Helen Brooks

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Amateur family historian, East Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Somerset, WW1 and WW2, old photos.

Snip from 1921 census - Leonard Money and his wife, Charity!
Stone Cross at the edge of Sucrerie Military Cemetery
Four women sitting around a small table outdoors near a brick building. Three are wearing what appears to be different mens' uniforms and one is wearing a top hat. They are playing cards, smoking and drinking!
Stained glass windows, Norwich Cathedral
Photo of the cloister at Norwich Cathedral
Front cover of leaflet - A Pictorial Record - Hull and the Zeppelins
Geese and goslings on the pond
My Great-Aunt, dressed in her nun's habit, with crucifix and rosary beads.
Array of old black and white photos
Front cover of book - The King's England, Yorkshire - East Riding, by Arthur Mee
Front cover of book - The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker - A History of the High St - by Annie Gray
An old price list for artificial teeth!
Book - the Caretakers - Caitlin Galante DeAngelis
Front page of newspaper with headline 'Twelve were killed!' referring to plane crash 1947
Array of ration books 1939 - 1953
Small Christmas tree with gold foil star on top
Picture of baby Jesus and ox and ass, with verse written below
Two cardboard boxes, one with a floral design on lid, and some old letters
Redshanks
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. A.A Milne
Pocket diary from 1940
Pages of diary from 1940 with magnifier
Diary from 1940
1940 diary
Red and black 18th century horse-drawn mail coach
Screenshot of apps for organising books read
Sand-coloured walls of Orford Castle against a blue sky with light cloud.
Image from online dictionary
Black and white photo featuring young girl in a white dress and a dark coloured dog sitting on a table beside her
Dark coloured moth with pale orange markings on plain wall
Chocolate covered ice cream treat!
The National Archive on a beautiful sunny day
Rows of headstones at Sucrerie Military Cemetery
Front cover of book The Wills of our Ancestors
Document
Front page of newspaper from 1947 showing passengers boarding aeroplane then wreckage after plane crash
Seagull looking in through the window
Book - Writing Your Family History by Gill Blanchard
Interior of Alexandra Palace with family history show stands
Blue plaque to show house where Frankie Howerd OBE grew up
Page of book (Oldham Centenary) showing picture of my great-aunt, Director of Public Libraries
Front cover of book - Hull Pals, by David Bilton
Front cover of book, Hull Pals by David Bilton
Black and white photo dated 1921. Young man in soldier uniform, and young woman. Signed With love from John and Flo
Picture of newspaper with headline 'Twelve Were Killed'. Story of plane crash 1947
Snip of 1921 census address showing Mr Train at the Station House, Marfleet
Picture of my 2025 planner with colourful image of a tree on front cover
Front page of newspaper from 1947 showing pictures of passengers boarding a plane which crashed 5 minutes later
Four books
Plate with five cranberry and ginger muffins
Red-striped lid of cardboard box which once contained a plum pudding.
Nine vintage Christmas cards
Pair of dark grey trousers measuring 19cm
Headstone of the poet, Philip Larkin.
Black and white photo showing a young girl wearing a white dress and a comical expression, beside a wooden table on which is sat a hairy dog. Posed in a photographic studio, date unknown.