I am the Great Granddaughter of Ruby Side Thompson. I inherited her forty-three diaries that span from 1909–1969. They were passed down to my grandmother, Ruth Ferris Thompson who was married to Ruby’s son, John Thompson. Ruby’s Diaries had several…
Tag: London
Big Society: Supporting People
One of the top news stories this week has involved a family who has asked for their daughter, who has severe disabilities, to be taken by social services after they felt unable to care for her without greater support. The…
Black History Month: Black community in Eighteenth Century London.
As long ago as 1722 there was an established Black community in London, big enough to turn out in numbers in the wintry middle of January that year for the funeral of a black man named Phipps, who owned an…