Discover Your Ancestors
Issue 092
A warm welcome to the December issue of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, your monthly digital family and social history magazine.
With everyone hoping for new vaccines in the near future, it’s interesting to note that this month sees the 200th anniversary of pharmaceutical pioneer Thomas Beecham, whose remarkable story began with him as a shepherd in the hills of Oxfordshire, only a few miles from where I write this. Nicola Lisle tells his story in this issue.
And of course there’s much more, from an interesting perspective on controversies about public statues more than a century ago, to the Christmassy joys of amateur dramatics. And speaking of Christmas, I wish you all a safe and happy one.
Andrew Chapman, Editor.