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• Post #2277078

  I spent a few days in Antwerp over Easter to explore the sixteenth century world of my ancestors, Corneille Le Sedt, textile dyer: https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/04/11/corneille-le-sedt-belgian-textile-dyer/

• Post #2277077

  One of my ancestor's names appears on more death certificates as the informant than any other. Esther Deighton remained unmarried for her whole life but appears to have spent it caring for others: https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/04/01/esther-deighton-deaths-companion/

• Post #2277076

  This week's blog post. Sorry about the inspiring title : https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/04/16/my-trip-to-antwerp/

• Post #2277075

  This weekend, I have been in London. I did a circular walk from Southwark to Fleet Street, through the Strand to Covent Garden, Leicester Square and Piccadilly, back to the National Gallery and then back to Southwark.

• Post #2277074

  I spent last weekend in London https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/04/25/a-weekend-in-london/

• Post #2277073

  I never met my maternal grandfather, but I would have liked to: https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/05/02/charlie-apthorp-the-grandfather-i-never-met/

• Post #1017150

  This week's blog is born out of sheer frustration with automated helplines - https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/03/27/when-helplines-fail-to-be-helpful/

• Post #765721

  This week's blog post - still at it - this week's blog post: https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/01/09/2025-in-review-part-3/

• Post #765720

  Can I have a rant about UI design? Years ago, I studied, and taught, this as an HND module. It seems that since this time, in the early noughties, we have thrown the usability rules out of the window. Yesterday, the new incarnation of the Met Office app was dropped on my phone, fancy graphics but I can't find anything. This morning, in my husband's car, we couldn't turn off the route planning app, still routing after a previous journey. To exit a route was 3 clicks away.

• Post #765719

  The final piece of my review of 2025 is here https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/01/16/2025-in-review-the-finale/

• Post #765718

  This week's blog post: https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/01/24/six-months-of-theatre-trips-july-to-december/

• Post #765717

  These are a few of my favourite things https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/01/30/these-are-a-few-of-my-favourite-things/

• Post #765716

  Thomas Mallyon was an agricultural labourer from Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, and also my 3x great grandfather: https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/02/07/thomas-mallyon-agricultural-labourer/

• Post #765715

  In this week's blog post I was thinking about my Nan. She was a lovely lady. I had a rough week last week so she came to mind. This photo was taken in 1921 when she was just 17 years old https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/02/13/daisy-betts-nanny/

• Post #765714

  Why, oh why, oh why...is it so hard to share a video using MS Stream within your own organisation. It used to be one button!! Now they say "only in Classic Stream" . Grrr. Office 365, you have my hate tonight 🤬

• Post #765713

  This week's blog focuses on my Grandad who led an interesting, if quiet life. He died when I was quite young, but I have found out more about his life since https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/02/20/albert-taylor-the-patients-friend/

• Post #765712

  This week's blog explores the Despaigne family from Lille. Images are from my visit last year: https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/03/06/the-despaigne-family-of-lille/

• Post #765711

  I didn't post this last week. I love Cable Street the musical. It's off to New York next. A great story of fighting fascism in the East End: https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/02/27/cable-street-the-musical-review/

• Post #765710

  This week's blog post is about my great granduncle. He and my great grandfather were from a disparate family of half-siblings. Unfortunately, my great grandmother died at a young age and her children had various fates. John seemed to have had less to do with my great grandfather as he grew up. I believe that my great grandfather was born in this house in Curtain Road, Shoreditch. https://awfulrigourswretchedpay.com/2026/03/13/john-thomas-english-carman-from-south-of-the-river/