Life has been very hectic on the OPS front recently. Not sure I even have time to write this blog! Just this week I have: Rediscovered a copy of the booklet written about the history of our local school in 1977 Been sent a photograph of a former resident of my house Named almost everyone […]Life has been very hectic on the OPS front recently. Not sure I even have time to write this blog! Just this week I have: Rediscovered a copy of the booklet written about the history of our local school in
You may have noticed that we are taking turns writing blog posts here at the Society for One-Place Studies. You are going to be hearing from a variety of voices, seeing words spelled differently or terms you might not be familiar with (hint – some of us are North Americans), googling or binging places you […]You may have noticed that we are taking turns writing blog posts here at the Society for One-Place Studies. You are going to be hearing from a variety of voices, seeing words spelled differently or terms you might not be
You might be a spontaneous traveller – you don’t research, you don’t make lists, you just book transportation, show up and then see where your whims take you. Alternatively you might be an OPS traveller. This week I showed up in Wing, Buckinghamshire organised (or disorganised) with the following: Printouts of the current Ordnance Survey […]You might be a spontaneous traveller – you don’t research, you don’t make lists, you just book transportation, show up and then see where your whims take you. Alternatively you might be an OPS traveller. This week I showed up
What fun this first month has been! It’s been really interesting working with everyone to set up study pages, where I get the earliest opportunity to hear of your interests and ideas. Now that things are settling down a bit, we should be able to respond quickly to suggestions you have for improving the Society […]What fun this first month has been! It’s been really interesting working with everyone to set up study pages, where I get the earliest opportunity to hear of your interests and ideas. Now that things are settling down a bit,
There are many reasons why someone would undertake a one-place study. For some, the catalyst is wanting to understand who lived in your house or street. For others, it is about investigating migration from one place to another, or perhaps a way of finding a connection with your ancestry. Whatever the reasons, the fibre of […]There are many reasons why someone would undertake a one-place study. For some, the catalyst is wanting to understand who lived in your house or street. For others, it is about investigating migration from one place to another, or perhaps
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