Sarah Maria Harris … Tragedy

Sarah was a much travelled lass, born in Lidgett Town, Pietermaritzburg in 1853. When her family decided to try their fortunes in Australia, she sailed with them in a small schooner for Sydney, where they arrived in 1855. Teaching was clearly an important focus of the...

A bakers’ dozen

There were exactly thirteen bakers in the family – early mornings, hot ovens, and flour dust everywhere![1] Three left their Cheshire village where fine footwear was the family trade and established themselves as bakers in the booming metropolis of Manchester in the...