Preface
“Not only are there many pasts, there are also many histories…The histories of this or that episode are not the same in every book…History like politics…is a contended matter” — David Edgerton in his Introduction to The rise and fall of the British nation (Penguin Books, 2019).
I am not by profession an historian or genealogist, just a keen, amateur ‘family historian’. The primary motivation for my research was to discover who exactly was my great grandfather, George Thomas. However, his tale soon became just a tiny part of a story that would eventually cover almost 300 years of British history — from the restoration of the Monarchy to the middle of the 20th century.
My one recommendation is that you first read the Introduction before delving deeper into my family’s history.
PT – Mar 2022.
About Me
I was born in Oldham, Lancashire the son of a bricklayer and school cook. I attended St Anne’s and St Alban’s RC schools in Oldham followed by degree studies at Preston Polytechnic. Graduate work and further studies took me to academic institutions in London, Davis (California), Seattle (Washington), Cambridge (UK) and Norwich. My last position was as the Manager of the Henry Wellcome Laboratory for Cell Imaging at the University of East Anglia, but I am now retired.
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