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Category Archives: Angela Kirby Poems

Seasonal poems by Angela Kirby

December 5, 2011

Further to me setting up a category on this site for my mother’s poetry she sent me two new seasonal …

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Angela Kirby on Magma Poetry Site

December 5, 2011

The richest events occur in us long before the soul perceives them. And, when we begin to open our eyes …

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A poem for Sam and Claire on their wedding day

December 4, 2011

A poem written and read by my mother Angela at the wedding of my nephew Sam to Claire in 2009. …

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A poem for Justin and Bridget on their wedding day

December 4, 2011

A poem written and read by mother Angela at Chelsea Registry Office at my wedding to Bridget in 2004.

Angela Kirby on Radio 4′s Poetry Please

May 6, 2011

If you have nothing better to do on this coming Sunday, May 8th, my mother is having her ‘Father Shaughnessey’ …

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James Astley Birtwistle Remembered

April 20, 2011

I’m beginning to think that rather than create a printed newsletter, at least as far as the family history bits …

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Dirty Work, poetry by Angela Kirby

January 27, 2009

Since my dad left her over 30 years ago my mother has been many things, including: a waitress, a kitchen …

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Brighton Calling – a descentfromadam update

January 26, 2009

Sorry for nearly two months of silence but am now settled down in Brighton with my family, and even closer …

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♣ Descent from adam

I started this family history blog to try and find out a little more about our mysterious great great great grandfather George Goldsmith Kirby. I ended up tracing my ancestors back to Adam & Eve via Henry VII, although the descent from the Greek primal deity Chaos seemed more plausible. The site has subsequently grown and grown, so I hope you find it either interesting or useful.

♣ Scrapbook of an Edwardian Lady

Agnes Fox My great great aunt Agnes Selina Fox kept a scrapbook. It's a fascinating record of her life, and the changing times from the turn of the century to just after WW1. I've started to add parts of this to this blog as I try to piece together the people and places she's included. You can see this work in progress here.

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♣ Recent Comments

  • Dene Hamilton Ramsay on Descendants of Peter Ramsay and the Hon Susan Mary Belhaven Hamilton
  • Justin Kirby on Castle Gogar Revisted
  • Ian Aitken B Arch(Hons) Dip Arch on Castle Gogar Revisted
  • Ann Harrington on German Connection: Beckmanns and Brockmans
  • Justin Kirby on German Connection: Beckmanns and Brockmans
  • Ann Harrington on German Connection: Beckmanns and Brockmans
  • Justin Kirby on Dorothy Shuttleworth ‘The Belle of Bombay’
  • ELeanor Young on Dorothy Shuttleworth ‘The Belle of Bombay’
  • Mary on Elizabeth Lauder, heiress of Haltoun
  • Justin Kirby on James Parkinson & Deborah Salthouse

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