Beneath the Shelter of an Ancient Tree Brown David
Beneath the Shelter of an Ancient Tree Brown David A voyage of family discovery reveals poverty and imprisonment in the West Country; the development of new trades in the industrial revolution; a…
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Beneath the Shelter of an Ancient Tree Brown David
A voyage of family discovery reveals poverty and imprisonment in the West Country; the development of new trades in the industrial revolution; a Rabbi who doubles up as a pawnbroker; and middle-class prosperity and tragedy in the Birmingham jewellery trade. Two mayors make fleeting appearances (one in Gloucester, the other in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne). Starting with only minimal knowledge of widely dispersed ancestors this journey tracks down ancient relatives from Wales, the West Riding of Yorkshire, Somerset, Dorset, Poland and Russia.
A great, great, great grandfather has questions to answer about the treatment of child labour in his Calderdale spinning mill.Starting in the late 18th century Beneath the Shelter of an Ancient Tree catalogues how One great uncle is found to have designed the iconic gantries in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast where the Titanic was built.
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