Audrey was a Family History Specialist at The National Archives (UK).
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This is a message from Audrey’s family. Audrey sadly died on 4 February after a short illness. Details of services will be posted here when available. Thank you to all her friends and colleagues who made her life so happy.
Reminder of today's live stream
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Audrey's obituary and details of her funeral (including streaming link) are now available at the link below. There is an option to donate to two charities dear to her heart, @guidedogs and @CR_UK.
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Audrey's obituary and details of her funeral (including streaming link) are now available at the link below. There is an option to donate to two charities dear to her heart, @guidedogs and @CR_UK.
funeralguide.co.uk/obituarie…
Audrey's funeral will take place on Friday, 10 March at 1.30 pm at Medway Crematorium, Chatham, Kent. All are welcome. A live stream and recording will be provided for those unable to attend in person.
Audrey Collins (1954-2023) retweeted
One of the mandatory stops @AudreyCollins23 would make when she visited me in Boston. I stopped by today for a bit and let many wonderful memories sweep in.
As a Scot living most of her life in England I can heartily agree with you! No explanation though, except that in my experience a lot of Scots and English people have a pretty poor knowledge of parts of their own countries, let alone other parts of the UK
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Having swallowed my own body-weight in pills (as usual) and sorting the next few days supply in my new pill-sorter, I am rewarding myself with a couple of biscuits, an ‘Richard Osman’s House of Games’ on BBC iPlayer. Today was a good day 😊
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Radio silence is over - was avoiding spoilers until I watched the Strictly Come Dancing final I recorded last night.💃🕺
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Audrey Collins (1954-2023) retweeted
1/3 I’ve been working with @UkNatArchives to develop an educational resource that examines some of the key events that contributed to the tragic and ‘bloody’ Bangladesh War of Independence 1971, where so many lives were lost. @shamtchK @PartitionGroup
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Thrilled to see you there, too, along a couple of other people I know, all very well-deserved. Congratulations!!! – at Chesham, South East
Thrilled to find out today that I've been elected as a fellow of @RoyalHistSoc, nice early Christmas present!
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Audrey Collins (1954-2023) retweeted
Want to know how to use our collections in order to learn more about The General Strike of 1926? It's all explained on our website! warwick.ac.uk/services/libra… #Archives #Research #History #1920s
ALT The image shows the front page of 'The British Worker - Official Strike News Bulletin' which was published by The General Council of the Trades Union Council. The headline is 'Our Reply to Mr. Baldwin's Broadcast'. It is dated 9th May 1926.
Home sweet home. Oh, how I have missed you, my own lovely TV! (Just catching up on some essential viewing 🙂 – at Chesham, South East
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Today, I will mostly be wearing a black polo shirt, and black trousers, to tone well with my 'Xena Warrior Princess' body armour (it's a neck brace). Tastefully accessorised with a couple of stray baked beans...🙄 – at Aylesbury, England
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Couldn’t agree more. When enquirers say xxx isn’t in the xxx census, I say they could only be sure of that if they had looked at every single page of that census (tactfully, of course) then advise them on how to search properly (also tactfully). It usually works! 🙂
Nurse just said I have very good skin 😊. I haven’t used soap on my face since I was about 15, and I’m nearer to 70 than 60 now - sometimes daft teenagers make good decisions, and that was mine!
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#census Just saw a post you could summarise as 'I can't find my ancestors in (major city) in the (xxx) census, so the records for there must have been destroyed' spoiler alert - they weren't! 🙄 #genealogy – at Aylesbury, England
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During the First World War, the Royal Family tried to improve morale among soldiers and sailors serving abroad at Christmas.
This is a page shows a Christmas message sent from King George V to soldiers and sailors serving abroad.
📷: CO 323/720
ALT A page from a file of Colonial Office correspondence, showing the Christmas message sent from King George V on Christmas `1916
Ensemble du jour is a pair of green pyjama trousers, and a classic white t-shirt. Finished audio book - Murder Before Evensong’ by @RevRichardColes which was excellent.
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