I've been able to find some lovely material from the British Newspaper Archives on FMP. From time to time, I go back for another look, because they upload more material every so often.
I had a look on Saturday evening, and found some more references to my parents' entertainment activities in the 1940s, and one of the articles included a cast photo, in which my father was easily identifiable. It's such a delight to find these things... It helps that my father was no shy violet, so was involved in a number of things that brought him to the attention of the newspapers. Clergy who entertain the public seem to be intriguing to the papers, so his footballing and singing activities attracted the reporters.
All the databases get changes of one kind or another - additional material is the obvious thing, but there are also corrections. We've all seen some diabolical transcriptions, in our time, and (I hope) submitted corrections. There's always a chance that some name of yours that was impossibly wrong has been put right by some passing enthusiast, and will now appear in a search where they were invisible before.
Happy New Year - and Happy Hunting!
Christine
I had a look on Saturday evening, and found some more references to my parents' entertainment activities in the 1940s, and one of the articles included a cast photo, in which my father was easily identifiable. It's such a delight to find these things... It helps that my father was no shy violet, so was involved in a number of things that brought him to the attention of the newspapers. Clergy who entertain the public seem to be intriguing to the papers, so his footballing and singing activities attracted the reporters.
All the databases get changes of one kind or another - additional material is the obvious thing, but there are also corrections. We've all seen some diabolical transcriptions, in our time, and (I hope) submitted corrections. There's always a chance that some name of yours that was impossibly wrong has been put right by some passing enthusiast, and will now appear in a search where they were invisible before.
Happy New Year - and Happy Hunting!
Christine
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