Touching History
History is All Around Us
Everywhere we go we are surrounded by history, whether it's your family's history, the history of your house, or just local history, it's there all around us, often going unnoticed and untouched. In this post I would like to explore how history can connect us to the past in so many different ways that we might not have considered before. Everything that we see today would have been seen by our ancestors, or if like me, you live somewhere that your ancestors never frequented, then someone else's ancestors. Incredible when you stop to take that in for a moment.
The beauty of history is that it’s about the everyday—the homes we live in, the streets we walk, and the places where communities gather. So, the next time you sit at your kitchen table, step into your local pub, or pass by an old building, take a moment to wonder: What secrets does this place hold? What stories might it tell if it could speak?
Join me on a journey of discovery to uncover the hidden secrets of local history………
The irony of historical records is that they record the remarkable; birthday parties, weddings and the occasional end of a long war. But where is the banal? I want to see the workshops, the transport station and the everyday goings on that represent the great bulk of people's lives.