Discover Your Ancestors
Issue 037
A warm welcome to the May issue of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, packed with family and social history ideas and information.
This issue is something of an occupations special, as three of our main features look at different trades in the past: Ruth Symes explores the wide variety of work undertaken by seamstresses; Harry Cunningham, inspired his own ancestor, reveals the history of hairdressing, which was not always the benign business we might imagine; and Paul Matthews walks us through the forgotten world of pattens, taking in some other lost trades along the way.
If this has piqued your interest, our new annual printed bookazine also has a huge range of occupation-themed articles (as well as plenty more besides, including £150 of offers on the cover disc) – you can grab a copy now in WHSmith and other retailers, or online via discoveryourancestors.co.uk.
It was lovely to meet many of you at the WDYTYA? Live show (see page 20) and hear your supportive comments! I hope you enjoy this issue too. Andrew Chapman, Editor.