records
Warrant Officer Edwin John “Jack” Aslett
Killed whilst flying - after VE Day, aged 23
Stoker 1st Class Leonard Francis Beck
Killed on War Service in the Mediterranean Sea, aged 28
Corporal Vernon Creswell Best
Died on War Service (of illness),aged 23
Sergeant Sydney James Betts
Killed while flying during a training exercise, aged 34
Driver Douglas Roy Capps
Died of wounds during the Dunkirk evacuation, aged 23
Gunner Keith Fletcher Clifton
Killed in a V2 Rocket Attack on a Cinema, aged 19
Able Seaman Charles Norman Coomber
Killed on War Service in the Mediterranean Sea, aged 25
