Research - what?

Yes that's right I delved into the world of research today, looking to see if I could find any information regarding the Starlings and Rothbury.

Alms cottages in Rothbury where I met Uncle Jimmy 

I did go there in about 1998 and met my Uncle Jimmy and Aunty Edna. Uncle Jimmy was my Nana's younger brother. At first they were a little reluctant to talk to me I think because they thought that Nana was the bad girl in the family, she wasn't but they had their own opinions. However, they did make me welcome but didn't talk about her, which I thought was very sad.

However, what I did discover was Uncle Jimmy was a prisoner of war and he was captured during the fall of Singapore (not that was before I arrived there and I had absolutely nothing to do with it). While he was a POW he was forced to work on the Burma Railway.

I knew this before hand but imagine my delight when a simple google search of Starling + Rothbury threw up his obituary in the Northumberland Gazette and thanks to that I know a little more of my Nana's little brother and I've found some new material, whether or not I use it is a different matter.

Oh and the weather tonight, absolutely dreadful. Rain and wind on a very dark night did the shopping, cooked dinner and then took a leaf out of Julie Phillips book - put my PJs on..