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1945 – War’s End

February 25, 2018February 26, 2018 Robert Roy Hodgson

Mass Teddy had lost his wife Mabel. Their son Leslie had changed his mind about going to America and come back to help look after Southfield. He would write to his brother Maurice in New York, telling him that their … Continue reading 1945 – War’s End

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1902 – Our Ancestral Home

February 21, 2018February 24, 2018 Robert Roy Hodgson

I love this drawing. Apart from my close family, nobody has ever seen it. I have the drawing in a frame and it has been hanging proudly on my stairwell since 2008. I see it every time I walk up … Continue reading 1902 – Our Ancestral Home

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1945 – The Family Mourns

February 18, 2018March 14, 2018 Robert Roy Hodgson

Previously on To Jamaica and Beyond…. World War 2 had been running for 5 years, but was now in it’s final year. Ida Mae and Maurice were in New York with their families. Cecil was at Southfield, back from the … Continue reading 1945 – The Family Mourns

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1941 – The Racetrack

January 28, 2018January 29, 2018 Robert Roy Hodgson

The story so far. Some of the Hodgson’s and Mair’s had emigrated to America. Ida Mae wanted the rest of her siblings to join her in America. World War 2 was ongoing. Mass Teddy’s sister Emmy had been deceased for … Continue reading 1941 – The Racetrack

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1941 – The Gentlewoman

January 21, 2018January 22, 2018 Robert Roy Hodgson

  This lady was Mass Teddy’s sister. The story continues…. Looking closely at her portrait – taken around 1923 – she appears to be a distinguished lady. She looks white but was in fact partially black. When I say partially what … Continue reading 1941 – The Gentlewoman

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1939 – Britain Declares War

January 14, 2018January 15, 2018 Robert Roy Hodgson

Great Britain – 3rd September 1939 11.15am – A radio message is announced by the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, that the British deadline for the withdrawal of German troops from Poland has expired. He says, the British ambassador to Berlin … Continue reading 1939 – Britain Declares War

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