The Next Meeting of The Blo(o)r(e) Society – 2 May 2020

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Ian K Bloor

Meeting CANCELLED

because of the Corona virus.

Keep checking for new date!

The Next Meeting of The Blo(o)r(e) Society

will be held at
The Jubillee Hall
Main Road, Norton-in-Hales, Shropshire, TF9 4AT
on Saturday, 2nd of May 2020

The Blo(o)r(e) Society is THE Family History Society for anyone with Bloors, Bloores or Blores in their Family Tree – we have some Blewers and Blowers too.

We now have more 120 Blo(o)r(e) Family Trees, mostly with their roots in Staffordshire or Derbyshire, and it is quite likely that anyone with Blo(o)r(e) ancestors will find them ‘hiding’ somewhere in our ‘forest’.

Anyone interested in Blo(o)r(e) Family History will be made Welcome.

You should be aware that fewer that half of the Members of the Society have Blo(o)r(e) as their Surname, but, mostly, someone in their Tree is, or was, a Blo(o)r(e)

We will be in The Jubillee Hall in Norton-in-Hales, ready and willing to assist you, from about 10am until about 5pm.

All our research tools and expertise will be available to help you to Start, Re-start, or continue your own Blo(o)r(e) Family History research.
Tea, coffee, soft drinks and biscuits will be provided to sustain you.

For further information, contact Ian K Bloor on 01270 811 260 or by e-mail to enquiries@bloor.org.

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Annals of the Blo(o)r(e) Families – Issue 19.1 – April 2017

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Ian K Bloor

Columns

  • Chairman’s Ramblings
    • Tending the Forest
    • How many of us are there?
    • Better ways of tackling the problem?
    • Blo(o)r(e)s in Print

Articles

  • The List – Joyce Settle
  • The Stray Certificates Project
  • The Work of a Forester – Peter Hodgkinson
  • Never a Dull Moment – A book review
  • Summer of Smoke and Candlemas Eve – Reviews of two books
  • The Winged Wheel Grave of Llandudno – Another book review
  • The Tale of Teddy Bloor – A book review; work in progress
  • Next Meeting
  • Last Notes
    • Song of the Trees – Mary Colborne-Veel (1863-1923)
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Annals of The Blo(o)r(e) Families Issue 18.2 – October 2015

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Ian K Bloor

Columns

  • Letter from Cape Town
  • Chairman’s Thoughts
  • Librarian’s Report
  • Report on the Meeting in  May 2015

Articles

  • The Blo(o)r(e) Facebook Group
  • Words from the Keeper of the Wills
  • R Peter Bloor’s book on Crate-making
  • The Will of Thomas Bloor of Waterhouses (1765)
  • James and the Lion
  • Members’ Page – Kath Barker (1932 – 2015)
  • Next Meeting – 7th November 2015
  • Last Notes
    Go Plant a Tree (For Susan Bowers) – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    The Hawthorn Tree – Siegfried Sassoon

 

 

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Annals of The Blo(o)r(e) Families Issue 18.1 – March 2015

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Ian K Bloor

Columns

  • Editorial
  • Chairman’s Thoughts
  • Librarian’s Report
  • Report on the Meeting in November 2015

Articles

  • Beware of the Internet
  • The Story of a Penny
    from Janice Macphee #316 & John Morrow
    with some notes by ikb #117
  • Stone, St Michael’s Marriages 1746 – 1831
    from Kath Barker #026
  • See Granny in a New Light
    from ikb #117
  • Members’ Page
    Peter David Bloore #044 (1936 – 2015)
    Thomas David (Bill) Bloor (1931 – 2013)
  • ‘Our Terry’
  • Next Meeting – 9th May 2015
  • Last Notes
    On a Tree fallen across the road
    Robert Lee Frost (1874 – 1963)
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Annals of The Blo(o)r(e) Families Issue 17.2 October 2014

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Ian K Bloor

Columns

  • Editorial
  • Librarian’s Report
  • Treasurer’s Report

Articles

  • Blo(o)r(e) Society Meeting of April 12th 2014
    from Celia V Bloor
  • Words:- from the Keeper of the Wills
    from Jenny M Benson
  • James Alfred and Eva Bloor
    from Anne Thorne
  • The Blo(o)r(e) DNA Project (Update)
    from Ian K Bloor
  • Will of William Bloor of Seabridge
    from Jenny M Benson
  • A Bloor Soldier in the Accrington Pals
    from Andrew Jackson
  • What the First World War mens to YOU
    from Anne Thorne (for her children)
  • Members’ Page
         A Bloore on a Blore at Alupka
         from Robin Bloore
         Geoff Blore (#219) RIP
         from ikb
  • Next Meeting
  • Last Notes
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What’s happening?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Ian K Bloor

Just finished stuffing envelopes with Issue 17.1.  It’s been a bit of a struggle to get it out, mainly because Libre Office decided to misbehave when I was trying to produce the labels.  I downloaded 4.2.2 but there seems to be a bug that prevents New>Labels working if I don’t have an empty document opened before I start. In fact Libre Office just locks up.

Next Newsletter will be started tomorrow, because I’ve had enough of doing it all at the last minute, and not having time to get it proofed by my team of devoted helpers.  My fault again.

Just need to get better (vaguely) organised.  Clear the debris.  Sort the piles.  Empty the boxes.  Shred the shraff. Have a PLAN. Keep records of what we’ve not used yet.

It’s beginning to sound like a full-time job for someone, rather than a task I can do in the odd spare moment.

Any volunteers?

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