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The East London Advertiser ran a small article on this to commemorate the 80th Anniversary

https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/ ... tz-7936062

Thanks Paul, I have updated it further with additional info and pictures.

I am hopeful that by sharing this in as many places as possible that I might be able to trace further descendants of those that sadly lost their life that day.

Yesterday was the 80th Anniversary of this tragic event. This is one of the saddest and most tragic stories I have written about and what is still today, the Largest ever loss of life for the London Fire Brigade at one incident. This involves my Great Aunt, but it's also one of the research projects...

Like many of you, I have a large number of men who served during WW1, some fortunately survived, but many were among those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country try and never returned home. I have researched their lives over the years and have put together a few tips and ideas for anybo...

Having watched both series I have to say that I much preferred the BBC series. The ITV series was just about the celebrity, rather than the story, much preferred the BBC programmes as they centred on the individual stories. We have to accept that these programmes are catering for the masses rather t...

It was nice to see you there Guy, plus a few others that I recognised from the genealogy world. It was great to have these zoom chats and the opportunity to see each other, albeit on a screen!

Did anybody else make the most of the last 3 days of Rootstech21? I managed to spend a fair amount of time exploring what they had to offer. Here’s my summary of the good and not so good for this years wonderful Rootstech show. https://chiddicksfamilytree.com/2021/02/28/my-rootstechconnect-experience/

6 Young men from the same family all went to War, some with tragic stories, read their stories here

https://chiddicksfamilytree.com/2021/02 ... ar-part-1/

New series on ITV following celebrities (yet again!) on a DNA journey.

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-r ... na-journey

Thanks for the compliments. It's quite expensive, but everything's relative to what you can afford or are willing to pay, I wanted it done properly and I'm only going to do this once, so I didn't mind paying a bit extra. These are all hand made specifically to order, hence why they are a bit more. A...