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Diverted by the Bristol “L” – a tale of the Keynsham Workhouse

My great great grandfather Henry FRAY was so afraid of being incarcerated in Keynsham Workhouse that he fatally cut his throat with a razor in 1900. “The Workhouse” cast a terrible shadow over the...

The Fray Family

Find me a scientist was a challenge issued by my late brother Colin Pillinger.  At Christmas I would send him a story about our numerous ancestors but the nearest approximation to science I came...

‘Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother’ – A Family History.

Pem, tell me about when you were a little girl..….” This was me, as soon as I learned to talk. So, take one excessively inquisitive child, who wanted to know everything about everything; ‘a...

From Little Acorns Great Oaks Grow: The Pillinger Family of Kingswood

I was born a Pillinger. This is the story of my Father’s family. Click the links below to download: From Little Acorns Great Oaks Grow part 1 From Little Acorns Great Oaks Grow part...